The F-14 Tomcat was primarily designed to defend the ... VF-11 and VF-143 were the first two squadrons to receive the upgrade, subsequently applied to all F-14Bs and F-14Ds. The F-14A was excluded ...

The F-14 Tomcat was a Cold War fighter first deployed ... including its double engines and swept wings—but even actual squadron insignia, with Macross’ Skull Squadron lifting the colours ...

Four more F-14s—from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed ... Described as an “Evolutionary” upgrade of the F-14, the ST21 (Super Tomcat for the 21st Century) would have added more ...

Summary and Key Points: In 1991, an F-14 Tomcat from the U.S. Navy’s Ghost Riders squadron experienced a critical in-flight malfunction when its nose cone detached due to a landing mechanism ...

The shift from the F-14 to the F/A-18 seems now as an early harbinger of the military’s shift from ultra-specialized fighters ...

The F-14 Tomcat recently joined the ranks of military ... is the Skull and Cross Bones insignia that was adopted by Fighter Squadron 84 in the 1950s. The squadron was later nicknamed the "Jolly ...

Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 is one of the most famous ... “The Final Countdown” features some F-14 of the Jolly Rogers, two of those find themselves in a dogfight against two Japanese ...

He enjoyed a successful and satisfying 20-year career in the Navy, starting with assignments to F-14 Tomcat squadrons and the elite Topgun training program, and later assignment to the Joint ...

which houses Iran's last three Tomcat squadrons: the 81st, 82nd, and 83rd Tactical Combat Squadrons. During the 1970s, Iran was a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, and the F-14 purchase reflected ...

Fleet Replacement Squadron instructors ... F-111 was so well known for. The F-14's fuel dump was placed between its engines like on the F-111, although the Tomcat's wide "tunnel" between its ...

“The left side of the lead Libyan aircraft lit up with a big flame as the missile motor ignited,” recounted Lieutenant Larry “Music” Muczynski, one of the two F-14 Tomcat pilots. That ...

Though the Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter jet hasn't officially been a part of the U.S. Naval Fleet for nearly two decades, it remains, arguably, one of the most instantly recognizable craft in ...