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How Navy Budget Cuts Killed the F-14 Tomcat

F or a generation, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat defined American naval airpower. With swing wings, twin tails, and gorgeous lines, ...
We learned from the F-111B Without the F-111B we wouldn’t have been this smart,” said Mike Ciminera, F-14 Tomcat project ...
The historic Navy F-14 Tomcat jet fighter in front of a vacant office building in Bethpage will be moved to the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale, officials said. The F-14’s fate had been ...
When Top Gun came out in 1986, the aviation-themed film proved to be such as success in creating interest in naval aviation that the Grumman F-14 Tomcat became almost as much a star of the movie as ...
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 ...
Okay, so the Grumman F-14 Tomcat is one of if not the most recognizable naval fighter aircraft in history. People gush over it as if it was the biggest travesty of the 21st century when it was ...
For months, volunteers at the Cradle of Aviation Museum have diligently restored a U.S. Navy Grumman F-14 D Tomcat — one of more than 700 built on Long Island and the last one ever to fly. The jet, ...
The jet will be restored and put on display for all to see. The jet is the last plane to leave the old Grumman building in Bethpage where it has been since 2008.
"Insights into operating and maintaining the US Navy's legendary variable-geometry carrier-based air superiority fighter."--Title page https://siris-libraries.si.edu ...
Top Gun: Maverick is a blockbuster movie that made us fall back in love with the Grumman F-14 Tomcat all over again. So much so that any military flight video game worth talking about suddenly ...