The F-14 has speed and the range of the Pheonix, but naval aircraft don't necessarily need their own long range radar because they can take contacts via datalink from much longer range ship-borne radars. BVR: The F-14 wins the longest stick award with the AIM-54 missile, at least on paper. 3- the engines of F-14 has been upgraded with APUs (Auxillary power units) to boost its performance in tight maneuvers . Tactical information display (TID) of radar data in the rear seat of an F-14A. 13. In the early 1970s, the F-14’s AWG-9 radar coupled with the AIM-54 Phoenix missile system was one of the most advanced in the world. The AN/AWG-9 and AN/APG-71 radars are all-weather, multi-mode X-Band pulse doppler radar systems used in the F-14 Tomcat.It is a very long-range air-to-air system with the capability of guiding several AIM-54 Phoenix or AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles at the same time using its track while scan mode. The AIM-54 Phoenix missile was used exclusively in conjunction with the F-14’s radar and had a range of 100 nautical miles, or 115 regular miles. The F-14 was developed in the US by Grumman as part of long term attempt to develop long-range, high-endurance interceptors to defend carrier battle groups against anti-ship missiles.It was first flown on the 21st December 1970 and was introduced for use by the US Navy in September 1974 to defend aircraft carriers from Soviet bombers carrying long-range cruise missiles. Scrambling for a replacement, Grumman took the swing-wing concept, TF-30 engines, AWG-9 radar and long-range AIM-54 missile from the F-111B design and … The Hawkeye's long-range radar and other electronic surveillance systems can simultaneously detect and track hundreds of ships and aircraft more than 200 miles away. 2- They are capable of using Fakour A-A missile with 200KM range and maghsoud missile with 300+ KM range and R-27 Alamo with 130km range under a project named toofan. Considering the radar, engine and avionics disadvantages across the board in the F-14A, it’s really not worth comparing those with the F-15. The F-14 was the United States Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical reconnaissance platform from 1974 to 2006. F-14 B/D are more worthy of comparison. An F-14 in flight with fully swept wings. It was designed in the 1960s with the aerodynamic and electronic capacities to defend U.S. aircraft-carrier operations at long ranges against Soviet aircraft and missiles. F-14, two-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, also called the Tomcat, that was built from 1970 to 1992. The AN/AWG-9 and AN/APG-71 radars are all-weather, multi-mode X band pulse-Doppler radar systems used in the F-14 Tomcat, and also tested on TA-3B. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engined two-seat carrier-based supersonic sweep wing jet fighter aircraft produced by the US-American manufacturer Grumman Aerospace Corporation.The Tomcat was operated by the United States Navy and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force only. It was ahead of its time and was a quantum jump ahead of the F-4 Phantom’s radar that it replaced. It is a very long-range air-to-air system with the capability of guiding several AIM-54 Phoenix or AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles at the same time using its track while scan mode. The AIM-120 of the F/A-18 is also a more reliable missile. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing aircraft.