12/06/2026
🎯 The Radar That Could Track an Entire Air Fleet
Imagine a fighter radar so advanced it could track 24 aircraft simultaneously—decades before modern AESA technology.
That radar was the AN/AWG-9.
Installed aboard the legendary F-14 Tomcat, the AWG-9 was designed to defend U.S. Navy carrier groups against massive Soviet bomber formations. It could detect threats at extreme distances, track an entire enemy strike package, and guide AIM-54 Phoenix missiles against multiple targets at once.
In the 1970s, this capability was almost unimaginable.
The AWG-9 didn't just make the F-14 dangerous—it transformed the Tomcat into one of the most capable fleet defense fighters ever built.
In this video, we'll explore how the AN/AWG-9 worked, why it was decades ahead of its time, and how it gave the F-14 a combat advantage few aircraft could match.
🎥 Watch now and discover the radar that could track an entire air fleet.
Could any other fighter radar of the Cold War rival the AWG-9?