Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers
The Sea Phoenix air defense system would have ported the weapons system from the F-14 Tomcat onto Navy flattops.
The Sea Phoenix air defense system would have ported the weapons system from the F-14 Tomcat onto Navy flattops.
The Rapier carried its trio of long-range missiles in a rotary pack that would be used for downing marauding Soviet bombers.
Ward Carroll recalls battling Floggers and Fishbeds over Nevada and the shroud of secrecy surrounding their remote base.
The helmet is part of a major auction of famous movie props with the auction house estimating that it will fetch around $50,000.
VF-31 ‘Tomcatters” F-14D is seen raging through the skies during the final weeks of the type’s service in 2006.
The presentation is one of the best ever on the F-14’s genesis and the incredible technological leap it brought to modern air combat.
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The images confirm the return of the mighty Tomcat in the long-awaited sequel to the 1980s cult classic air combat flick.