May 27
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#tomcattuesday
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F-14A Tomcat, BUNO 159467, Tail Code NK, Modex 122, Operator: VF-1 Wolfpack, Unit Markings: VF-1 (assigned to USS Enterprise), Location: San Diego - Miramar MCAS, California, USA, Photo Date: 11 October 1975, Photo by Paul Goddard airhistory.net/photo/593203/1…
This totally bodacious VF-1 Wolfpack F-14A Tomcat (Modex 122) was photographed on the ramp at NAS Miramar on October 11, 1975 while assigned to USS Enterprise. Classic early Tomcat glory from one of naval aviation’s most iconic squadrons during the Fightertown USA heyday!
What’s your favorite VF-1 Wolfpack Tomcat memory or early Miramar ramp shot from the USS Enterprise era? Drop it in the comments below!
#F14Tomcat #NavalAviation #TomcatTuesday #TacoTuesday #BringBackBodacious @NavalMuseum #FightertownUSA #Wolfpack #VF1 #ThrowbackFighter #EarlyTomcat #RetroTomcat #USSEnterprise #NASMiramar #CarrierOps #NAFAtsugi #JapanesePlanespotters #Japanese #TomcatTuesdayInJapan
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Contract Persian King in Motion
Delivery flights of Grumman F-14A-GRs to Iran which were flown from the Grumman factory at Calverton, United States and would be a seven thousand mile journey with tanker support before their final destination of Khatami air base which would become Iran’s operational hub for their Tomcats. There they would have the US markings removed and Iranian Air Force markings applied instead.
These delivery flights took place between 1976 and 1979 before the Iranian revolution brought Persian king to a grinding hold after 79 of the 80 aircraft ordered had been delivered in this fashion, can’t imagine doing a seven hour flight like this, must have gotten tedious!
Grumman F-14A Tomcat, US Navy, VF-1 Wolfpack & VF-2 Bounty Hunters, November 1988, Official U.S. Navy photograph
A U.S. Navy Lockheed S-3A Viking of Anti-Submarine Squadron VS-41 "Shamrocks" refuels Grumman F-14A Tomcats of Fighter Squadrons VF-1 "Wolfpack" and VF-2 "Bounty Hunters". VF-1 and VF-2 were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61). This totally bodacious pair of Tomcats gets a perfect top-off from the Shamrocks Viking during 1988 carrier operations!
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F-14 At the old Atsugi Base
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F-14A Tomcat, BUNO 159434, Tail Code AE, Modex 100, US Navy, VF-143, Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field, Virginia, April 5 1976, Photo by Jim Tunney
Check out this totally bodacious early F-14A Tomcat from VF-143 at NAS Oceana in April 1976! One of the very first production birds (MSN 100) during the exciting dawn of the Tomcat age at Fightertown USA. 🇺🇸
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USS Enterprise Baby! VF-102 Diamond ♦️ backs
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F-14A Tomcat, Serial 159853, Operator US Navy, Unit Markings VX-4 Evaluators, Location NAS Point Mugu (KNTD), California, Photo Date 18 October 1987, Photo by rob martaré.
Source: airfighters.com/photo/54600/M/…
Feast your eyes on this totally bodacious F-14A Tomcat — the famous VX-4 Evaluators "Black Bunny" at the NAS Point Mugu air show — one of the most legendary and striking test schemes ever worn by a Tomcat!
#F14Tomcat #NavalAviation #TomcatTuesday #TacoTuesday #BringBackBodacious @NavalMuseum #Evaluators #VX4 #FightertownUSA #NASPointMugu #BlackBunny
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