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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. 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.

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

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

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   14 January VF-1, the first of the Pacific Fleet F-14 Tomcat squadrons to form, deployed aboard USS Enterprise, loses second of two aircraft during the 1974–75 deployment, signalling fan-blade containment problems with early TF30 turbofans, [1] when F-14A-70-GR, BuNo 159001, 'NK112', crashes into the sea near Cubi Point after engine failure ...

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

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   Bates had previously been involved in an F-14 accident in April 1995. 2 February A Grumman F-14A Tomcat crashes in the northern Persian Gulf. The U.S. Navy announces a three-day stand down for F-14 operations. The safety standdown will allow the service "to assess all aspects of operations and procedures", a Navy spokeswoman said.

8. 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 ...

9. Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System - Wikipedia

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   An electrical umbilical cord connected the pod to the control panel that was positioned on the left side of the rear cockpit. A hose from the ECS from the F-14 cooled/heated the internals of the pod in flight and kept the appropriate humidity levels constant. In 1987 VF-111 was the first squadron to deploy with a KS-153 camera system in bay two.