US Navy F-14 Tomcat: The Evolution Of The Variable-Sweep Wing

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine supersonic variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The F-14 was designed and developed by Grumman in the late 1960s to have carrier-operation capability. The aircraft performed its first flight in December 1970 and entered service with the United States Navy in September 1974.