Why the Navy Chose the F/A-18E Hornet over the F-14 Tomcat
The Tomcat is one of the U.S. fighters that has seen the most sustained and intense air-to-air combat of its generation.
Nonetheless, the Tomcat did prove itself to be one of the great American fighters of its era—in the hands of both the U.S. Navy and the Iranian Air Force.
Sébastien Roblin holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. He has also worked in education, editing, and refugee resettlement in France and the United States. He currently writes on security and military history for War Is Boring.
This first appeared in October 2016.
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