"The F-14 Tomcat continues to be a premier long-range strike-fighter as evidenced by its superb performance in Operation Allied Force and the strikes in Operation Southern Watch. While the Navy provided only eight percent of the total dedicated aircraft in Operation Allied Force, the Navy was credited with 30 percent of the validated kills against fielded forces in Kosovo as a result of the superb performance of the Tomcat in the Forward Air Controller (Airborne) (FAC(A)) role. Another revolutionary feature of the Tomcat is the recent Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting InfraRed at Night (LANTIRN) system software update that enables the Tomcat to acquire mensurated target coordinates that are accurate enough for GPS weapons, which is unique to the Tomcat. The Tomcat's "Roadmap for the Future"—a plan to incorporate significant performance improvements during the next four years, including through-the-weather precision strike capability—makes it the platform of choice for all-weather, day or night, deep strike." [U.S. Navy statement, 2000]

• The Story of the Fixed-wing Bird All about why the F-14's swing-wing technology is superior to any fixed-wing aircraft (Grumman cartoon) ;-)
• F-14A: The Beginning The Navy's VFX proposal, the early design process and the first flight
  
  • Historic article on the brandnew F-14A
  • Photos of early testing and production
  • Export Tomcats
• F-14B: The next step All about the first F-14B prototype, the never-built F-14C and the final F-14B (F-14A+)
• F-14D: The best ever! Read about improvements that make the F-14D the best ever Navy (strike-)fighter
• Grumman proposals for the future "With it the Navy might not need the ATF"
• Today & Tomorrow: The F-14 story continued ...
• The last F-14 catshot
• The Final F-14 Flight
  
  
• The story of the Tomcat Tweaker
• The story of the Plane Captain
  
  
• F-14 Combat Records From first air-to-air victories to the latest air-to-ground operations