Monthly Archive for April, 2003

1/72 Academy Grumman F-14A Tomcat

The Aircraft
The F-14 Tomcat is the premier fleet defence aircraft of the US Navy and it has been so for the almost 3 decades. Armed with the AIM-54 Phoenix Air-to-air missile, the Tomcat can target and shootdown 6 different targets at the same time. In recent years, the Tomcat has also been converted to become a strike fighter, armed with both conventional and laser guided bombs for precision attack. The Tomcat is also the premier reconaisance platform for the Navy. In the twilight of its career(It is slowly being replaced by the Super Hornet), the Tomcat has become arguably the most versatile asset in the US Navy arsenal.

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