Associated Press – The Navy’s F-14 Tomcat, a Cold War-era fighter jet emblazoned in the public’s imagination as Tom Cruise’s sleek ride in the movie “Top Gun,” is beginning its final weeks of combat sorties over Iraq before being retired from the U.S. arsenal.
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Daily Archives: December 17, 2005
History – Death of Convoy PQ-17
World War II – As their escorts turned away, the ships of the doomed Allied convoy followed orders and began to disperse in the Arctic waters.