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How the Grumman F-14 Tomcat Works (Animagraffs)
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:10 pm
Enjoy
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:14 pm to redstick13
That jet was pure sex appeal.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:17 pm to redstick13
One of the top 3 most amazing things I've ever seen was an F-14 launching off of the USS America at night.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:20 pm to redstick13
Im in the "we shoulda kept it" camp.
It does quite a few things better than the F18 when it comes to naval ops. Primarily, its just bigger. Its just like having a bigger boat, always a good thing once you have it going.
Flight hours were expensive with it but that was being rapidly improved. The hornet is too much of a "lets make one plane for everything" idea. The Tomcat is a pure bred Naval fleet defense interceptor.
Everybodys too hung up on this modularity multi purpose shite.
It does quite a few things better than the F18 when it comes to naval ops. Primarily, its just bigger. Its just like having a bigger boat, always a good thing once you have it going.
Flight hours were expensive with it but that was being rapidly improved. The hornet is too much of a "lets make one plane for everything" idea. The Tomcat is a pure bred Naval fleet defense interceptor.
Everybodys too hung up on this modularity multi purpose shite.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:20 pm to redstick13
I haven't watched the video. Did they mention anything about swaptronics, drop checks(simulated cat shot), and phantom gripes? "Radar does not work in O-F-F position."
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:24 pm to Saint Alfonzo
Just watching it for the first time. They're talking about how the engines work and how they slow down the air entering the engines to kept it below the speed of sound. That's as far as I've made it so far. I'm guessing none of those things will be mentioned.
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:28 pm to redstick13
The average National guard weekend warrior F-14 pilot could outdo the best the rest of the world has to offer in a dogfight.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:29 pm to redstick13
This and the Warhog are among the greatest planes.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:29 pm to redstick13
Maverick endorses this thread.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:32 pm to redstick13
I have an undying perpetual love for the Tomcat. Mfkr is bad arse
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:55 pm to redstick13
I was in the Navy when the first squadrons deployed with their multicolored paint schemes. God, those were some awesome looking aircraft.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 4:58 pm to Traveler
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I was in the Navy when the first squadrons deployed with their multicolored paint schemes. God, those were some awesome looking aircraft.
Was "lucky" enough to still be in VA when the last of these flew home and the first of the 22s were taking off
Posted on 8/25/26 at 5:03 pm to redstick13
Awesome machine.
Until you see one in person you don’t realize how big it is and how the pilot is just on the point of a missle strapped to two massive engines.
Until you see one in person you don’t realize how big it is and how the pilot is just on the point of a missle strapped to two massive engines.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 5:46 pm to boxcarbarney
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That jet was pure sex appeal.
Did yall know that the Navy and the engineers and designers of the F22 tried to build a naval version of the F22 with variable-swept wings in the 80s? It was called the NAFT-22 (Naval Advanced Tactical Fighter). It was killed, among a few other reasons, because the moving wings hurt the stealth too much.
It is claimed there were some concepts mocked up and I would love to see that. The F22 always reminds me of the Ferarri of the fighters and with those sexy swept wings of the F14 added on to it would have been so awesome.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 5:50 pm to redstick13
Animagraffs is one of the best YouTube channels around. Hours of entertainment.
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 5:52 pm
Posted on 8/25/26 at 6:30 pm to jbgleason
Plane that defined the 80s
Posted on 8/25/26 at 6:41 pm to redstick13
1965 - 1966. Shadowing Carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin , supporting Downed Aircraft
On station Lights were out, watching these Magnificent Beauties was a thrill.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:24 am to redstick13
Grumman F-14 "Tomcat"
@F14TomcatTurkey
The F-14 Tomcat entered fleet service in 1974 with VF-1 Wolfpack and VF-2 Bounty Hunters.
Both squadrons received their first aircraft at NAS Miramar in 1973 after converting from the F-4 Phantom. They became the first operational Tomcat units and embarked aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in September 1974 as part of Carrier Air Wing 14.
That maiden deployment took the new fighters to the Western Pacific. In April 1975 the Tomcats flew combat air patrol missions over South Vietnam during Operation Frequent Wind, providing cover for the final American evacuation from Saigon. It was the F-14’s first operational use in a real-world contingency.
The introduction marked the beginning of more than three decades of Tomcat service. VF-1 and VF-2 proved the big swing-wing interceptor could operate successfully from a carrier deck and deliver the long-range fleet air defense the Navy had demanded.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:26 am to OU Guy
Spent some fine years in VF-31
Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:32 am to OU Guy
The Navy really needs to go back to the awesome paint jobs on their aircraft. Tomcats done up in full regalia are so awesome looking. The planes in The Final Countdown look amazing. They must have been fresh off the assembly line.
This post was edited on 8/26/26 at 8:37 am
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