The F6D Missileer Program died due to its expense, however its conceptual spirit lived on within the F-14 Tomcat.

How he Navy's first missileer led the way.

The F-14 was made famous in Top Gun. The U.S. sold the planes to Iran in the 1970s, only for the two countries to become enemies. Iran kept its... Since the start of the Iran conflict, retired U.S.

The U.S. Senate passed the "Maverick Act," a bill to transfer three retired F-14 fighter jets from the U.S. Navy to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The legislation allows the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two former naval aviators say the Senate-passed Maverick Act — which could bring three F-14 fighter jets to the U.S. Space and ...

Designed for fleet air defense, the F-14 was armed with a potent long-range missile and, with a powerful new radar, could engage multiple airborne targets at once. The United States Navy’s F-14 Tomcat ...