Initially developed only for the Fleet Air Defense, the F-14 eventually evolved into an appreciated strike fighter at the peak of its career. The F-14 Tomcat was primarily designed to defend the U ...

A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat of VF-84 "Jolly Rogers" in flight. The F-14 served in a fleet air defense role protecting naval assets while capable of carrying the long-range AIM-54 Phoenix air ...

When their Foxbats were unsuccessful, the Libyans fired an SA-5 surface-to-air missile at a pair of F-14As from VF-102. In turn, these two incidents provoked the U.S. retaliation in form of the ...

Unlike many fighter jets today, the F-14 Tomcat seated two. That's a feature typically reserved for training models of jets, but it was vital for the Tomcat.