America supersonic twin-engine Grumman F-14 Tomcat completed up being the symbol linked to U.S. Navy fighter squadrons through ‘80s and ‘90s. it was characterized through variable-sweep wing, the twin-tail along with the tandem two-seat cabin. The “Tomcat” offered an unbelievable practical performance. As a result of the two General electric Afterburning turbofans it was capable achieve the max price of Mach 2.34. It turned out armed with a 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotating weapon and yes it might probably make use of, along with the more conventional AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow, the AIM-54 Phoenix radar-guided long-range missiles. The F-14 joined running all the way through the ‘70s, changing the F-4 Phantom II doing air superiority duties. During its practical task it participated in certain army operations through Gulf of Sirte crisis toward Iraq War.
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