A closer look at the reasoning behind the plane's iconic swing-wing mechanism.

The F6D Missileer Program died due to its expense, however its conceptual spirit lived on within the F-14 Tomcat.

For fans of the 1986 film “Top Gun,” the real stars of the film weren’t Tom Cruise or Val Kilmer – and perhaps the highlight of last year’s “Top Gun: Maverick” wasn’t even seeing Cruise pilot the ...

One of the most beloved fighter jets of all time was the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. The F-14 had a lengthy career as a defender of the U.S. Navy’s carrier task forces and then multi-role fighter before ...

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 ...

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A legendary F-14 Tomcat, its sleek, silver wings set back, poised for flight, now rests outside the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale, its permanent home after months of restoration by volunteers ...

On Sept. 14, the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale became the home of the final F-14D Super Tomcat, as manufactured in 1992 at Grumman’s Calverton facility [“Last active U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iran is the only country that still has the iconic US-made F-14 Tomcat aircraft in service. Amid its relentless strikes on Iran, ...

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Mankind has developed and built many different very fast objects. The fastest man-made object ever recorded is, ...