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2. VFA-14 - Wikipedia

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   A VF-14 F-3B on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1962–63. In 1951 and 1952 VF-14 made two deployments to the Mediterranean Sea aboard the modernized USS Wasp, still flying the F4U Corsair. In 1953, they deployed in USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) on another Med cruise with Air Task Group (ATG-201), (which included VF-11, VA-12, VF-13, AND ...

3. Grumman F-14 Tomcat - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) - Wikipedia

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   In the first Gulf of Sidra incident, 19 August 1981, two Libyan Su-22 Fitters fired upon two U.S. F-14 Tomcats and were subsequently shot down off the Libyan coast. Libya had claimed that the entire Gulf was their territory, at 32° 30′ N, with an exclusive 62-nautical-mile (115 km; 71 mi) fishing zone, which Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi asserted as "The Line of Death" in 1973. [1]

5. F-14 Tomcat operational history - Wikipedia

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   F-14s from VF-14 and VF-41 participated in strikes. VF-41 is credited with being the first F-14 unit to drop laser-guided bombs in combat when, on 5 September 1995, two F-14As attacked an ammunition dump in eastern Bosnia. The bomb's targets were identified by laser indicators from F/A-18s because the F-14 was not yet cleared to carry the ...

6. The F-14 Tomcat Is a Badass Plane (And an Endangered ... - AOL

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7. Fighter Squadron 1 (United States Navy) - Wikipedia

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   VF-1 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) aboard USS Enterprise. Their first cruise came in September 1974. Their first cruise came in September 1974. The end of the cruise saw the first Tomcat's combat debut, as VF-1 and VF-2 flew cover over Saigon for the evacuation of US personnel in April 1975 as part of Operation Frequent Wind .

8. VF-191 - Wikipedia

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   VF-191 was established as fighter squadron VF-19 on 15 August 1943. On 15 November 1946 it was re-designated VF-19A. On 24 August 1948 it was finally re-designated VF-191 and adopted the new nickname Satan's Kittens. It was disestablished on 1 March 1978. The squadron took part in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. During the ...

9. Gulf War order of battle: United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   VF-14 Tophatters: F-14A Tomcat VF-32 Swordsmen: F-14A Tomcat VA-46 Clansmen: A-7E Corsair: Last war for the A-7 Corsair. VA-72 Blue Hawks: A-7E Corsair: Last war for the A-7 Corsair. VA-75 Sunday Punchers: A-6E SWIP/TRAM Intruder/KA-6D Intruder [14] SWIP improvement was an avionics upgrade to A-6E TRAMs. [14] VAQ-130 Zappers: EA-6B Prowler VS ...