Summary and Key Points: It was a tense night over the Red Sea in August 1990. A U.S. Navy cruiser picked up an extremely fast ...

It appears that the F-14 Tomcat, retired from the U.S. Navy in 2006 but still in service with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, has finally come to the end of the runway. When the war with Iran ...

Designed for fleet air defense, the F-14 was armed with a potent long-range missile and, with a powerful new radar, could engage multiple airborne targets at once. The United States Navy’s F-14 Tomcat ...

The F-14 Tomcat is remembered as one of the greatest naval fighters ever flown. But it only exists because a defense ...

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is probably the most recognizable fighter jet from the 20th century thanks to 1986's "Top Gun," starring Tom Cruise. The general public got to see the jet's variable sweep wing ...

The United States has just three F-14s remaining in its inventory—but it is far from clear if any of them could be made airworthy again. The US Senate has unanimously passed Bill S.4161, better known ...

The F-14 was designed for one very specific mission profile: defending US carrier strike groups against Soviet bombers armed with long-range anti-ship missiles. Everything about the F-14 reflected ...

The “Maverick Act” would transfer three Tomcat fighters from US Navy storage to a state-owned museum, although the jets face an uphill battle to fly again. US lawmakers are moving to preserve a ...