Navy – The Tactical Air Network

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

March 31, 2017 // 34 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...]

Dropping a Fully-Loaded Super Hornet 20 Feet

January 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

Aircraft designed to operate from the decks of seagoing aircraft carriers need to have extremely resilient landing gear, allowing them to withstand the effects of carrier [read more...]

The Royal Navy Plans on Landing Their F-35Bs at Sea, Soviet-Style

October 2, 2015 // 3 Comments

Ordinarily, fixed wing aircraft require the use of a tailhook and arresting three/four arresting cables to safely come to a halt aboard the deck of an aircraft carrier. Jets [read more...]

Look, Ma!! No Hook!!!

May 6, 2015 // 3 Comments

The C-130 has been the workhorse of cargo aircraft for the the Marines and the Air Force since it entered service in 1954. As of 2009, there have been more then 2,300 [read more...]

A Quick Visual Primer to Every American Aircraft Carrier Class of the Past 97 Years

April 25, 2015 // 3 Comments

The Naval History & Heritage Command put together this awesome and simple graphic that demonstrates the evolutionary history of American aircraft carriers throughout the [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...]

“Be quick, be quiet, and be on time.”

February 16, 2015 // 3 Comments

Earlier this week, we shared a picture from Lockheed Martin’s publicity page on our Facebook page. Each and every one of those jets pictured in the digital rendering [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...]

XFV-12

July 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

Here’s a riddle for you: It starts like a Skyhawk, turns into a Phantom and finishes off like a Starship. Any guesses? If you were as confused as I thought you’d [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...]