Period: from '50 to '90
Nation: United States Of America
Model Dim.: 26 cm
F-14 A TOMCAT
The U.S. Navys first super-fighter, the F-14, was developed partially regarding foundation of experience gained using the F-111, a multi-role airplane produced by General Dynamics, the Navy as a type of which, the F111B, ended up being built by Grumman. The F-14A first travelled on 21st December 1970, and production-line models began reaching squadrons in 1973. Squadrons VF-1 and VF-2 accompanied the last voyage connected with aircraft carrier Enterprise in Vietnam, yet don't ever saw combat. The Tomcat would not see action until 1981, in terms of shot down two Libyan Su-22s during an encounter within the Gulf of Sirte. Subsequently the F-14 is updated several times and has now had components in various conflicts in the centre East (Iran-Iraq war, first and 2nd Gulf War), plus in operations through the entire previous Yugoslavia and tiny skirmishes regarding Mediterranean.
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