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 ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Super Tomcat 21 (ST21) stands as one of naval aviation’s greatest “what-if” scenarios. -Proposed in the early 1990s as a 21st-century evolution of the iconic F-14, the ...

Retired Too Early? The F-14 Tomcat is one of the most iconic fighter jets in aviation history, largely due to its prominent role in the 1986 film “Top Gun.” While the aircraft performed admirably ...

The final member of the Grumman cat family, the F-14 Tomcat, with its signature variable-geometry wings and twin-engine design, became an iconic symbol of the Cold War. A product of the “Grumman Iron ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat, the U.S. Navy’s iconic air superiority fighter, became legendary despite early setbacks caused by its unreliable Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines. -These engines, ...