Tech History Made on December 21, 1970

On this day in 1970 the F-14 Tomcat took its maiden flight. The F-14 Tomcat is a two seat, variable geometry wing aircraft with supersonic twin engines. The F-14 was put into service by the US Navy in 1972 and replaced the F-4 Phantom II. The F-14 was retired from the US Navy in 2006 but a few exported models still remain in use by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.