Key Points and Summary - Born for Cold War fleet defense, the F-14 Tomcat paired swing-wing agility with the AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 Phoenix to hunt bombers at range and still dogfight up close. -A ...
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The F-14 Tomcat wasn’t built for dogfighting. It was great at it anyway.
Many of the F-14’s design innovations were intended for long-range strike missions—but served it well in close-quarters combat, too.
The skies of the 20th century were awash with the roars of fighter aircraft, and few, if any, nation produced as many impressive machines as the United States. From the 1940s onwards, the US created ...
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