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Grumman F-14D Super Tomcat

February 11, 2018 by CAM_Admin

Sophisticated fighter aircraft are expensive to develop, manufacture, and operate. To lower these costs, focus has shifted to multi-role planes that can be used by all branches of the armed forces. The US Navy’s F-14 was one of the last specialized fighters, a heavy and complex aircraft with powerful engines, sophisticated avionics, and variable-sweep wings.

A high sweep angle is beneficial for transonic and supersonic speeds, but slower speeds require the greater lift and stability of straighter wings. An onboard computer adjusted the F-14’s wings automatically to optimize wing sweep for a given airspeed. Our F-14D was the last F-14 to launch from an aircraft carrier on an operational deployment over Iraq. Its final flight was into Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, and it was decommissioned at the NC Air National Guard.

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