The F/A designation stands for fighter and attack aircraft. The F/A-18E and 18F models — E is single-seat, F is two-seat — ...

Instead, the Navy lacks the capabilities the F-14 Tomcat once provided at the same time that direct threats to the aircraft carrier are at an all-time high (even higher than the Soviet Navy’s ...

The Tomcat was beloved by most who flew or serviced ... it could have had a significant impact on the future of naval aviation. The aircraft’s advanced capabilities and potential for further ...

“Sailors towing the aircraft took immediate action to move ... upgrade to the US military’s previous generation of Tomcat fighter jets. Super Hornets are substantially bigger than their ...

“The aircraft itself was very complex, and we built it without models or simulations,” recalls Chris Clark, who worked on the Tomcat as chief test engineer for Air Test and Evaluation Squadron ...

The Tomcat was the first aircraft to use a microprocessor-driven flight system, as well as the first microprocessor unit (MPU) ever demonstrated, beating the Intel 4004 by a year. In 1971 ...

To many, sterling silver wasn’t a tough enough image, and over the years, the term “Grumman Iron Works” has been used to give the company’s long line of attack and fighter aircraft an ...

The F/A designation stands for fighter and attack aircraft. The F/A-18E and 18F models — E is single-seat, F is two-seat — entered fleet service in 2001, replacing the F-14 Tomcat, which ...