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The design tradeoff that nearly killed the F-14 Tomcat

The F-14 Tomcat is remembered as an iconic dogfighter, but it was never designed for close-in aerial combat. Built to ...
F/A-18 Super Hornets multirole fighters, an E-2D Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft, and two MH-60S/R Seahawk ...
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Why the F-14 Tomcat was designed to avoid dogfights

The F-14 Tomcat became famous as a dogfighter, but its real mission was to prevent close-range air combat altogether. This ...
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There’s something missing at the entrance to USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. While the item in question is nowhere near as big as the battleship itself, it occupied a very prominent place for ...
The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its escort ships have been moved toward the Middle East in response to rising tensions with Tehran, underlining the classic contest between an ...
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Military aircraft are typically judged by specifications and engineering elegance. But sometimes combat history repeatedly ...
The selection of F/A-18 Super Hornets by Top Gun is based on special film needs and real-world flying considerations - but ...
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