The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is history's most iconic naval jet fighter. There, we said it. But there would be no Tomcat, and no Top Gun, if not for an airplane type that staked Grumman's claim as the U.S.
At the National Naval Aviation Museum, a Canadian-built fighter that served Nicaragua honors the legacy of the first aircraft built by Grumman for the U.S. Navy.