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The F-14 Tomcat Nearly Saw Service in the Royal Air Force

That the plane’s usage should be limited to America and America’s largest adversary is a curious twist of fate.

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Why the Biggest Threat to the F-14 Tomcat Was Its Own Engines

The F-14 had "probably the worst engine-airplane mismatch we have had in many years," Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr. said.

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Did a CIA Drone Take Out an Iranian F-14 Tomcat?

The F-14s played a major role in Iran’s war with Iraq from 1980 to 1988. Iranian Tomcat pilots were the only ones to successfully employ the F-14’s long-range, heavyweight AIM-54 Phoenix missile to shoot down enemy planes.

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The Time Iran Used American F-14s To Destroy the Iraqi Air Force

Iran put these American-made planes to the test.

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Somehow, Iran Keeps Producing F-14 Tomcats

With its long range and powerful radar, the F-14 remains one of the world’s most capable fighters.

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