The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, an iconic Cold War–era fighter jet immortalised by Hollywood’s Top Gun, has long been retired by every air force in the world — except one. Iran remains the sole operator of ...

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat earned its dramatic combat reputation flying for Iran, not America. The United States sold 78 F-14s to Iran during the pre-revolution Shah era. Iranian F-14 pilots reportedly ...

Designed for fleet air defense, the F-14 was armed with a potent long-range missile and, with a powerful new radar, could engage multiple airborne targets at once. The United States Navy’s F-14 Tomcat ...