The pilot achieved this by using all four carried air-to-air missiles and the onboard six-barrel M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon. This feat can be compared to the famous air combat scenes in Top Gun ...
Equipped with AIM-54 Phoenix and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, along with a 20 mm Vulcan cannon, the Tomcat was built for both air superiority and long-range interception. Test pilots often pushed the ...