Grumman F-14 Tomcat, Virginia Beach, VA - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program following the collapse of the F-111B project. The F-14 was the first of the American teen-series fighters, which were designed incorporating the experience of air combat against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War.

The F-14 first flew in December 1970 and made its first deployment in 1974 with the U.S. Navy aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65), replacing the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The F-14 served as the U.S. Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical aerial reconnaissance platform. In the 1990s, it added the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod system and began performing precision ground-attack missions.

The Tomcat was retired from the U.S. Navy's active fleet on 22 September 2006, having been supplanted by the Boeing F/A-18E and F Super Hornets.
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The Tomcat on display wears the colors of the VF-84 Jolly Rogers as they were in the 1980s until the late 1990s : Sinister white skull-and-crossbones on all-black tails, with gold bands wrapped around the tip of the tail fins, and black bands with gold V's run down the sides of the forward fuselage. The skull-and-crossbones originates from one of the first Navy fighter squadrons to receive the F-4Us, they wanted a squadron insignia which would live up to the Corsair name.
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Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Grumman F-14 Tomcat Tail Number: (S/N): Removed Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Inside the fence of the airfield at Oceana NAS inside / outside: outside Access restrictions: Aircraft can be seen from a short distance Other Information:: Not listed

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