That’s what the F-14 Tomcat was designed to do....engage these bombers from long range. Not sure the F-18 Hornet can fulfill that role as effectively.
Well worth the entire watch....Impressive....11/20/2015
More Massive strikes with Russian cruise missiles Kalibr-NK ��‹��‹from the water zone of the Caspian Sea against terrorist objects in Raqqah, Idlib and Aleppo provinces.....reported 600 terrorists killed from Missle strikes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf2SZ_gjtA0
F-18 does not have near enough range, nor can it carry the Phoenix missile. The carrier defense role of the F-14 with AIM-54 is long gone and has not been replaced. Nothing to keep Backfires from getting into standoff missile firing range, guess the deep thinkers figured the end of the cold war removed that need.