| Grumman F-14B Super Tomcat Carrier-based Air Superiority Fighter. Designed
as a supersonic, all-weather interceptor able to engage multiple targets
with its powerful onboard targeting systems and up to six Phoneix air-to-air
missiles. The F-14 first entered service in 1972, replacing the F-4 Phantom
as the Navy's front-line carrier-based air superiority fighter. |
Hmmm,
different, yet impressive looking!
Grumman E-1B Tracer - Carrier-based Airbone Early Warning Aircraft. Flying
above a Carrier Task Force, the Tracer would offer the commander an electronic
"bird's eye view" of the surrounding airspace extending the task group's
"eyes" hundreds of miles over the horizon. These aircraft entered service
in 1958, and served aboard the USS Intrepid from the aircraft's inception
to the carrier's retirement in 1974. |
