Tag: Combat Air Patrol

How A U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat Shot Down An Iraqi Mi-8 Hip Helicopter During Operation Desert Storm

The story of the only air-to-air kill achieved by the F-14 Tomcat…

No, the withdrawal of U.S. F-15s from Turkey doesn’t mean NATO is leaving one of its members alone

The U.S. has withdrawn twelve F-15 fighter jets from Turkey but new…

Impressive previously unreleased footage shows how two F-14 Tomcats shot down two Gaddafi’s MiG-23s

Watch the full declassified footage of the second Gulf of Sidra Incident.…

The story of an F-14 Tomcat RIO Who Became POW During the First Gulf War

The dramatic story of Lt. Lawrence Slade, a US Navy Tomcat RIO…

Pilots explain how Navy’s F-4 Phantoms intercepted Soviet Bombers near U.S. aircraft carriers

Developed as interceptor to protect U.S. Navy's Carrier Battle Groups (CVBG), the…