Navy Jets

           Navy Aviation is used when Navy ships are undergoing enemy fire, used for bombings and stealth missions.  The Navy’s F-4 Phantom was created in 1957.  It was the first Navy plane.  In the 1960’s the F-14 Tomcat was made.  It was a replacement for the F-4 Phantom.  The F-4 Phantom could only attack an enemy aircraft or slow flying cruise missile.  Its replacement was the F-14 Tomcat. The Navy needed something to attack more then slow flying missiles and enemy aircraft; they needed something to attack enemy bases and ships too.  The F-14 Tomcat is still used today, but it has some minor modifications to it.  With the modifications it is capable of going Mach 2.34 or 1,564 miles per hour.

Missiles

Every Navy Fighter plane carries at least one missile.  An AAM missile uses heat seeking sensors, and it uses a special filter to keep it from heading for the sun and locked on to its target.  A sparrow missile is a semi-active radar homing missile.  Since it is a semi-active homing missile the plane that launches it must stay locked onto the target from anywhere between a 65 degree angle from the cone of the planes nose.