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The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Was the U.S. Navy’s Wonder Weapon
Born for Cold War fleet defense, the F-14 Tomcat married variable-sweep wings with the Hughes AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 Phoenix to swat bombers at 100+ miles while staying nimble for dogfights. -Early ...
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Mach 2.65 F-111 ‘Aardvark’ Strike Fighter Has a Message for the U.S. Military
The F-111 Aardvark grew from the 1960s TFX drive to field a fast, long-range strike jet. -General Dynamics’ swing-wing design, twin TF30 turbofans and the first production terrain-following radar let ...
Iran is currently the only nation still flying F-14 Tomcats, having acquired 79 in the 1970s. Iran also flies other old U.S. fighters like the F-4 and F-5E.
The Russian bomber TU-160 is one of the fastest bombers in the world. Its maximum speed is more than Mach 2, i.e. 2,220 km ...
Hypersonic waverider vehicles represent a frontier in aerospace engineering, merging innovative design geometries with advanced propulsion concepts to achieve superior aerodynamic efficiency at ...
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