The Northrop Grumman F-14 fighter jet is perhaps most widely recognized for its role in the 1980 blockbuster film Top Gun. Capable of exceeding Mach-2.0 speeds and reaching long ranges, the ...

“Even with the world’s best planes, pilots, and missiles, it would take a golden BB [a lucky blind shot by the enemy] to bring down a Habu.” THE F-14’S AIM-54 PHOENIX MISSILE MAY HAVE BEEN ...

Recall that the AIM-174B is a much-delayed direct replacement for the AIM-54 Phoenix, a 100-mile-range anti-bomber missile that the US fleet’s F-14 Tomcat fighters carried during the later decades of ...