The F-14A Grumman Tomcat is often regarded as one of the most iconic fighters in aviation history, known for its versatility and advanced technology. While it was highly effective in air-to-air combat and played a significant role in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War, labeling it the "deadliest" fighter ever is subjective. Factors such as combat effectiveness, kill ratios, and overall impact can vary among different aircraft and contexts. Other fighters, like the F-15 and F-22, also have impressive records, making it difficult to definitively name one as the deadliest.
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The F-14 was the Tomcat. In fact every Grumman fighter was some kind of 'cat'
Grumman made the cat family: Wildcat, Hellcat, and the Bearcat single engined WWII fighter planes. During Korea they made the Panther & Cougar jets. After the Viet War they made the F14 Tomcat jet.
Grumman Aerospace built the F-14
If you mean the person who designed it, the answer is Michael Pelehach, Grumman's chief designer. If you mean which company, the answer, of course, is Grumman, now Northrop Grumman.
This question carries its own answer. Grumman made the Hellcat, along with the Wildcat, Tigercat, Bearcat, Panther, Couger, Tiger, and Tomcat fighters for the US Navy.
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The computer game is at= Apache Tomcat 6.0.18 = = =The aircraft "Tomcat" is the Grumman F-14It is replaced by the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super HornetThe only air force still employing Tomcats is the Iranian Air Force!
In US Navy service, the Tomcat was replaced by the more versatile F-18.
Apachie and Tomcat are two military aircraft apachie eing a standerized gunshipw with less fire power the F-14 tomcat is fighter jet commonly used in regular operations the F-22 Raptor,the tomcats younger brother is also a jet fighter but a stealth fighter and is capable of outgunning and outrunning every other military aircraft.
Tomcat Alley was created in 1994 for the Sega CD gaming platform. It is a flight combat simulator game that puts players in the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet.
The F-14 fighter was known as the "Tomcat" (the final variant of the F-14 [F-14D] was known as the "Super Tomcat")