The F-14D Tomcat was the most capable fleet defense fighter the U.S. Navy ever flew off a carrier deck. Grumman's proposal to make it dramatically better was called the Super Tomcat 21 — and it was, ...
There is little room for error aboard a crowded aircraft carrier, and this incident shows why. During Gulf War operations aboard USS Saratoga, an E-2C Hawkeye unexpectedly moved across the flight deck ...