Asked if he will miss the Tomcat, Zobel replied, "I sure am." The Smithsonian National Air and Spece Museum describes the F-14 thusly: "The F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engin ...

The F-14 Tomcat first entered service more than five decades ago. While this fighter platform, infamous for its role in the blockbuster hit Top Gun, has been replaced by next-generation successors ...