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F-14 Tomcat ATG/Radio Show We are educating the future by honoring the past! F-14 Calverton ATG (All Things Grumman) 🐾🏴‍☠️

If you’re reading this, the device you’re using has a lot more in common with the F-14 Tomcat than one might think..Meet...
10/28/2025

If you’re reading this, the device you’re using has a lot more in common with the F-14 Tomcat than one might think..
Meet Ray Holt, the man behind the MP944, the world’s first microprocessor chip, it powered the F-14’s CADC.
The Central Air Data Computer, controlled things like the automated wing sweep on the F-14.
For 25 years Ray didn’t know what his work was used for as it was classified.
Ray needs our help!
He’s battling some medical issues and the community put together a fundraiser!
Rays work has not just given us the F-14 Tomcat but he created the grandfather to every chip powering every device today.
He changed the world in a big way..
We owe him a debt of gratitude, if you can help, it would go along way in showing that the F-14 Community has his back..
LEEKSTER, Rob Todd and I were all on a podcast together over with Ray, his story and delivery of it is priceless..
Please help if you can.. We monetize nothing on our end, all the shows, road trips, platforms etc are all free.
But this we need you for.
The link is in our BIO right here on Instagram, learn more specifically about his medical condition right on the Gofund.Me donation page..
On behalf of the families of Grumman Aerospace & US Naval Aviation, we thank you ⚓️🇺🇸🫡
that first photo!

10/25/2025

Repost from “DO YA LIKE MA SWORD”
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10/24/2025

CVA-63 USS Kitty Hawk was named after Kitty Hawk, NC.
Displacement 80,000 tons.
Length: 1,047 ft
Flight Deck Width: 252 ft
Commissioned on April 29,1961 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

Kitty Hawk would get under way in Oct 1962 after a shake down crusie. USS Kitty Hawk relieved carrier Midway (CVA-41) in the Seventh Fleet’s area of responsibility. During this WestPac deployment the ship made her first visit to Fleet Activities (FA), Yokosuka, Japan.
Dec 1962: LT(JG) Ray Barnes, VA-113, became the ship’s first jet centurion by completing his 100th arrested landing, in a Douglas A-4C Skyhawk.
Jan 1963: LT William C. Gideon, VF-114, accomplished the 10,000th arrested landing on board in an F-4B Phantom.
Aug 1963: During Project Whale Tale, Article 352, a Lockheed U-2A Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft, was evaluated for “carrier suitability” on board Kitty Hawk. Pilot Bob Schumacher accomplished four practice launches and approaches in N315X, the code number used for the U-2A from the Office of Naval Research, a cover for its actual CIA assignment.
May, 1964: CVA-63’s aircraft began flying low-level aerial reconnaissance missions over Laos, determining that the communists were infiltrating into the area from North Vietnam.
Mar 1984: While Battle Group Bravo sailed southerly courses toward the Tsushima Strait into the Yellow Sea during Exercise Team Spirit 84-1, a Soviet submarine, believed to be a Victor I-class attack boat, tentatively identified as K-314 (610), collided with the carrier while surfacing. The collision occurred at 2207, about 150 miles east of Pohang, South Korea, in the Sea of Japan.
Dec 1992: Kitty Hawk relieved Ranger as part of Joint Task Force (JTF) Somalia for Operation Restore Hope, humanitarian relief operations for the people of Somalia.
Mar 2003: Aircrew flew 26 sorties, dropping 37 laser-guided bombs against Iraqi military targets. About half of the missions supported Operation Iraqi Freedom, the other half flying in Operation Southern Watch.
May 2009: Kitty Hawk was decommissioned. .
Kitty Hawk Baby! ⚓️🇺🇸👍

Video Credit: Lee Smith YouTube.

F-14 Tomcat High Temperature Bearing Grease: Standard airframe control bearings can be exposed continuously to temperatu...
10/23/2025

F-14 Tomcat High Temperature Bearing Grease: Standard airframe control bearings can be exposed continuously to temperatures up to 250° F without any effect on bearing performance.
At 300° F they have a grease life of 500 hours.
For 300° to 400° service, bearings can be obtained with teflon fiberglass seals and high temperature grease.
Bearing races and balls are heat treat stabilized for this temperature.
Due to increased cost, these bearings should only be used if prototype service shows that regular bearings are degraded.
High temperature greases do not operate properly at low temperature. Their use should be confined to controls that operate continuously at heat and flight.
Bearings made of 44oc stainless steel can be operated at 500° F (550° for short lives) using Cryotex AC grease (DuPont fluorocarbon based). This grease is exceedingly sticky at low temperatures and should be limited to about +15°. F.
Ball Bearing Housing: Load ratings are predicated on the bearing being properly supported in a rigid housing, to distribute the ball or roller loads.
In light or thin, aluminum or magnesium housings, allowable loads should be reduced to about 75% of catalog ratings.
Are we going to deep into the Big Fighter for you all?? 🤓
Anytime Baby! ⚓️🇺🇸🤙
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We brought back 2 legends to do this, first up is current serving, his callsign is CHIMPO & Brian RJ Roberts and LEEKST...
10/22/2025

We brought back 2 legends to do this, first up is current serving, his callsign is CHIMPO & Brian RJ Roberts and LEEKSTER himself who was an LSO for CVW-1.
This show covers 35 years plus of waiving on the platform, from the 90’s up until today.
So much to learn, the stories were legendary, CAG PADDLES is where it’s at when you have 20 jets stacked out in Marshall and some getting low on fuel.
The LSO’s will do their best to get them safely aboard day or night, the aircrews depend on them.
I’ll get it edited and released over the weekend!
When it comes to Naval Aviation, LSO’s save a lot of lives..
Leadership Knows No Boundaries…
Fly Navy…! ⚓️🇺🇸🤙

Repost from •LOX (Liquid Oxygen)This article will talk about the GCU-24/A LOX converter and the TMU-70M LOX cart. - GCU-...
10/20/2025

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LOX (Liquid Oxygen)

This article will talk about the GCU-24/A LOX converter and the TMU-70M LOX cart.
- GCU-24/A is a common liquid oxygen converter. Since most military aircraft don’t have the room to house large gaseous oxygen tanks, that’s where liquid oxygen comes into play. A typical LOX converter holds 10 liters of liquid oxygen and when converted can produce 8,600 liters of gaseous oxygen. In its liquid state the temperature is -297 degrees Fahrenheit.
- The green spherical shaped converter has an inner and outer shell separated by annular space like a thermos bottle. It weighs 18 lbs empty and 44 lbs full. It is a 70 psig system with a build up and vent valve, relief valve, pressure closing valve and associated tubing and fittings. Lightweight and compact, ideal for military applications.
- The converter is filled by connecting it to a LOX servicing cart (TMU-70M) or LOX farm system. Filling it by venting gas pressure built up in the inner sphere to the atmosphere, allowing LOX from the servicing trailer to flow into the converter.

- TMU-70M LOX serving cart. It consists of a 50 gallon storage tank and a 15 liter transfer tank. Transfer lines and control valves keep it operating at 65 psi maximum pressure. Liquid level gauges, pressure relief devices and a fold down side panel to hold the converter while filling.
- The cart has wheels for mobility either by towing or moving by hand. The wheels are mounted in a tricycle arrangement. With folding nose wheel and hand brake.
- The cart is designed to service many different types of LOX converters.

I hope this shed some light on liquid oxygen and its applications. The LOX converter is inspected and maintained by AME (aviation structural mechanics/equipment) and the LOX cart is inspected and maintained by AS (aviation support technician). There is a perfect examples of a TMU-70M LOX cart and GCU-24/A LOX converter at .inc aviation museum in Titusville, Fl.

10/19/2025

Volume on 10!
Bluetooth speaker recommended!
Your watching The GE Powered Grumman F-14B Tomcat demonstrated by The World Famous Red Rippers of Fighter Squadron 11 out at the range in Nevada.. This is a DET as The Rippers are normally based out of NAS Oceana! 🇺🇸“Fighter Country”🇺🇸
** This was filmed back when you didn’t just fly jet aircraft, but you looked good doing it baby!

Make sure to follow “SAMMY” from the Red Rippers who made this video possible as he is a World Famous Red Ripper
Fly Navy! ⚓️🇺🇸👍

With the hopes of the F-111B fading and the need for a Naval Fighter to handle the ever growing Soviet Mig-25 Foxbat pro...
10/16/2025

With the hopes of the F-111B fading and the need for a Naval Fighter to handle the ever growing Soviet Mig-25 Foxbat problem.
1968, Mike Pelhach a Grumman Employee along with his design team started designing their own “Foxbat” as if it were a Grumman airplane.
Here’s Mikes story:
We put a model in the windtunnel and we found out that the Russians had got most of the features right. We saw that someone was really beginning to challenge us. “Foxbat” was a reflection of 1962 technology, Our job was to think what the Soviet design teams had been doing in the meantime. We discovered that their weapon system was not going to be just a cannon anymore. We extrapolated all this to what we thought would be their next aircraft, and we called this “Fearless”. Then we sat down to design our own airplane which could not only beat the “Fearless” but one that could continue to do so by being flexible enough to except updating and change right up to the year 2000.
Out of this came the legendary Grumman F-14 Tomcat!
Grumman Aerospace, Baby…!

Let’s take a look at VX-4/VX-9 for the history on where the Black jet came from.We merged the cover photo to compare the...
10/15/2025

Let’s take a look at VX-4/VX-9 for the history on where the Black jet came from.
We merged the cover photo to compare them all at once as a history lesson just like VX-4 & VX-5 who merged to become VX-9! In the 90’s..
Hugh Hefner’s (Pl***oy Magazine) DC-9 in the mid to late 60’s was known as the “Big Bunny”.
Pl***oy being bigger than ever, Hugh wanted something the world would never forget, maybe a black painted jet with a bunny on tail, it would than become the premier jet to fly in the world as even Elvis Presley would lease Big Bunny for Tours.
VX-4 Evaluators saw the worlds reaction to Big Bumny and scrambled to paint their premier jet black as well with a bunny! “Vandy One” is born as an F-4 Phantom.
However, once the F-14 was introduced to the fleet a few years later, it would take over the role as the premier test airplane of VX-4, which meant it would now receive the black paint and the Bunny.
As the F-14D came along in the early 90’s with VX-9, it eventually too would be the next carrier of the black paint (BuNo 164604) which is no longer black on display at NAS Oceana.
F-14A BuNo 159853 is currently displayed at . Defense Supply Center Richmond, Richmond, VA.
Fly Navy! ⚓️🇺🇸👍This is a repost from
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10/14/2025

Great Repost from
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DCS: Speed & Angels is out!

Many years ago, as I was watching the Speed & Angels documentary for the 100th time I had no idea that one day I’d be teaming up with Paco Chierici to turn it into an epic DCS F-14 Tomcat campaign. It’s been a long journey, took 1.5 years, but it’s here now, so you can experience first hand what it was like to go through the F-14 RAG - and then a deployment into a war zone based on his book ‘Lions of the Sky’.

It’s been an absolute honor to work with Meagan, Paco, Chig, Bio, Ferg and all the other Naval Aviators (and Air Force!) who helped us with this project, as well as all the DCS community members who volunteered as voice actors.

Looking forward to seeing your grade sheets. Tomcats Forever!

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