Author: STEVENSON, JAMES PERRY
Title: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Description: Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1975. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0816805903. B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Gcood ondition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The book covers have some creasing to the corners, some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners and noticeable generalized rubbing to the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. : "The F-14 first flew on 21 December 1970 and made its first deployment in 1974 with the U. S. Navy aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65) , replacing the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The F-14 served as the U. S. Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor, and tactical aerial reconnaissance platform into the 2000s. The Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod system was added in the 1990s and the Tomcat began performing precision ground-attack missions. The Tomcat was retired by U. S. Navy on 22 September 2006, supplanted by the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Several retired F-14s have been put on display across the US. " (from Wikipedia). Good .

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