Grumman F-14 Tomcat
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The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the U
A U.S. Navy F-14D conducts a mission over the Persian Gulf region in 2005
The F-111B was designed to fulfill the carrier-based interceptor role, but had weight and performance problems, and was not suited to the types of aerial combat that were predominant over Vietnam.
Grumman's VFX entry was designed around the TF30 engine, AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 missile intended for the F-111B; this eventually became the F-14A.
VFA-143 "Pukin Dogs" F-14B (in the foreground) and F/A-18E Super Hornet in 2005
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a single-engined, supersonic, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generation jet figh
A Soviet Air Force MiG-23MLD
A Polish MiG-23MF
MiG-23 parked
MiG-23M "Flogger-B" armed with R-23 and R-60 missiles