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  2. Grumman F-14 Tomcat - Wikipedia

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    The Attack Super Tomcat 21 (AST-21) version was the last proposed Super Tomcat design and was meant to be a more attack-oriented version of the ST-21 with possibly an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar from the canceled A-12 attack aircraft. The (A)ST-21 was to be able to be rebuilt from existing F-14 airframes.

  3. F-14 Tomcat operational history - Wikipedia

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    The F-14 primarily conducted air-to-air and reconnaissance missions with the U.S. Navy until the 1990s, when it was also employed as a long-range strike fighter. [2] It saw considerable action in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf and was used as a strike platform in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq until its final deployment with the United States in 2006.

  4. List of combat victories of United States military aircraft ...

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    The F-14 was piloted by Lieutenant Hermon C. Cook III and Lieutenant Commander Steven Patrick Collins. [3] January 4, 1989 – A Grumman F-14A Tomcat (Bureau Number : 159610) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. The F-14 was piloted by Commander Joseph Bernard Connelly and Commander Leo F. Enwright. [4]

  5. Dale Snodgrass - Wikipedia

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    Snodgrass was the "highest time Tomcat pilot," after having accumulated more than 4,800 hours in the F-14 and more than 1200 arrested carrier landings, both more than any other pilot. [ 3 ] He was called "The Real Top Gun" [ 3 ] or the real "Maverick" [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] in reference to Tom Cruise 's character in the movie, Top Gun .

  6. Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System - Wikipedia

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    F-14 with a TARPS pod mounted. The Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) was a large and sophisticated camera pod carried by the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. [N 1] It contains three camera bays with different type cameras which are pointed down at passing terrain.

  7. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    The United States Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat, BuNo 159623, NG-205, of US Navy Fighter Squadron 24 VF-24 was lost during a carrier landing mishap aboard USS Constellation while deployed in the Indian Ocean. The aircraft caught the #4 arresting cable, which was set for the wrong aircraft weight.

  8. VFAX - Wikipedia

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    The first was for a low cost lightweight complement for the General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B which could replace the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II for air superiority, escort, and ground attack missions in the early 1960s. This role was dropped in favor of the VFX aircraft, which emerged as the F-14 Tomcat.

  9. VF-114 - Wikipedia

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    On 15 December 1975, VF-114 transitioned to the Grumman F-14 Tomcat along with its sister squadron VF-213. This transition took a little more than a year and in October 1977 the squadron deployed with its F-14s for the first time, once again to the Western Pacific on the USS Kitty Hawk with CVW-11 and VF-213.

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