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

Nearly everyone knows Maverick, Goose, and the thrill of Top Gun dogfighting, and most people know the F-14 Tomcat is a ...

More than 50 years on from its first flight, the iconic fighter jet remains one of the most iconic aircraft in the world.

Vincent Devino was the head of cockpit design and avionics installation for the F-14 at the time Grumman proposed ... Large image: Profile drawing of an early Tomcat concept.

When the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first flew in 1970 ... namely its avionics. The Tomcat was the first aircraft to use a microprocessor-driven flight system, as well as the first microprocessor ...

and yet remain stable during slow landings on an aircraft carrier. Considering these demands, the Grumman Aerospace Corporation gave them in 1972 the F-14 Tomcat, a fighter that could change the ...

After 36 years of service, the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat was retired in September 2006. 13News Now was there at Naval Air Station Oceana to document the aircraft's final flight, as Hampton Roads bid ...