With the launch of "The Other First Man," we introduced a new series titled Flight Test Files, focused on the fascinating legacy of aeronautical advancements pioneered by NACA and later by NASA. This ...

The United States sold Iran 80 of its F-14s in the 1970s. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the regime somehow kept the ...

How the US ensured that F-14 parts woudn't end up in enemy hands.

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 ...

Did the U.S. Navy Retire the F-14 Tomcat Too Soon? The official final flight of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat occurred on September 22, 2006, at Naval Air Station Oceana and was flown by Lt. Cmdr. Chris ...

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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, ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — It's been called "the coolest plane ever built," immortalized in "Top Gun." After 36 years of service, the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat was retired in September 2006. 13News Now was ...

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 ...

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