The Grumman F-14 Tomcat was designed through the VFX program by the American Grumman company in the 1960s, with first flight December 1970. It was a supersonic, twin-engine, variable sweep wing, two-place fighter designed for the US Navy to attack and destroy enemy aircraft at night and in all weather conditions. Capable of carrier operations, the F-14 could track up to 24 targets simultaneously with its advanced weapons control system and attack six with Phoenix AIM-54A missiles while continuing to scan the airspace. Armament also includes a mix of other air intercept missiles, rockets and bombs. Being a 2-seater which is not standard for a fighter, the navigator and weapons specialist concentrates on weapons deployment while the pilot focusses on flying. The wings are designed for automatic variable sweep during flight, with a manual override provided. The max speed is about MACH 1.88. It was the best fighter available to the US NAVY although is was very expensive. Some aircraft were sold to Persia during the Sjah regime, later operated by the Islamic air force of Iran.
F-14A
This particular aircraft with code '211" is a F-14A.
Photographed February 2010 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
F-14A
Model: F-14A-70-GR ,BuNo 158978 of VF-31 US NAVY. Also a Grey Tomcat of the "Tomcatters" is seen in a toned down grey scheme.
Seen at the Battleship memorial park, Mobil, Alabama
Photographed February 2011 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
F-14A
Construction Number (C/N): 38 , BuNo 161611 of VF-213 US NAVY
This particular aircraft was photographed at USS Midway museum in San Diego, California
Photographed February 2010 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
F-14A
This F-14A ser. 161134 coded AJ-114 was seen at Valiant Air Command museum at Titusville, Fl. USA.
Photographed 2015 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
F-14D Super Tomcat
This F-14D Super Tomcat ser. 159619 was seen at Florida Air Museum at Sun 'n Fun, Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Fl. USA.
Photographed 2015 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
F-14D Super Tomcat VF-31
This Super Tomcat serialled 164350 is painted in a scheme of US NAVY fighter squadron VF-31. Tail markings read US Navy's Last Fighter 1970-2006. It was seen at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Palmdale Plant 4.
Photographed November 2015 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
F-14A
This F-14A serial.no 162689 coded has a scheme of the VF101 Grim Reapers. It has also pods and dummy missiles fitted. It is on display at the USS Hornet museum in San Francisco, Ca., USA.
Photographed 2017 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
F-14A cockpit
This is a F-14A cockpit. The canopy hood is closed, preserving the cockpit but making photos a bit difficult. Seen at the "Yanks museum" at Chino, Ca.
Photographed 2016 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
Martin-Baker SJU-17 Ejection seat
This seat is used in the F-14 and is on display at the USS Midway museum in San Diego
Photographed February 2010 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
Many scale models exist of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, too much to list here! In 1/72 scale the Fujimi and Hasegawa kits are fine. In 1/32 scale there was the expensive Tamiya, the much cheaper Revell kit and later Trumpeter released a kit.
This walk around page was first created January 2012 by M. de Vreeze