By: alumshubby
matty -- oops. (blush) From one linked article I didn't finish reading... The remaining B and D model F-14's are still flying with other squadrons from Oceana Naval Air Station. Some of them are even...
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I was always a little bit more partial to the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. Thought it just had incredible lines to it. The swing wing aspect of the F-14 made it seem weird, but it was designed for to...
View ArticleBy: lodurr
I thought the Phoenix was originally deployed on F-111s. Shepd: Speaking of F-111s, Australia flies a squadron of them, mostly remaindered from the USAF. So Canada buying F-14s would put you one up on...
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Just for the record - that's NOT the last operational flight of the F-14... it's only the last WestPac (i.e. Western Pacific cruise) for an F-14 squadron. The last two remaining Tomcat squadrons are...
View ArticleBy: biffa
Remember the F-14, Tom Cruise's favorite ride? and I thought it was Val Kilmer.
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Maybe Canada could buy them from you. We're intolemons. Don't worry, we won't wuss out again.
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At baseball stadiums in Fort Myers and Lakeland, Bush dazzled the crowd by landing his helicopter in the outfield to the theme music of the movie "Top Gun." The Jacksonville event closed with a...
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Also to be noted is the commissioning yesterday of the 2.2 billion $ lead ship in a new class of attack submarines, the USS Virginia.
View ArticleGoodbye to the Turkey
Last operational flight of the F-14sSpeaking of gravity-defying cats... Remember the F-14, Tom Cruise's favorite ride? It's the end of an era for the venerable warbird. The variable-geometry Tomcat was...
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