Key Points and Summary - The F-14 Tomcat, immortalized in the film Top Gun, was a legendary U.S. Navy fighter famed for its blistering Mach 2.34+ speed and iconic variable-sweep wings. -Beyond ...

With a $916 billion defense budget, more than the next nine highest spending countries combined, the United States is the world’s preeminent military power — and the U.S. Navy is an indispensable ...

Several U.S. naval ships are capable of reaching record-breaking speeds. As of this writing, the fastest U.S. Navy ship still in service is the Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS). Officially, it ...