U.S. Navy susspended carrier operations on F-14s
The U.S. Navy suspended carrier operations on all its F-14s after it found that a component failure in the nose gear of one of the aircraft led to a crash on Mar. 2 in which the pilots died. Before being returned to flight status, the nose landing gear cylinder has to be inspected. If corrosion is...
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