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The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Had the Wrong Engine

The F-14 Tomcat married a superb airframe to the wrong engine. Inherited from the F-111, Pratt & Whitney TF30s were prone to ...
The F-8 Crusader’s variable-incidence wing and 16,500-pound engine made it the Navy’s first true Mach 1 fighter. Flying 7,000 ...
The F-35 Lightning II was used in August 2025 to successfully evaluate three B61-12 test assets during a multi-day test campaign. Sandia National ...