In the skies over the Persian Gulf, an F-14 Tomcat - the United States’ premier fleet defender - cuts through the thin air at ...
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 ...
The AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air missile is an example of a weapon system that could be dropped so the Navy could free money to buy new systems, Vice Adm. Joseph W. Dyer, commander of Naval Air Systems ...