Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat, the U.S. Navy’s iconic air ... Developed in the late 1950s, they were originally built for the F-111 Aardvark. When the Pentagon canceled the F-111B ...

The famous and now retired F-14 Tomcat fighter became known for its unprecedented Mach 2.3 speed, air-to-air superiority, and ...

When the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first flew in 1970 ... This was considered to be essential based on experiences with the F-111 and its very complex electromechanical flight computer, which was ...