Originally designed in the 1970s to defend U.S. Navy carrier battle groups, it was armed with a 20mm Vulcan gun and capable of ... in service as proposed, the jet would have been modern enough ...

Armament: Provision for gun pods, bombs or rockets under wings. The T-2C Buckeye is a tandem-seat, carrier-capable, all-purpose jet trainer whose mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots ...

The US Navy has the best carrier-based aircraft ... screen as the star of Top Gun, alongside Tom Cruise, makes the F-14 easily the most recognizable naval jet in history.