Grumman – The Tactical Air Network

Navy to Explore Resurrecting the F-14 Tomcat to Replace the F-35

March 31, 2017 // 35 Comments

Under condition of anonymity, a senior-level official with the Navy has informed TACAIRNET that the service intends on bringing the F-14 Tomcat back from the graveyard to [read more...]

Tomcat’s First Ride

April 15, 2015 // 4 Comments

Mid-September 1974 would see yet another WESTPAC combat deployment for the already-battle hardened USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in [read more...]

The CF-14-Eh Tomcat?

February 15, 2015 // 3 Comments

The year was 1977, and the Canadian Department of National Defence had just kicked off their New Fighter Aircraft program to replace their aging fleet of CF-101 Voodoos, [read more...]

Tigers, Dives and 20 mm Cannons

September 21, 2014 // 1 Comment

On Friday the 21st, 1956, one of Grumman’s in-house test pilots, Thomas W. Attridge Jr. climed into a borrowed Navy Grumman F11F-1 Tiger (BuNo 138620), taxied out, [read more...]

Spinning Tomcats

September 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Early F-14 Tomcats had serious issues with maneuverability, especially during close-in engagements or dogfights. When the aircraft was positioned at a high angle of attack, [read more...]

303B

July 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

This is a post from a while ago that somehow never made it onto the website for our FoldingWing Friday theme, which is generally dedicated to Lambo, Shooter’s and my [read more...]

Midway to Our Objective!

June 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

“Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making. [read more...]

Midway

June 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

Seventy two years ago at 0430 hours on the 4th of June, the Battle of Midway was in its infancy with Japanese scout aircraft launching in search of their American quarry. By [read more...]

The Blues Take Flight

April 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

On this day in 1946, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Chester Nimitz ordered that “A…Flight Exhibition Team be organized within the Naval Air Advanced Training [read more...]

First Flight of the Intruder

April 19, 2014 // 0 Comments

On this day in 1960 the A-6 Intruder had its maiden flight. Designed by Gruman Aerospace, it served as an all-weather medium attack aircraft from 1963 until 1997, replacing [read more...]