More than 50 years on from its first flight, the iconic fighter jet remains one of the most iconic aircraft in the world.

Nearly everyone knows Maverick, Goose, and the thrill of Top Gun dogfighting, and most people know the F-14 Tomcat is a ...

After 36 years of service, the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat was retired in September 2006. 13News Now was there at Naval Air Station Oceana to document the aircraft's final flight, as Hampton Roads bid ...

The Air Force passed on the YF-17 prototype, preferring the more agile F-16. But Navy planners liked it—ultimately ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation could be selected as the prime contractor for the F/A-XX Program. Click here to read an analysis ...

While the N-102 proved capable, the Air Force instead opted for the Lockheed submission, the CL-246—which went on to become ...

The U.S. Navy will this week announce whether Northrop Grumman or Boeing will build its next-generation carrier-based stealth fighter, a contract that is expected to be worth hund ...

While operating with the USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean in 1981, two F-14 Tomcats ... F-14A Tomcat 160403 on the deck of the USS Nimitz the day after the aircraft shot down a Libyan Su-22 ...

I attended the Miramar Air Show at San Diego’s USMC base in 2002. The airfield was dotted with planes, jets, tanks, helicopters and men in uniform. F-16s screamed overhead and I was in heaven, a ...