Before the F/A-18 Super Hornet, Grumman envisioned a future Tomcat: the ST-21 and later the fictionalized ST-22—an aircraft capable of Mach 1.3 supercruise, AESA radar integration, and even drone ...
MANAMA, Bahrain — The Navy’s F-14 Tomcat, a Cold War-era fighter jet emblazoned in the public’s imagination as Tom Cruise’s sleek ride in the movie “Top Gun,” is beginning its final weeks of combat ...