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Why the Old F-14 Tomcat Is a Legend (Not Just Because of Top Gun) Recent conflicts in the Middle East show that even after nearly 50 years the Tomcat still has sharp claws. During its three decades in service with the United States Navy the Grumman F-14 Tomcat more than lived up to the role, it was designed for, drawing blood in combat and even getting its moment in the spotlight in the film Top Gun. Designed to incorporate the air combat experience learned during the Vietnam War, the F-14 was the first of the American "Teen Series" fighters that included the F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon...

The interceptors have come in close contact with some very mysterious aircraft. Here's What You Need to Know: Rumors abound that the Air Force and CIA operate a stealthy new drone that has not been disclosed to the public. Iran is the only other country besides the United States to operate arguably history’s most powerful interceptor aircraft, the F-14 Tomcat. And the Islamic republic has worked the twin-engine, swing-wing fighters  hard. The F-14s played a major role in Iran’s war with Iraq from 1980 to 1988. Iranian Tomcat pilots were the only ones to successfully employ the F-14’s ...

The American-made F-14 Tomcat dominated the sky during the Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988. Here's What You Need to Know: The F-14 was not to be trifled with. Iran’s force of American-made F-14 Tomcat interceptors dominated the sky during the Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988. F-14s reportedly downed more than 160 Iraqi planes. Journalist Kash Ryan in his book  Air Combat Memoirs of the Iranian Air Force Pilots compiled first-hand accounts of some of these aerial battles, including one by F-14 radar intercept officer Capt. Parviz Moradi. “Departing from 8th [Tactical Fighter Base] Isfahan...

Bombcats: How the F-14 Tomcat Transformed into a Strike Aircraft Operations in former Yugoslavia and the Gulf showed the need for a heavy strike aircraft in the Navy's arsenal. But how effective could the F-14 be in that role? Here's What You Need to Remember: The Navy’s retirement of the A-6 Intruders left a small capability gap until the new F/A-18E/F Super Hornets entered service, and the F-14 could carry more bombs than the new F/A-18A/C Hornet. The F-14 Tomcat was designed to defend the U.S. Navy’s fleets from practically every airborne threat. While it packed long range AIM-54 Phoe...

How Iran Destroyed Iraq’s Navy in a Single Battle Eight years later, the Iranian Navy itself saw much of its own combat strength destroyed by the U.S. Navy’s Operation Praying Mantis. Here's What You Need To Remember: In exchange for sinking the Paykan, the Iraqi Navy lost five Osa missile boats and four P-6 torpedo boats—roughly 80% of its strength. It would play little role for the remainder of the war, leaving it up to the Iraqi Air Force to launch attacks on Iranian shipping. On September 22, 1980 Saddam Hussein launched Iraq into a full-scale invasion of Iran—hoping to capital...