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US Navy’s 6th-gen fighter pursues unique design, independent of Air Force NGAD
The US Navy's F/A-XX fighter will replace the aging F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, focusing on cost-effectiveness and practical ...
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A-12 Avenger II: 'Flying Dorito' Stealth Explained in 2 Words
Named the Avenger II in honor of the Grumman TBF/TBM torpedo bomber used during the Second World War, the A-12 was to be an all-weather, carrier-based stealth bomber. It was also to incorporate more ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird Beat 4,000 Missiles (But What About the F-14 Tomcat?)
the U.S. Navy’s Grumman F-14 Tomcat and the U.S. Air Force’s McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. And while no Soviet fighter or missile ever managed to catch up to the sky-storming Habu (a name pilots gave ...
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Lockheed begins assembling US Navy’s first E-130J nuclear-missile command aircraft
Factory work is underway in Marietta, Georgia on the first of three C-130J airframes that Lockheed Martin will deliver to the ...
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F-14 Tomcat Fighter Had a 'Combat Range' the Navy Can't Match in 2024
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, famously featured in the 1980s film "Top Gun," was one of the finest naval warplanes ever built.