2022年2月20日 · ‘The F-14D yes, it would in every area except reliability and turn performance (with equivalent combat loads the Tomcat was actually better than the F/A-18) but to truly understand what could have been you need to look at the Super Tomcat 21,’ explains Kevin Mason, former US Naval Test Pilot School and TOPGUN Graduate, on Quora.

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.

2019年9月10日 · 因此，格鲁曼公司又向美国海军建议了一架真正的“超级雄猫”战斗机，称为“超级雄猫21（Super Tomcat 21）”，即“21世纪超级雄猫”战斗机。 图五 格鲁曼公司当年关于先进“雄猫”战斗机的发展路线图

2022年1月9日 · In fact, the Super Tomcat 21 would have been able to super-cruise, or fly at supersonic speeds without the use of its afterburner, at a sustained jaw-dropping Mach 1.3. Thrust vectoring nozzles, if the Navy had opted to include them, would have taken the new fighter’s maneuverability to a positively mind-boggling level when leveraged in ...

2024年11月18日 · The F-14 Super Tomcat 21 was an ambitious upgrade for the U.S. Navy’s F-14 Tomcat fighter, promising increased speed, range, and payload capacity. Powered by F110-GE-429 engines, the revamped jet had the potential to achieve supercruise at Mach 1.3.

2023年5月12日 · This new Tomcat would have been able to fly farther than ever before at higher sustained speeds, with an ability to super-cruise, or fly at supersonic speeds without the use of its afterburner, at an amazing Mach 1.3.

ST21 stands for Super Tomcat for the 21st Century. It was an revolutionary upgrade of the existing F-14D model. The most obvious modification was the new glove area: Instead of the retractable glove-vanes of the A model, the glove was enlarged to …

2024年8月9日 · “超级攻击雄猫21” ( Attack Super Tomcat 21,AST21)是以ST21为基础进行改进的，配备更先进的雷达与航电设备、增加空中管制功能、增强机体结构、加装大型适形辅助油箱、配备高升力装置将着舰速度降低了27公里、可挂载战术核武器等，这些改进措施都大幅提升了“雄猫”的作战能力。 ASF-14. 继AST21之后,格鲁曼公司推出了最后一款“雄猫”的改进方案——ASF-14“先进打击战斗机” (Advanced Strike Fighter) ,它应用了大量ATF和ATA (A-12)的先进技术。 不过 …

2015年2月25日 · Several years since it was eventually retired from the U.S. Navy, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat remains one of the most loved planes by aviation enthusiasts.

2021年10月7日 · Grumman had planned for several variants of the Tomcat after the F-14D, but sadly the Tomcat was retired in 2006. What if those variants were produced? What if the Tomcat evolution had...