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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.
One of two squadrons established to be the first to operate the new F-14A Tomcat VF-2 (1972-2003) (fifth use) Bounty Hunters F-14: VF-2(5th): 14 October 1972 – 1 Jul 2003 VFA-2: 1 Jul 2003–present VFA-2 Not applicable, still exists One of two squadrons established to be the first to operate the new F-14A Tomcat VF-43 (1973-94) (fifth use ...
The Fokker F-14A passenger airliner. F-14 Civil production version with a 525 hp (391 kW) Wright R-1750-3 radial engine. F-14A Civilian aircraft with 575 hp (429 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet radial and wing mounted directly on fuselage. C-14 Y1C-14 Designation for 20 Hornet-powered examples bought for the United States Army Air Corps in ...
During their time with the F-4N, VF-302 won the USNR Battle 'E', signifying them as the best fighter squadron in the Naval Reserve. VF-301 and VF-302 F-4s in 1983 VF-302 F-14A on USS Constellation in 1987. In 1981 they transitioned to the F-4S. VF-302 was based at NAS Miramar, near San Diego, California at hangar number 5. Due to its location ...
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VF-14 F-14s overfly Foch during 1990 dual carrier operations near Puerto Rico VF-14 F-14 tail markings. On 10 August 1990, eight days after the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, the squadron was ordered to emergency deploy to the Red Sea aboard John F. Kennedy to take part in Operation Desert Shield. During the months leading up to the war, the ...
Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker (s/n 58-0008) from the 145th Air Refueling Squadron, 160th Air Refueling Group, Ohio Air National Guard, refuels two U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat fighters from Fighter Squadron VF-74 Be-Devilers, assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60).
It was later adapted with an afterburner for supersonic designs, and in this form it was the world's first production afterburning turbofan, going on to power the F-111 and the F-14A Tomcat, as well as being used in early versions of the A-7 Corsair II without an afterburner. First flight of the TF30 was in 1964 and production continued until 1986.