When The US Navy Mistakenly Thought A High-Flying Concorde Was A Threat

The Cold War had not yet come to its dramatic and sudden end, as the US Navy was on high alert as its carrier strike group ...
National Security Journal on MSN

Why the U.S. Navy Finally Said No to the F-14 Tomcat

The Navy retired the F-14 Tomcat for five intertwined reasons: crippling upkeep (tens of maintenance hours per flight hour and high cost per hour), the fading of its Cold War fleet-defense mission, ...
The National Interest

Why the Navy Said ‘No’ To the Super F-14 Tomcat

The boffo box office of Top Gun: Maverick, the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 blockbuster original, has sparked renewed public interest in the legendary F-14 Tomcat. This is understandable since – ...
SlashGear

Why The US Navy Retired The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Jet

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is probably the most recognizable fighter jet from the 20th century thanks to 1986's "Top Gun," starring Tom Cruise. The general public got to see the jet's variable sweep wing ...
Forbes

Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003

Boom Technology’s XB-1 test plane. On January 28, 2025, it became the first commercial-type aircraft to fly supersonic since the Concorde in 2003. Today, for the first time since Concorde was retired ...
Jalopnik

It's Far Too Soon To Let Supersonic Flights Rip Across The Country

While Boom Supersonic boasted about there being no audible sonic boom on the ground during the final test flight of its XB-1 demonstrator in February, its prospective airliner still isn't allowed to ...