F-14 Tomcat - F-14 Tomcat The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a United States Navy supersonic, twin-engine, variable sweep wing, two-place strike fighter. The Tomcat's primary missions are air superiority, fleet air defense and precision strike against ground targets. Sailors prepare an F-14 Tomcat for flight on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (year 2003). The F-14 has visual and all-weather attack capability to deliver Phoenix and Sparrow missiles as well as the M-61 gun and Sidewinder missiles for close in air-to-air combat. The F-14 also has the LANTIRN targeting system that allows delivery of various laser-guided bombs for precision strikes in air-to-ground combat missions. The F-14, equipped with Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) is the Navy's only manned tactical reconnaissance platform. The.
Tomcat - Tomcat A tomcat is a male cat. In Java computer programming contexts, Tomcat may refer to Jakarta Tomcat. In military aviation contexts, Tomcat may refer to the F-14 Tomcat. This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Jet engine - the outside, the blade became progressively more swept toward the outside, leading to a curved shape. Although in reality such designs remained turboprops, the name propfan was picked to make them sound more interesting. However the ducting of the normal turbofan has the side effect of containing the sonic boom of the fan inside the engine where it is largely muted. Such is not the case on a propfan. Propfans were at one time thought to be the next logical step in engine development for subsonic aircraft, but their very high noise levels made them unattractive, and work on them has since stopped. Propfans are also known as ultra high by-pass (UHB) engines. Ramjet At the other end of the scale from the increasing complexity of the fans is the ramjet..
Joe Edwards - Award 1992, Fighter Squadron 143 Fighter Pilot of the Year, 1984, 1985, Fighter Squadron 142 Fighter Pilot of the Year, 1990, 1991, 1992. Carrier Airwing Seven Pilot of the Year, 1985, 1990, 1991. He was designated a Naval Aviator in February 1982. Assigned to Fighter Squadron 143 in 1983 after completion of F-14 Tomcat training. Flew fighter escort and reconnaissance combat missions over Lebanon in 1983 and graduated from U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School in 1984. Graduated from U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1986 and subsequently worked as project flight test officer and pilot for F-14A(PLUS) and F-14D Full Scale Development. Flew the first Navy flight of the F-14D and a high angle of attack/departure from controlled flight test program for the F-14 airframe/F110 engine integration. Served as Operations and.
General Dynamics F-111 - kN class, with side-by-side accommodation for a crew of two. The high mounted wings were attached to a pair of giant swivels, allowing it to take off, land, and loiter with a modest 16 degree sweep (for maximum lift and minimum landing speed), cruise at high sub-sonic speeds with a 35 degree sweep, or rotate the wings right aft to a 72.5 degree sweep for a very fast maximum speed of Mach 2.4—particularly so for a bomber, which the F-111 had become by this time, its "F" (for "fighter") designation notwithstanding. Production versions of the F-111 did not have ejection seats. The pressurized crew compartment ejected as a self-contained survival module and descended under a 70 foot parachute. First flight was in December 1964 and entry into service with the USAF.
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation - landing gear. This was followed by a number of other successful designs. As the company grew, it moved to Valley Stream, then Farmingdale, finally ending up at Bethpage. In World War II, Grumman became famous for its Navy fighter aircraft, F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat, and for its torpedo bomber TBF Avenger. Grumman's first jet plane, the F9F Panther, became operational in 1949, but the company's big post-war successes came in the 1960s with the A-6 Intruder and in the 1970s with the F-14 Tomcat. Grumman were also the chief contractor on the Apollo Lunar Module that landed men on the moon. They received the contract on 7 November 1962 and in the end built 13 lunar modules (LMs). Meanwhile, in 1969, the company changed its name to Grumman Aerospace Corporation,.
Gulf of Sidra incident (1989) - second Gulf of Sidra incident, January 4, 1989, was when US F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger Es which appeared to be attempting to engage them, as had happened previously in the Gulf of Sidra incident (1981). In 1973 Libya had claimed much of the Gulf of Sidra as its territorial waters and subsequently declared a "line of death", the crossing of which would invite a military response. As part of its ongoing freedom of navigation activities in support of 12 mile territorial waters practices the US Navy aircraft carrrier USS John F. Kennedy was operating near the Libyan coast. At 20,000ft at 11:57AM on the morning of the 4th, VF-32 Gypsey Swordsmen F-14As AC207 (Joseph Bernard Connelly/CDR Steven Patrick Collins)(159610 AC207) and AC204 (Herman C. III Cook/Leo F..
F/A-18 Hornet - projection, interdiction and close and deep air support. In its fighter mode, the F/A-18 is used primarily as a fighter escort and for fleet air defense, supplementing the F-14 Tomcat. F/A-18 Hornets were flown by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron beginning in 1986. Two United States Air Force F/A-18 Hornets prepare to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. The nearest aircraft has folded its wingtips. The F/A-18 demonstrated its capabilities and versatility during Operation Desert Storm, shooting down enemy fighters and subsequently bombing enemy targets with the same aircraft on the same mission, and breaking all records for tactical aircraft in availability, reliability, and maintainability. The aircraft's survivability was proven by Hornets taking direct hits from surface-to-air missiles, recovering successfully, being.
F/A-22 Raptor - The first test flight of the Raptor occurred on September 7, 1997. The first production F/A-22 was delivered to the Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on January 14, 2003. F/A-22 Raptors, over California The Raptor is designed to carry its air-to-air missiles in internal bays to avoid disrupting its stealthiness. The missiles are launched by hydraulic arms that hurl them away from the jet so quickly that the weapons-bay doors pop open for less than one second. The United States Air Force originally planned an order of 750 ATFs, with production from 1994. Following the 1990 Major Aircraft Review, production was to begin in 1996 for a total of 648 aircraft. By 1994 the figure stood at 442 planes for service entry in 2003/2004. Based on the F/A-22, the swing-wing NATF.
Fighter aircraft - Mustang Sweden Saab J21 Many of these fighters would do over 400 m.p.h. in level flight, and were fast enough in a dive that they started encountering the effects of getting too close to the speed of sound, occasionally even to the point of breaking up in flight. Dive brakes were developed late in WW II to minimize these problems and restore control to the pilots. 1945-1952 U.S. Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Republic F-84 Thunderjet North American F-86 Sabre North American F-100 Super Sabre Grumman Panther Grumman Cougar Lockheed F-104 Starfighter McDonnell XF85 Goblin U.S.S.R Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Britain de Havilland Vampire Hawker Hunter France Dassault MD 450 Dassualt Mystere IVB Dassault MD 550 Mirage I Sweden Saab Tunnan Saab Lansen Saab Draken The first generation.
E-2 Hawkeye - (a variant of the S-2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft), which saw service from 1954 to 1964. The E-1's successor, the E-2 Hawkeye, was the first carrier-based aircraft designed from the outset for the all-weather airborne early warning and command and control function. Since replacing the E-1 in 1964, the Hawkeye has been the "eyes of the fleet." Since its combat debut during the Vietnam conflict, the E-2 has served the Navy around the world. Hawkeyes directed F-14 Tomcat fighters flying combat air patrol during the two-carrier battle group joint strike against terrorist-related Libyan targets in 1986. E-2Cs and cruisers equipped with the Aegis combat system, working together, provided total air mass superiority over the American fleet. More recently, E-2Cs provided the command and control for successful operations during the Persian Gulf War,.
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) - sustained combat air operations while forward deployed in the global arena. The embarked Air Wing consists of eight to nine squadrons. Attached aircraft are the F/A-18 Hornet, F-14 Tomcat, EA-6B Prowler, S-3 Viking, E-2C Hawkeye, and SH-60 Seahawk. The Air Wing can destroy enemy aircraft, ships, submarines, and land targets, or lay mines hundreds of miles from the ship. USS John C. Stennis' aircraft are used to conduct strikes, support land battles, protect the Battle Group or other friendly shipping, and implement a sea or air blockade. The Air Wing provides a visible presence to demonstrate American power and resolve in a crisis. The ship normally operates as the centerpiece of a Carrier Battle Group commanded by a flag officer embarked in USS John C. Stennis and consisting of four to.
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) - 1977. A second Mediterranean cruise 1977-1978 was similarly quiet, but on the third cruise, which began 10 September 1979, Nimitz was the launchpad for Operation Evening Light, the attempt to rescue the US Embassy workers being held hostage in Tehran, Iran. The mission was aborted when helicopters crashed at a rendezvous point in the Iranian desert. The ship finally returned home 26 May 1980. In the following year, one of Nimitz's EA-6B Prowlers crash-landed on its flight deck, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others. In the Gulf of Sidra incident (1981), while conducting a freedom of navigation exercise in the Gulf of Sidra near what Libya had proclaimed as the "line of death", two aircraft of Nimitz's VF-41 were fired on by Libyan pilots, but they returned fire and shot.
USS Ranger (CVA-61) - departed Norfolk, Virginia, with 200 Naval Reserve officer candidates for a 2-month cruise that took the carrier around Cape Horn. She arrived at her new homeport, Alameda, California, on 20 August and joined the Pacific Fleet. The carrier spent the remainder of 1958 in pilot qualification training for Air Group 14 and fleet exercises along the California coast. Departing 3 January 1959 for final training in Hawaiian waters until 17 February, she next sailed as the flagship of Rear Admiral H. H. Caldwell, ComCarDiv 2, to join the 7th Fleet. Air operations off Okinawa were followed by maneuvers with SEATO naval units out of Subic Bay. A special weapons warfare exercise and a patrol along the southern seaboard of Japan followed. During this first WestPac deployment, Ranger launched more than 7,000.
USS America (CV-66) - in Washington gave no indication as to the identity of the attackers. America's flight deck came alive. In a matter of minutes, F-4B Phantom interceptors were in the air to ward off any possible attack against task force units. At the same time, bombs and rockets moved from the magazines deep within the ship to the flight deck. Four Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack bombers were loaded and launched together with fighter cover. As the planes sped towards Liberty's position, however word was received from Tel Aviv that the attackers had been Israeli and that the attack had been made in error. The planes outbound from America were recalled with their ordnance still in the racks. The attack on Liberty had cost the lives of 34 men, with 75 wounded, 15 seriously..
AIM-7 Sparrow - missiles represent major improvements with vastly increased capabilities. The AIM-7F joined the military's inventory in 1976 as the primary medium-range, air-to-air missile for the USAF F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon, the US Navy's F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Hornet, and the USMC's F/A-18 and F-4 Phantom II. The AIM-7M, the only current operational version, entered service in 1982. It has improved reliability and performance over earlier models at low altitudes and in electronic countermeasures environments. It also has a significantly more lethal warhead. The latest software version of the AIM-7M is the H-Build that has been produced since 1987 and incorporates additional improvements in guidance. In the Persian Gulf War, the radar-guided AIM-7 Sparrow proved to be a potent air-to-air weapon used by USAF fighter pilots. Twenty-two Iraqi fixed-wing aircraft and.
AIM-54 Phoenix - in clusters of up to six missiles on the F-14 Tomcat, the only aircraft capable of carrying it. The Phoenix missile is the US Navy's only long-range air-to-air missile. It is an airborne weapons control system with multiple-target handling capabilities, used to kill multiple air targets with conventional warheads. Near simultaneous launch is possible against up to six targets in all weather and heavy jamming environments. The improved Phoenix, the AIM-54C, can better counter projected threats from tactical aircraft and cruise missiles. In training, the Phoenix hit a target drone at a range of 212 km (in January 1979, in Iran). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Versions 2 Inventory 3 Combat Performance 4 Characteristics 5 See also 6.
The Final Countdown - passes through a sort of vortex, and after the storm passes, all the usual communication with the shore has been cut off. The captain sends out patrols, who are just as surprised to run into Japanese Zeros as they are to see F-14 Tomcat jets whizzing by. Finally they figure out that they have been transported back in time, to December 6, 1941, yes indeed, the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Worse, they've also rescued the passengers of a pleasure boat that had been attacked by the Zeros, a Senator Chapman (Charles Durning) and his secretary Laurel Scott (Katharine Ross), and the Senator is especially indignant that the Navy has kept him in the dark about the new supercarrier that he finds himself on. Captain Yelland now has the.
Timeline of computing 1950-1979 - World! 1959 Computers built between 1959 and 1964 are often regarded as 'Second Generation' computers, based on transistors and printed circuits - resulting in much smaller computers. More powerful, the second generation of computers could handle compilers for languages such as FORTRAN (for science) or COBOL (for business), that accepting English-like commands, and so were much more flexible in their applications. 1959 COBOL (COmmon Business-Orientated Language) developed by Grace Murray Hopper as the successor to FLOW-MATIC, finished in 1961. 1959 Minsk mainframe computer development and production started in the USSR. Stopped in 1975. 1960 Algol - first structured, procedural, programming language to be released. 1960 Compiler compiler - The first compiler compiler is released. 1960 Tandy Corporation founded by Charles Tandy. 1961 APL programming language released by Kenneth Iverson at IBM..
Top Gun - starring Tom Cruise as a young United States Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot. Cruise's character is selected for the Navy's elite "Top Gun" fighter pilot school at Miramar, near San Diego, California. He falls in love with a beautiful female civilian instructor played by Kelly McGillis. His back seat crewmate (unlike the Air Force, the Navy puts a second officer on its fighter aircraft) is killed in a training accident. The death of his close friend "Goose" causes him to lose his nerve until the climactic air-to-air combat sequence at the end. See also Gulf of Sidra incident (1981), US-Libyan air engagement over territorial claim, 2 Libyan jets shot down by F-14s Gulf of Sidra incident (1989), US-Libyan air engagement over territorial claim, 2 Libyan jets shot down by F-14s.
