Check Out F14 Tom Cat on eBay. Fill Your Cart With Color Today! The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy 's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.
Grumman F14A Tomcat USN supersonic jet fighter
First introduced in the mid-1970s, the F-14 "Tomcat" would become one of the most iconic American jet fighters of all time. After a distinguished career, the F-14s fame would perhaps reach. It saw considerable duty in the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan. The last F-14 retired from active service with VF-213 in 2006. The Museum's F-14A (Bureau Number 157984) is the fifth Tomcat produced and was one of the prototypes used in the early testing of the aircraft. It is the first F-14 Tomcat ever placed on public display. SPECIFICATIONS Grumman F-14A Tomcat The F-14 Tomcat was the United States Navy's premier air superiority fighter beginning in the mid-1970s and served ongoing roles into the 21st century. The F-14 Tomcat was primarily designed to defend the U.S. Navy's fleets from airborne threats, using its AWG-9 radar and the long-range AIM-54 Phoenix missilesfor against bombers carrying.
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fighter aircraft U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat undergoing a spin test at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California, c. 1980. See all videos for this article F-14, two-seat, twin-engine jet fighter built for the U.S. Navy by the Grumman Corporation (now part of the Northrop Grumman Corporation) from 1970 to 1992. At just shy of 63 feet long and boasting a 64-foot wingspan, the F-14 Tomcat could attain speeds in excess of Mach 1 at sea level and surpass Mach 2.34 at altitude thanks to two General Electric. F-14A Tomcats of VF-1 in flight in 1970s. The Tomcat made its combat debut during Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of American citizens from Saigon, in April 1975. F-14As from Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1) and VF-2, operating from USS Enterprise, flew combat air patrols over South Vietnam to provide fighter cover for the evacuation route. [3] Grumman F-14A Tomcat 1 / 3 About Specs The failure of the General Dynamics F-111B to meet U.S. Navy requirements for an advanced carrier-based air-superiority fighter led to a new design contest, which was won by Grumman with its variable-geometry, two-seat, twin-engine aircraft.
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F-14 Tomcat Sources of Aircraft Drawings Current Aircraft Inventory A-6 Intruder AH-1W Super Cobra and UH-1N Huey AV-8B Harrier II C-12 C-130 Hercules C-2A Greyhound C-20D/G Gulfstream III/IV. The F-14 Tomcat is the most iconic Cold War US Naval fighter, next to the McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom. It is also a replacement for the F-4 Phantom and the failed F-111B, incorporating the lessons and experiences acquired during Vietnam as well, like the F-15 Eagle.
The Grumman F-14 "Tomcat" was the quintessential United States Navy (USN) fleet defense interceptor of the latter Cold War years. Its existence was brought about largely due to the demise of the failed F-111B initiative, a carrier-based version of the large General Dynamics F-111 "Aardvark" swing-wing fighter-bomber. VF-211 would make its final Tomcat trap and catapult launch on May 20, 2004 as USS Enterprise conducted local operations off Virginia. The 'Fighting Checkmates' were the last squadron to operate the original F-14A model, which had entered fleet service in 1972.VF-211's move towards VFA status began in earnest soon after, and the last F-14As to serve (BuNos 161612, 162610, 158632, 161626.
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An F-14 carries four AIM-54 Phoenix missiles under its fuselage, along with AIM-7 Sparrows and AIM-9 Sidewinders on wing hardpoints. (PF-[aircraft]/Alamy) The Tomcat was built around an enormous super-missile, the AIM-54A Phoenix, which weighed almost half a ton, was 13 feet long and 15 inches in diameter and cost half a million dollars to fire. Taking The F-14A Tomcat On Cruise For My First Time. From chasing down SR-71 Blackbirds to having an engine explode beneath him, the life of a young Tomcat pilot at the height of the Cold War was.
