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re: F-14 Tomcat Photos
Posted on 8/2/21 at 8:36 pm to Wolfhound45
Posted on 8/2/21 at 8:36 pm to Wolfhound45
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Highly recommend this YouTube channel for those who enjoy F-14 stories and insights;
I'll check this out tomorrow when I'm bored at work
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Posted on 8/2/21 at 8:37 pm to BuddyRoeaux
Yep, seen that pick in Baggy's prop shop.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 8:39 pm to UndercoverBryologist
They are gone for good! Great Plane.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 8:40 pm to Ghost of Colby
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My history books must be outdated. How many times did this happen?
Are you trying to say that our enemies have never attacked us with aircraft? Because that would be pretty dumb.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 8:42 pm to BuddyRoeaux
Okay that is awesome 
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:09 pm to Sun God
Fortunate to have been stationed on the Nimitz and got to watch these amazing machines operate up close. Nothing like seeing a tomcat launch off the cat or seeing one coming in and catching the wire.
We had VF-211 “Flying Checkmates” with CAW9 during my time on board in 97-98.
We had VF-211 “Flying Checkmates” with CAW9 during my time on board in 97-98.
This post was edited on 8/2/21 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:15 pm to BuddyRoeaux
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Not a F-14 but it’s a photo taken in the marshes of LA. My dad is in the boat under the windshield on the VHF talking to a very close friend that is flying the FA-18
Ummmm…….. I believe that is a tad below the hard deck.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:24 pm to Ezra Reed
I forgot that Iran’s air-force also has them for some reason
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:29 pm to Ezra Reed
quote:He wasn’t below the hard deck for more than a few seconds. He had the shot. He took it.
Ummmm…….. I believe that is a tad below the hard deck.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:34 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Operational in 1974 and still looks like it could shoot down any enemy planes today.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:36 pm to 1BamaRTR
I forgot that Iran’s air-force also has them for some reason
—Because before the Ayatollah took over, Iran and its leader the Shah were US allies
—Because before the Ayatollah took over, Iran and its leader the Shah were US allies
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:56 pm to 1BamaRTR
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I forgot that Iran’s air-force also has them for some reason
A lot of them are still operational.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:58 pm to cypresstiger
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I forgot that Iran’s air-force also has them for some reason
—Because before the Ayatollah took over, Iran and its leader the Shah were US allies
Iran is the only country in the world that still flys the F-14. I think they have about 12-16 operational planes still left.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 10:32 pm to BuddyRoeaux
Wasn't Ricky Hammonds a "mig" pilot in Top Gun?
Posted on 8/2/21 at 10:43 pm to UndercoverBryologist
It's a shame that the original Pratt & Whitney TF-30s we're so bad and that budget constraints prevented more aircraft from being retrofitted as A +, B's and new build D's having the much better GE F-110 engine.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 10:52 pm to Jim Rockford
Mav is only cool when you’re a kid. In reality I wouldn’t want some dangerous jackass flying planes for the US.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 10:52 pm to cypresstiger
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Operational in 1974 and still looks like it could shoot down any enemy planes today.
We were soooooo far ahead of everyone else in those days. Hard to believe the 15 came shortly after and is still a dominate plane.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 10:55 pm to corym52
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Ward Carrol YouTube channel will learn you all you needed to know on the tomcat too
That guy is awesome! Thanks for posting that.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 12:17 am to Swamp Angel
The A-10 would never even catch a glimpse of the Tomcat before a phoenix missle blew it in half.
The A-10 is a great, tough, SLOW ground support flying tank, but it would never survive flying CAP or in a dogfight. It’s not meant for that.
This post was edited on 8/3/21 at 12:18 am
Posted on 8/3/21 at 12:25 am to Traveler
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but looking back, the gray was probably the right thing to do.
BOOOOO! BOOOOOO!
But, yeah, what you say is right. If it takes two man hours to paint the vertical stabilizers, that's two man hours that can't go toward making the aircraft battle ready.
It doesn't make losing that part of history and esprit de corps suck any less, though.
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