Featured in f-14BYMiguel OrtizSep 16, 2022ShareThis historic battle inspired the final dogfight in the original ‘Top Gun’The climactic battle of the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun saw U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats battle fictional MiG-28s flown by an unnamed nation. Interestingly, this movie dogfight was inspired by an… BYMiguel OrtizSep 16, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellNov 21, 2022ShareThe first combat qualified female naval aviator died in a crazy accidentWhen Lt. Kara Hultgreen died while trying to land on the USS Abraham Lincoln, the event touched off a national debate about women in combat roles and the military pushing women who weren’t ready into active service. Except Hultgre… BYBlake StilwellNov 21, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellMay 31, 2023ShareThis is what happened to all the old US F-14 TomcatsThe idea of selling Iran rare F-14 Tomcat parts so it didn’t have to cannibalize its own F-14 inventory was preposterous. BYBlake StilwellMay 31, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizMay 31, 2022ShareThat time federal agents seized four F-14 Tomcat fighter jetsThe Grumman F-14 Tomcat is one of the most iconic American fighter jets. Its appearance in Top Gun made the interceptor a pop culture icon forever associated with a need… BYMiguel OrtizMay 31, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyJan 26, 2023Share17 photos that show why the F-14 Tomcat was so darned awesomeDuring more than 34 years of fleet service, the F-14 Tomcat transformed from analog fighter to digital precision attack platform. Originally designed to keep Russian bombers away from the battle group by employing Phoenix missiles at very long rang… BYTeam MightyJan 26, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyAug 17, 2021ShareA Navy F-14 Tomcat once shot down an Air Force RF-4C PhantomExercise “Display Determination 87” was supposed to be a routine NATO exercise, pitting U.S. Air Force Phantoms out of Zweibrucken Air Base in West Germany against F-14 Tomcats from the… BYTeam MightyAug 17, 2021ShareBYHarold C. HutchisonFeb 28, 2021ShareWhat happened when Libya took on the US Navy in the MediterraneanIn 1986, a pair of aviation movies took America by storm. Both Doug Masters in Iron Eagle and Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun took to the skies and dominated America’s enemies (we all know BYHarold C. HutchisonFeb 28, 2021ShareBYThe AviationistApr 29, 2020ShareCheck out amazing DCS World recreation of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ trailerA few weeks ago I posted a video by DCS player Forest Rat who recreated the aerial scenes in the very first minutes of “Top Gun” (when the two F-14s piloted by Mav and Goose and Cougar and Merlin are vectored by the aircraft carrier to intercept t… BYThe AviationistApr 29, 2020ShareBYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020ShareThat time an F-14 killed three MiGs with a single missileA lot of crazy sh*t happened in the Iran-Iraq War. The backbone of the Iranian Air Force at the time was the beloved F-14 Tomcat, a plane the Iranians still fly. Purchased by the Shah of Iran before the rise of the Islamic Republic, Iran’s Air Forc… BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020Share
BYMiguel OrtizSep 16, 2022ShareThis historic battle inspired the final dogfight in the original ‘Top Gun’The climactic battle of the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun saw U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats battle fictional MiG-28s flown by an unnamed nation. Interestingly, this movie dogfight was inspired by an… BYMiguel OrtizSep 16, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellNov 21, 2022ShareThe first combat qualified female naval aviator died in a crazy accidentWhen Lt. Kara Hultgreen died while trying to land on the USS Abraham Lincoln, the event touched off a national debate about women in combat roles and the military pushing women who weren’t ready into active service. Except Hultgre… BYBlake StilwellNov 21, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellMay 31, 2023ShareThis is what happened to all the old US F-14 TomcatsThe idea of selling Iran rare F-14 Tomcat parts so it didn’t have to cannibalize its own F-14 inventory was preposterous. BYBlake StilwellMay 31, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizMay 31, 2022ShareThat time federal agents seized four F-14 Tomcat fighter jetsThe Grumman F-14 Tomcat is one of the most iconic American fighter jets. Its appearance in Top Gun made the interceptor a pop culture icon forever associated with a need… BYMiguel OrtizMay 31, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyJan 26, 2023Share17 photos that show why the F-14 Tomcat was so darned awesomeDuring more than 34 years of fleet service, the F-14 Tomcat transformed from analog fighter to digital precision attack platform. Originally designed to keep Russian bombers away from the battle group by employing Phoenix missiles at very long rang… BYTeam MightyJan 26, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyAug 17, 2021ShareA Navy F-14 Tomcat once shot down an Air Force RF-4C PhantomExercise “Display Determination 87” was supposed to be a routine NATO exercise, pitting U.S. Air Force Phantoms out of Zweibrucken Air Base in West Germany against F-14 Tomcats from the… BYTeam MightyAug 17, 2021Share
BYHarold C. HutchisonFeb 28, 2021ShareWhat happened when Libya took on the US Navy in the MediterraneanIn 1986, a pair of aviation movies took America by storm. Both Doug Masters in Iron Eagle and Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun took to the skies and dominated America’s enemies (we all know BYHarold C. HutchisonFeb 28, 2021Share
BYThe AviationistApr 29, 2020ShareCheck out amazing DCS World recreation of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ trailerA few weeks ago I posted a video by DCS player Forest Rat who recreated the aerial scenes in the very first minutes of “Top Gun” (when the two F-14s piloted by Mav and Goose and Cougar and Merlin are vectored by the aircraft carrier to intercept t… BYThe AviationistApr 29, 2020Share
BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020ShareThat time an F-14 killed three MiGs with a single missileA lot of crazy sh*t happened in the Iran-Iraq War. The backbone of the Iranian Air Force at the time was the beloved F-14 Tomcat, a plane the Iranians still fly. Purchased by the Shah of Iran before the rise of the Islamic Republic, Iran’s Air Forc… BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020Share
