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Everyone remembers the F-14 Tomcat from Top Gun, but almost nobody knows about the secret "Super Tomcat" that was arguably better than the F-22 Raptor—until politics killed it.

Video Synopsis: In 1974, an outdated A-4 Skyhawk humiliated the US Navy's brand-new F-14 Tomcat in a dogfight. The result? Israel walked away, buying the F-15 Eagle instead. This failure exposed a fatal flaw in America's most iconic fighter jet, setting off a chain of events that nearly destroyed the program.

But Grumman engineers had a plan. They designed three secret versions of the Tomcat—the ST-21, ASF-21, and ASF-14—that would have transformed the aircraft into a Mach 1.3 super-cruising monster capable of dominating the skies for decades.

This video exposes the untold story of the "Super Tomcat" that never flew, the political battles that grounded it, and how Dick Cheney cancelled the most dominant fighter jet America almost built.

In this video, we cover:

Why an Israeli pilot rejected the F-14 after beating it in a dogfight.

The disastrous TF30 engines that plagued the early Tomcats.

The "Super Tomcat" proposals (ST-21 & ASF-14) that featured stealth tech and thrust vectoring.

How the F-14D compared to the F-15 Eagle and F/A-18 Super Hornet.

The real reason the Tomcat was retired in 2006.