A report on Grumman F-14 Tomcat

A U.S. Navy F-14D conducts a mission over the Persian Gulf-region in 2005.
A U.S. Navy F-14D conducts a mission over the Persian Gulf region in 2005.
The F-111B was designed to fulfill the carrier-based interceptor role, but had weight and performance problems, and was not suited to the types of aerial combat that were predominant over Vietnam
Grumman's VFX entry was designed around the TF30 engine, AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 missile intended for the F-111B; this eventually became the F-14A
VFA-143 "Pukin Dogs" F-14B and F/A-18E Super Hornet in 2005
An F-14D launching an AIM-7 Sparrow; a GBU-10 Paveway II is also carried.
An F-14D(R) from VF-213 flying over Iraq on last Tomcat deployment with LANTIRN pod on starboard wing glove station and LGB underneath fuselage.
F-14 Tomcat with wings in asymmetric sweep during testing for this possible in-flight malfunction
Rear view of the F-14 showing the area between the engine nacelles
An F-14D prepares to refuel with probe extended.
F-14 with landing gear deployed
F-14 Tomcat carrying an AIM-120 AMRAAM during a 1982 test.
Two Iranian Tomcats equipped with multiple missiles, circa 1986, in the midst of a project to adapt I-Hawk surface-to-air missiles for F-14s
An F-14A of VF-84 Jolly Rogers, in a 1970s color scheme
An F-14A from VF-114 intercepting a Soviet Tu-95RT "Bear-D" maritime reconnaissance aircraft.
An F-14A of VF-32 during Operation Desert Storm with a KC-135 Stratotanker and two EA-6B Prowlers in the background
A Navy F-14D flying over the skies of Afghanistan on a precision bombing mission in November 2001.
The last F-14 launch from a carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt on 28 July 2006
Iranian ace Jalil Zandi is credited with shooting down 11 Iraqi aircraft during the Iran–Iraq War, making him the highest scoring F-14 pilot.
Formation flight of Iranian Tomcats, 2008
Close-up view of the distinctive afterburner petals of the GE F110 engine
An upgraded F-14D(R) Tomcat with the ROVER transmit antenna circled with USS Theodore Roosevelt in the background
Grumman's proposed F-14 Interceptor for USAF Aerospace Defense Command in 1972 with the simulated "Buzz Code" and Aerospace Defense Command livery and emblem on the tail
F-14 Tomcat operators as of 2014 (former operators in red)
An IRIAF F-14 Tomcat landing at Mehrabad, Iran.
F-14A Tomcat of NFWS (TOPGUN) NAS Miramar c. 1993
Front view of an F-14A at Yokota Air Base, Tokyo, Japan, 2003
F-14A BuNo 162689 at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, California, 2009
An F-14A on display at Grumman Memorial Park in New York
F-14A BuNo 160661 on display at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center's Aviation Challenge facility in Huntsville, Alabama, 2009
YF-14A at the Cradle of Aviation Museum
F-14B at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
F-14A of VF-84 "Jolly Rogers" at the Museum of Flight
Grumman F-14 Tomcat drawings
F-14A of VF 111 "Sundowners" (USS Carl Vinson)
F-14B from the VF-211 Fighting Checkmates carrying six AIM-54 Phoenix missiles.
Tomcat logo

American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft.

- Grumman F-14 Tomcat
A U.S. Navy F-14D conducts a mission over the Persian Gulf-region in 2005.

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A USAAF photo-reconnaissance Lockheed F-5 Lightning in flight over Europe circa June 1944. It is marked with invasion stripes to help Allied troops clearly identify it as an Allied plane.

Aerial reconnaissance

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Reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft.

Reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft.

A USAAF photo-reconnaissance Lockheed F-5 Lightning in flight over Europe circa June 1944. It is marked with invasion stripes to help Allied troops clearly identify it as an Allied plane.
Pigeon with German miniature camera, during the First World War.
A B.E.2c reconnaissance aircraft of the RFC with an aerial reconnaissance camera fixed to the side of the fuselage, 1916.
A German observation plane, the Rumpler Taube.
Sidney Cotton's Lockheed 12A, in which he made a high-speed reconnaissance flight in 1940.
This PRU Blue Spitfire PR Mk XI (PL965) was a long range, high-altitude reconnaissance variant capable of flying from airfields in England and photographing targets in Berlin.
Aerial reconnaissance photographs of Utah Beach prior to the D-Day landings.
RAF Medmenham, where aerial reconnaissance intelligence was analysed.
Fifth Air Force photographic analyst elucidates the location of enemy flak batteries to plan attacks against enemy positions during the Korean War
Soviet truck convoy deploying missiles near San Cristóbal, Cuba on 14 October 1962 (photograph taken by a U-2.)
Aeryon Scout VTOL UAV

Beginning in the early 1980s, the U.S. Navy outfitted and deployed Grumman F-14 Tomcat aircraft in one squadron aboard an aircraft carrier with a system called Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS), which provided naval aerial reconnaissance capability until the Tomcat's retirement in 2006.

A3J-1 147858 with NASA as 858, at NASA Dryden in support of the supersonic transport program

North American A-5 Vigilante

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American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation for the United States Navy.

American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation for the United States Navy.

A3J-1 147858 with NASA as 858, at NASA Dryden in support of the supersonic transport program
A3J-1 147858 with NASA as 858, at NASA Dryden in support of the supersonic transport program
An A3J-1 (later A-5A) during trials on USS Saratoga (CV-60), 1960
An RA-5C Vigilante
The A3J "stores train" within the bomb bay
A3J-1s (A-5A post 1962) of VAH-7 on USS Enterprise in 1962.
An RVAH-12 RA-5C beginning its reconnaissance run over Vietnam, 1967.
RA-5C Vigilante, BuNo 156608, from Reconnaissance Attack Squadron 7 (RVAH-7) during what may have been its final flight in 1979. This aircraft is now on permanent display at Naval Support Activity Mid-South (formerly Naval Air Station Memphis), Tennessee.
Retired RA-5Cs in storage at Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona in November 1978.
A YA-5C (XA3J-3P) prototype, 1963
Manufacturer's model of the NR-349 proposal
RA-5C BuNo 156624 is preserved at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.
RA-5C BuNo 151629 on outdoor display in RVAH-3 markings at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colorado in November 2007. This aircraft has since been repainted in RVAH-7 markings and is now displayed indoors.
RA-5C Vigilante, BuNo 156632, on display at Orlando Sanford International Airport (formerly Naval Air Station Sanford in late March 2008
RA-5C BuNo 156643 On Display at the Pax River Naval Air Station Museum, Maryland, July 2017
Orthographically projected diagram of the A-5A Vigilante.
Cockpit instrument panel

Despite the Vigilante's useful service, it was expensive and complex to operate and occupied significant amounts of precious flight deck and hangar deck space aboard both conventional and nuclear-powered aircraft carriers at a time when carrier air wings, with the introduction of the F-14 Tomcat and S-3 Viking, were averaging 90 aircraft, many of which were larger than their predecessors.

The top end of the aircraft's vertical stabilizer contains a Radar warning receiver, part of the Rafale's SPECTRA self defense system

Radar warning receiver

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Radar warning receiver (RWR) systems detect the radio emissions of radar systems.

Radar warning receiver (RWR) systems detect the radio emissions of radar systems.

The top end of the aircraft's vertical stabilizer contains a Radar warning receiver, part of the Rafale's SPECTRA self defense system

AN/ALR-67 (USA; AV-8B Harrier II, F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-6B Prowler, Canada; CF-18 Hornet)

VF-21 squadron patch

VF-21

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Aviation unit of the United States Navy.

Aviation unit of the United States Navy.

VF-21 squadron patch
VF-81 F6F-5s on USS Wasp (CV-18) in 1945
VF-64 F3H-2s in 1958.
An F-4N from VF-21 awaiting launch from USS Coral Sea.
AnF-14A from VF-21 aboard USS Independence in 1990.
VF-21 CAG Bird tail markings (NF-200) when with CVW-5

VF-21 now transitioned to the F-14A Tomcat, the process was managed by VF-124 and it was not until later half of 1984 that VF-21 was declared fully operational, the first cruise was with CVW-14 aboard USS Constellation (CV-64) in early 1985.

VX-23 Insignia

VX-23

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Aviation unit of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, United States.

Aviation unit of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, United States.

VX-23 Insignia
Aircraft assigned to VX-23 include EA-6B, F/A-18E, F/A-18C and T-45.
An VX-23 F/A-18A (BuNo 163093 'SD105') releases Mk 83 bombs over the Atlantic Test Range, July 2002.

During the years VX-23, has tested and evaluated fixed-wing fighter, attack and other designated aircraft including EA-6B, F-14, F/A-18 and T-45.

F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to VFA-11, flying over USS Harry S. Truman for recovery, 2007

VFA-11

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United States Navy strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, United States.

United States Navy strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, United States.

F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to VFA-11, flying over USS Harry S. Truman for recovery, 2007
VF-11 F-8 mishap aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)
VF-11 F-4s launch from USS Forrestal (CV-59)
VF-11 F-14A intercepting a Soviet Tu-95 in 1985
VF-11 F-14 aboard the USS Forrestal (CV-59), 1988
F-14B of VF-11 at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of operation Southern Watch on 19 March 1998
An F-14B and F/A-18F from VFA-11 (formerly VF-11) Red Rippers. The squadron transitioned to Super Hornets in 2005
VFA-11 F/A-18Fs over the Red Sea in 2012

The squadron transitioned to the F-14 Tomcat in 1980 and deployed two years later.

VF-194 squadron insignia

VF-194 (1986–1988)

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Short-lived aviation unit of the United States Navy established on 1 December 1986 and disestablished on 30 April 1988.

Short-lived aviation unit of the United States Navy established on 1 December 1986 and disestablished on 30 April 1988.

VF-194 squadron insignia
VF-194 F-14A in 1986
VF-194 F-14 tail markings

After training on the F-14A Tomcat with VF-124, and being due to deploy on board USS Independence (CV-62) as part of Carrier Air Wing 10, VF-191 was disestablished on 30 April 1988, before the cruise could take place.

Isfahan

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Major city in the Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Iran.

Major city in the Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Iran.

An ancient artifact from Isfahan City Center museum
Isfahan at the end of the 6th century (top), consisting of two separate areas: Sassanid Jay and Jewish Yahudia. In the 11th century (bottom), these two areas were completely merged.
Distribution of drought, normal, and wet years – 1972 to 2009, Isfahan atlas
The dry Zayanderud river with Si-o-se-pol in the background, in 2018.
Rosa 'Ispahan'
Map of Isfahan's operational BRT lines
Map of Isfahan's operational metro lines
An old master of hand-printed carpets in Isfahan bazaar
Old Isfahan city hall
Isfahan city greenspace share atlas data 2020
Central Municipal Library of Esfahan
Isfahan Beryani
A handicraft shop
Shah Mosque. Painting by the French architect, Pascal Coste, visiting Persia in 1841
Si-o-se Pol
Naghsh-e-Jahan Square
View of Ali Qapu Palace
A carpet shop in Grand Bazaar, Isfahan
Khaju Bridge
Detail of Khaju Bridge
Armenian Vank Cathedral
A view of Meydan Kohne
Gavart village pigeon towers
Tourism logo by the Isfahan Province Chamber of commerce
Iran - Esfehan - Soffeh view ^ Telecabin station - panoramio
IsfahanCityCenter outside night
Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
Esfahan Street in Kuala Lumpur, and Kualalampur Avenue in Isfahan
Persian pottery from the city of Isfahan, 17th century
Isfahan, capital of the Kingdom of Persia
Pont Alla from Voyage to the Levant, Guillaume Cavelier, 1714.
Isfahan to the south side, drawing by Eugène Flandin
Ali minaret, 1840, drawing by Eugène Flandin
Russian army in Isfahan in the 1890s
Street from above
Isfahan in 1924
Foolad Mobarakeh Steel Mill
Map of Isfahan by Pascal Coste
IsfahanCityCenter

The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) has an airbase, the 8th Predator Tactical Fighter Base (TFB.8), which is the home base for Iranian F-14s.

Theatrical release poster

Top Gun: Maverick

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2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, from a story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks.

2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, from a story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks.

Theatrical release poster
Tom Cruise (pictured in 2016) stars as Maverick, a character he first played in 1986
Top Gun: Maverick installation at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival
Chris McQuarrie, Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, Naval Air Forces, Tom Cruise, Joe Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer for the global premiere in San Diego.
Jennifer Connelly (pictured in 2019) was cast as Cruise's love interest.

The two rendezvous and steal an F-14 Tomcat from the destroyed air base.

VF-24

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Fighter squadron of the United States Navy.

Fighter squadron of the United States Navy.

VF-211 FJ-3M c.1956
VF-24 F-8E CAG bird on USS Midway in 1963
VF-24 F-8J landing on USS Hancock in the early 1970s.
VF-24 F-14A lands on the USS Nimitz in 1992. Note that the refuel probe cover is gone

Upon return to San Diego the Squadron transitioned to the F-14A Tomcat and received their first aircraft on 9 December 1975.