The Grumman F-14 Tomcat officially left US Navy service on September 22, 2006, ending a 32-year operational career that spanned the Cold War and the early years of ...

The Navy retired its last F-14 Tomcats in September 2006 and replaced them with the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Twenty years on, ...

The Tomcat was born in the late 1950s as a byproduct of the Navy’s Tactical Fighter Experimental program. Under this guidance, the Navy and Air Force were tasked with selecting a singular platform ...

Utilized during the Cold War, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was a reliable and highly effective defense fighter jet. Thanks to its weapons systems and variable-sweep wing design, the two-engine Tomcat had ...

It appears that the F-14 Tomcat, retired from the U.S. Navy in 2006 but still in service with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, has finally come to the end of the runway. When the war with Iran ...

The Israeli Air Force has just released footage showing the destruction of two F-14 Tomcats (likely non-operational) on the ground. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have released footage showing ...

Hollywood’s favorite Navy jet fighter could fly again under a bipartisan bill approved by the U.S. Senate and awaiting a vote in the House. “The Maverick Act” would preserve three retired F-14 Tomcat ...

Iranian F-14 fleet attacked at a base in central Iran believed to host all the remaining F-14s in Iranian service. Early in the morning on Mar. 8, 2026, the IDF announced that Iranian Air Force F-14 ...

The F-14 platform was the US Navy’s long-range, high-endurance interceptor able to better defend larger carrier battle groups. Earlier this summer, Iran’s small fleet of remaining F-14 “Tomcat” ...