Oct 4, 2016
After 1,264 roaring flight hours, the YF-14 157990 now rests on museum duty. This airframe first took to the skies in 1972 as number 11 of 12 pre-production prototype aircraft. She was tested aboard the USS Independence and was spotted at China Lake Naval Weapons Center during her decade of service. The aircraft ended up at the General Dynamics Pomona facility before being towed down the streets at night to March Field Air Museum, California, in September of 1992. Today, she represents one of the few Tomcat test birds that we can walk up to and touch.