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Observe F-14 Tomcat taking a spin test at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base

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Persian Gulf War: U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat

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Also Known As	F-14A • Tomcat • Grumman F-14 Tomcat

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Persian Gulf War: burning oil wells

Persian Gulf War: U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat

Observe F-14 Tomcat taking a spin test at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base

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NASA's Reduced Gravity Program provides the unique weightless or zero-G environment of space flight for testing and training of human and hardware reactions. NASA used the turbojet KC-135A to run these parabolic flights from 1963 to 2004.

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