#F-14

[nocternalrandomness]

A US Navy Tomcat from VF-103 Jolly Rogers parked at Kleine Brogel Air Base, Belgium - Oct 2000

#USN #Navy #Grumman #F-14 #Tomcat #Military aviation #Fighter #aircraft #VF-103 #Jolly Rogers #combat aircraft #jet #plane

[machetelanding]

#funny #humor #tweets #social media #calvin and hobbes #comic strips #comics #f-14 #tomcat #fighter jets #tyrannosaurus rex #dinosaurs

[thatsrightice]

F-14 FUN FACT OF THE DAY #47

In order to park an F-14 Tomcat, the wings must be swept back to 75 degrees. The wings are in “oversweep” as they overlap the horizontal wing stabilizers, allowing them to fit more aircraft on the flight deck.

The wiring that put the wings into this position broke “a lot”. Lieutenant Commander Walt Winters, a former F-14 Tomcat electrician with 12 years of experience on the Turkey, had the following to say about the wiring that would set the wing sweep to 75 degrees:

Sometimes you would have to jury-rig it. And you're doing this while you're on top of the airplane. It's still running, the engines are hot, and the [flight crew] are still in there. You've got panels open, and the boss is yelling over the loudspeaker, 'Get the wings back!' Jets are landing right beside you at 150 miles an hour. And taking off. And sometimes it's raining.

#F-14 FUN FACT OF THE DAY #F-14 TOMCAT #FFFOTD #F-14 #wing sweep #electrical #f 14 tomcat has ✨issues✨ #but we love her anyway #aviation #airplane #engineering was so jank back then #i mean it still is but— #top gun

[pedroam-bang]

Grzegorz Domaradzki - Top Gun (2014)

#2014 #art #illustration #film #movie #aviation #military #Grzegorz Domaradzki #Gabz #Top Gun #Maverick #Flight Lieutenant Peter Mitchell #U.S. Navy #Grumman #F-14 #Tomcat #Douglas #A-4 #Skyhawk

[boanerges20]

Grumman F-14 Tomcat

#grumman #f-14 #tomcat #warplane #jet fighter #air supremacy #navy

[lonestarflight]

Grumman F-14 Tomcat from Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24) executing a vertical climb.

Date: July 23, 1985

NARA: 6392754

#Grumman F-14 Tomcat #F-14 #Tomcat #fighter #July #1985 #United States Navy #U.S. Navy #US Navy #USN #Navy #my post

[nooomeru]

F-14<<Nyan🐱🐱🐱🌈🌈🌈✨✨>>

#nyan cat #f-14 #f 14 tomcat #aircraft #fighter jet #airplane #illustration

[patrickkingart]

Ace Combat/Project Wingman

#ace combat #project wingman #fighter jets #art #digital art #patrick king art #f-14 #f-15 #f-22 #video games #gaming

[coldwarairforce]

An E-2C Hawkeye aircraft passes overhead as a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft stands by for launch on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) during the ship's shakedown cruise. 1990

#E-2C #E-2 #Hawkeye #F-14A #F-14 #Tomcat #USS Abraham Lincoln #CVN-72

[fominone]

#top gun #maverick #tom cruise #topgun #top gun maverick #su-57 #fighter jet #felon #kvochur #f14 #f-14 #grumman #tomcat #grumman f 14 tomcat #aircraft #aviation #movie #film #dogfight

[nocternalrandomness]

Sunset on the Mediterranean Sea

#USN #Grumman #F-14 #Tomcat #Military aviation #Fighter #jet #aircraft #aviation photography #Navy #airplane

[umika]

I feel love in these scenes🥹

#my gifs #top gun #top gun movie #f 14 tomcat #F-14

[thatsrightice]

F-14 FUN FACT OF THE DAY #52

F-14 Tomcat squadrons have done paint liveries for tours marking special occasions. VF-103 and VF-14 have both done this in their history.

In 1999, VF-14 Tophatters commemorated its 80th anniversary with a special F-14 Tomcat livery.

In 2004, VF-103 Jolly Rogers marked its last deployment flying the F-14 Tomcat by adding text to the iconic skull and crossbones that reads “The Final Mission.”

#FFFOTD #F-14 FUN FACT OF THE DAY #who is a pretty birdy??? #F-14 Tomcat #F-14 #fun fact #aviation #aircraft #fighter jets

[lonestarbattleship]

"Grumman F-14A Tomcats from Fighter Squadrons 14 (VF-14) 'Tomcatters' and VF-41 'Black Aces' prepare to take off from the flight deck of USS Enterprise (CVN-65) a final time on November 9, 2001. This was the last time the F-14 Tomcat was deployed on the carrier. Both squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the Enterprise for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean from April 25 to November 10, 2001."

NARA: 6641105

#USS Enterprise (CVN-65) #USS Enterprise #Aircraft Carrier #Carrier #warship #ship #Grumman F-14 Tomcat #F-14 #Fighter #November #2001 #united states navy #us navy #navy #usn #u.s. navy #my post

[lonestarflight]

Mock-up of the Grumman F-14A Tomcat for the U.S. Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program. Grumman was selected over McDonnell Douglas, General Dynamics, North American Rockwell and Vought for the F-14 and was awarded the contract in January 1969.

"The name 'Tomcat' was partially chosen to pay tribute to Admiral Thomas F. Connolly, as the nickname 'Tom's Cat' had already been widely used within the program during development to reflect Connolly's involvement, and now the moniker was adapted into an official name in line with the Grumman tradition of giving its fighter aircraft feline names. Changing it to Tomcat associated the aircraft with the previous Grumman aircraft Wildcat, Hellcat, Tigercat, and Bearcat propeller fighters along with the Panther, Cougar, and Tiger jet fighters. Other names considered were Alley Cat (considered inappropriate due to sexual connotations) and Seacat."

712 F-14s were built at Grumman's Calverton, Long Island, New York facility.

-Information from Wikipedia: link

Date: January 1969

Long Island Daily Press Identifier: aql:31627 ldp-003584 ldp-003584

#Grumman F-14 Tomcat #Grumman F-14 #F-14 Tomcat #F-14 #Tomcat #Grumman #Fighter #United States Navy #U.S. Navy #US Navy #USN #Navy #Construction #Grumman Aerospace Corporation #Calverton #Long Island #New York #January #1969 #Mock-Up #Mock Up #Mockup #my post

[hellfiremodels]

#aviation #planes #shitpost #f-14 #f-14 tomcat #the final countdown #a6m #a6m zero