TAGGED: AIM-54 Phoenix F-14 Tomcat Fakour-90 Iran missile. Share This Article. Facebook Twitter Copy Link Print. By David Cenciotti. Follow: David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy.

What You Need to Know: The AIM-54 Phoenix was a renowned long-range air-to-air missile used by the U.S. Navy from 1974 until 2004, notably carried by the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet.Originally ...

At just shy of 63 feet long and boasting a 64-foot wingspan, the F-14 Tomcat could attain speeds in excess of Mach 1 at sea level and surpass Mach 2.34 at altitude thanks to two General Electric ...

The F-14 Tomcat was a Cold War fighter first deployed in the 1970s. For over 30 years it served the US Navy with distinction, ... An F-14A firing an AIM-54 Phoenix missile in 1991 Photo: US Navy.

The F-14 Tomcat was primarily designed to defend the U.S. Navy’s fleets from airborne threats, using its AWG-9 radar and the long-range AIM-54 Phoenix missiles ... Phoenix missile ...

An Israeli military official said a drone struck two F-14s in Tehran earlier in the week. Iran is the only air force that ...

The Phoenix missile coupled with the radar system gave the Tomcat the ability to eliminate targets from 100 miles away. As you might have figured, Iran didn't remain allies with the U.S.

Introducing the Phoenix Missile. Two powerful Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-412A engines powered the Tomcat, which could produce a combined thrust power of roughly 42,000 pounds. At this rate, the Tomcat ...