| I recently rented the dvd of the movie Stealth(2005). | | | | Hornet. It was the largest and heaviest U.S. fighter to |
| The story envisions that future fighter jets are piloted | | | | ever fly from an aircraft carrier, its size a |
| by sophisticated computers to the extent that the | | | | consequence of the requirement to carry both the |
| lethal automated jets can think on their own without | | | | large AWG-9 radar and the extremely long-range |
| human pilots. In the end, it is the humans that are | | | | AIM-54 Phoenix missiles. |
| charged to prevent the war instead. | | | | Armament included the main gun M61 Vulcan, with 676 |
| I am very passionate about fighter planes. I follow the | | | | rounds and 4,000 or 6,000 RPM selectable firing rate. In |
| history of the development of the various military jet | | | | addition, 6,700 kg of stores could also be carried for |
| planes especially those that can perform precision | | | | combat missions in several hard points under the belly |
| strike missions. One of my favourites is the Grumman | | | | and on wing-mounted hardpoints, usually a combination |
| F-14 Tomcat. | | | | of two - four Phoenixs or Sparrows on the belly |
| Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, | | | | stations, two Phoenixs/Sparrows on the wing |
| two-seat, variable geometry wing aircraft. The F-14 | | | | hardpoints, and two Sidewinders on the wing |
| was the United States Navy's primary maritime air | | | | hardpoints. Some deployments also used four AIM-7 |
| superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical | | | | Sparrows (on the belly) and four AIM-9 Sidewinders |
| reconnaissance platform from 1974 to 2006, | | | | (on the wingmounts). |
| developed after the collapse of the F-111B project, and | | | | My interest in fighter planes had me going around |
| was the first of the American teen-series fighters | | | | collecting display models. In addition, I have for many |
| which were designed incorporating the experience of | | | | years developed paper models of these planes. With |
| air combat in Vietnam against the Russian-developed | | | | some innovative folding techniques, I have managed to |
| MiGs. | | | | develop some of them which look like the real deal. In |
| Replacing the F-4 Phantom II, the F-14 Tomcat was | | | | addition to F-14 Tomcat, I manage to make origami |
| retired from the U.S. Navy fleet on 22 September | | | | fighter planes in the likes of the RQ-4 Global Hawk, |
| 2006, having been replaced by the F/A-18E/F Super | | | | F-117 Night Hawk and Aurora. |