The old cat didn't get that extra life. The Navy decided to fill the role of fighter/attack aircraft with the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and the F-14 Tomcat was finally retired on September 22 ...

Despite never having been built, the Grumman Super Tomcat-21 (ST21) remains a point of fascination in aviation circles. ST21 symbolizes what could have been an exceptional evolution of a legendary ...

An alternative, the Super Tomcat-21, offered advanced avionics, greater fuel capacity, and more weaponry but was not pursued due to higher costs. -Today, many believe the Super Tomcat-21 would ...