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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.
The F-14A and F-14B Tomcats had to be specially modified to carry the TARPS pod which involved routing of control wiring from the rear cockpit and environmental control system (ECS) connections to the pod. Standard allowance was at least three TARPS aircraft per designated squadron (only one per airwing). All F-14Ds were modified to be TARPS ...
An F-14A Tomcat intercepting a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95RTs Bear D maritime recon aircraft over the Pacific Ocean in 1984. VF-142 became the first Atlantic Fleet F-14 squadron to intercept a Soviet Tu-95 "Bear" on 23 April 1976. One of the routine tasks U.S. Navy F-14s performed was intercepting aircraft that approached U.S. carrier groups too closely.
On the F-14, the AWG-9 is capable, and its doppler system allows it to have look-down, shoot-down capabilities. [3] Hughes delivered enough AWG-9 systems and spares to equip approximately 600 F-14A/B aircraft for the Navy, and an additional 80 aircraft for the Iranian Air Force. All of the Navy systems have been retired; some of Iranian systems ...
In the early 1970s the F-14A Tomcat arrived and when the F/A-18 Hornet came to the fleet, it appeared with VX-4 as well, plus newer variants of the F-14 Tomcat. Operational tests and evaluation of airborne fighter weapons systems included the AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder and the AIM-54 Phoenix missiles as well as radar warning devices and ...
The squadron returned to NAS Miramar in April 1977 and began transitioning to the F-14A Tomcat, which was operated by the squadron for 16 years and had the longest tenure of any aircraft type operated by the Sundowners. [15] By October 1978, both VF-51 and VF-111 had fully transitioned to the Block 100 model F-14A.
An F-14A Tomcat from VF-142, 1985. From 15 June – 23 July 1987 the Ghostriders were embarked Dwight D. Eisenhower for her shakedown cruise. Thus began several short sea periods in preparation for their upcoming Mediterranean cruise.
English: A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A-95-GR Tomcat (BuNo 160391) of Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) "Jolly Rogers" in flight. VF-84 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 1 December 1977 to 20 July 1978.