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This should be on your list of F-14 Tomcats to see! This is FELIX 206 from The Tomcatters of VF-31, a TARPS equipped F-1...
07/09/2025

This should be on your list of F-14 Tomcats to see!
This is FELIX 206 from The Tomcatters of VF-31, a TARPS equipped F-14A BuNo161611 which very proudly sits at the USS Alabama Memorial Park in Mobile Alabama!
Built by the Grumman Aerospace Company Bethpage NY and delivered to VF-101 Grim Reapers on November 2, 1983. 611 would head to the fleet to serve with the Tomcatters of VF-31, but not for long as it was returned to The Grim Reapers of VF-101.
161611, would next head to The Sundowners of VF-111, From there the 611 headed to the Black Lions of VF-213 which would be next in line to receive it. 14 Years later in 1997, 161611 is transferred to its final squadron, the Checkmates of Fighter Squadron 211.
3 Years later BuNo161611 was stricken from inventory, however it would have a “Final Stand” Proudly serving in NAS Pensacola Florida as a Maintenance Trainer for the F-14 Program.
Upon completion of its mission,161611 was transferred to the USS Alabama Museum where it sits on display and is one of the proudest F-14’s you can stand in front of!
Fly Navy! ⚓️🇺🇸👍

Repost from •Flight deck crew are rigging a crash barricade during a drill onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) duri...
07/08/2025

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Flight deck crew are rigging a crash barricade during a drill onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during the vessel’s “shakedown cruise”. In the background of slide 1 and 2, I can see my favorite squadron, #200 from VF-84 “Jollyrogers”. Who was on this cruise? 📸 by PH2 Tracy Lee Didas and PH2 Dennis Taylor.

Repost from •VF-1 Wolfpack Baby!!!The First squadron to take the F-14 operational, along with VF-2 Bounty Hunters, these...
07/07/2025

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VF-1 Wolfpack Baby!!!
The First squadron to take the F-14 operational, along with VF-2 Bounty Hunters, these Squadrons would be established at NAS Miramar in October 14,1972, on July 1, 1973 they would receive their first F-14A’s from Grumman. The VF-1 squadron insignia is a Wolfs head and is actually drawn by Grumman’s Commercial artist George M Kehew (WW2 veteran) and is registered with the library of Congress.
The Tomcats first deployment was to VIETNAM onboard USS Enterprise CVN-65.
The Cover Photo is a Tomcat preforming CAP at low level on the deck stretching it’s claws over the Vietnamese rice fields, hoping the North’s Migs will come out and play.
This Tomcat takes a look at a long war that is finally seeing closure making this cover photo a rare one of a F-14 over Nam!
Fly Navy! ⚓️🇺🇸👍

The Black Knights of Fighter Squadron 154 finally transitioned to the F-14A in October of 1983. Due to their late start ...
07/01/2025

The Black Knights of Fighter Squadron 154 finally transitioned to the F-14A in October of 1983.
Due to their late start with the Tomcat (VF-31 was the last squadron to transition) VF-154 received TARPS equipped F-14A Tomcats from the start.
The Black Knights first cruise with the F-14A was onboard the USS Constellation (CV-64) in 1985 as part of CVW-14. Several more cruises aboard ‘Connie’ followed, with one taking place in 1987.
This eventful cruise saw VF-154 operating around the Persian Gulf, an also conducting operations in the Gulf of Oman.
After these cruises onboard Constellation CVW-14 moved to the USS Independence (CV-62) and it was as part of this team that saw VF-154 and the Freelancers from VF-21 become the first F-14 squadrons to arrive in the Persian Gulf as part of “Desert Shield”.
Due to taking part in “Desert Shield” and having been on deployment for several months already, VF-154 and Indy (USS Independence CV-62) returned to the USA before Desert Storm began.
1991 and the USS Independence would now be home based at Yokosuka, Japan, to replace the USS Midway.
VF-154 stayed with the boat for this, but moved from CVW-14 to CVW-5 and from NAS Miramar to NAF Atsugi, thus becoming the first forward deployed F-14 squadron.
At the same time as joining CVW-5, VF-154 became the first F-14A squadron to deploy with A/G (Air to Ground bombing capability).
BKR Baby!
Fly Navy! ⚓️🇺🇸🤙

You came for the cover photo, you left a TF30-P&W- 414A Jet engine specialist..🏴‍☠️Give the ABORT LAUNCH signal!You knew...
06/30/2025

You came for the cover photo, you left a TF30-P&W- 414A Jet engine specialist..🏴‍☠️
Give the ABORT LAUNCH signal!
You knew F-14 Calverton ATG was going to shut down the engines, rip open the daily inspection doors for an educational experience second to none.
Eh, for get about the daily inspection doors!
Let’s pull the whole engine out and have a look, I mean after all it is a surprise Monday F-14 RAG/FRS Class!

The F-14A Tomcats engines have a main fuel pump, it is a 2 stage engine driven pump on the accessory gear box which provides 1st stage boosted fuel to the afterburner hydraulic pump and second stage high pressure fuel to the engine fuel control.
Failure of the centrifugal impeller (pumps first stage) will stop fuel flow to the AB hydraulic pump which may cause failure of the hydraulic pump.
Such a failure would cause the nozzle to float or oscillate: No cockpit indication is provided for failure of the main fuel pump first stage.
Conversely, failure of the second gear pump will result in a flameout due to insufficient pressure for operation of the hydro mechanical fuel control. Although no cockpit indication is provided for such a failure, it will be evident when attempting an “Air-Start” that no fuel registers with the throttle at idle and engine speed greater than 15%.
The gear driven centrifugal pump also returns high fuel pressure to the fuselage and wing tanks.
Based on pilot commands through the throttles, the main fuel control on each engine automatically and independently establishes engine thrust for numerous operating variables to which the engine is sensitive.
Absolute cutoff of fuel to the engines is provided with the throttles less than one-half travel between IDLE & OFF detents..
Fly Navy! ⚓️🇺🇸👍

A Great Repost from •It’s 1988 and some of us were not even born when this happened.Dealing with the low pass over the U...
06/28/2025

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It’s 1988 and some of us were not even born when this happened.
Dealing with the low pass over the USS America, “Snort”, at the time Executive Officer (XO) of F-14 VF-33 Starfighters, released this interview to John Sponauer: “It’s not risky at all with practice… It was my opening pass to a Tomcat tactical demonstration at sea. I started from the starboard rear quarter of the ship, at or slightly below flight deck level.”


WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE SQUADRON??LETS TAKE A POLL! When a new F-14 Tomcat was delivered at Grumman Calverton (Upon Plant 7...
06/26/2025

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE SQUADRON??
LETS TAKE A POLL!
When a new F-14 Tomcat was delivered at Grumman Calverton (Upon Plant 7 Flight Test being finished) it will be delivered to the customer (Mostly the Navy).
Upon arrival to the Fleet, it will receive a “Squadron Logo” based upon which Squadron gets the delivery.
So again… What is Your Favorite Squadron??? Or Squadrons??
Fly Navy! ⚓️🇺🇸🤙

The original mission design profile of the F-14 Tomcat calls for CV take off, climb to altitude, fly 500 miles, descend ...
06/25/2025

The original mission design profile of the F-14 Tomcat calls for CV take off, climb to altitude, fly 500 miles, descend to 10,000ft, fight in “Maximum Afterburner” (Zone 5) for 2 minutes, climb back to cruise altitude, return 500 miles back to the carrier, loiter overhead the boat for 20 minutes in Marshall Stack (over the boat) and land with 5% fuel reserves.
This figure is based on internal fuel only (16,200lbs) and the TF30–P&W-412A engine.
(DLI) Deck Launch Intercept of the Tomcat still cannot be matched by a 5th Gen naval airframe today.
The GE F110 powered Tomcat has an even better DLI due to a Non-Afterburner take off and overall better fuel mileage with the F110 as well.
Cover Photo: Dave “HEY JOE” Parsons VF-102 Diamondbacks CVW-1 USS America..
Anytime, Baby..! ⚓️🇺🇸🤙

Repost from .s.a•Chevrolet’s High-Flying ZR1 CorvetteOriginally published in the January 1989 issue of Hot Rod magazineW...
06/24/2025

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Chevrolet’s High-Flying ZR1 Corvette

Originally published in the January 1989 issue of Hot Rod magazine
Who is better qualified to comment on the merits of the new ZR1 Corvette than a couple of U.S. Navy fighter jocks? No one on four wheels has gone faster or pulled more g’s than these guys. No mere automobile has ever executed the gut-wrenching turns and sky-piercing maneuvers that they routinely perform in their multimillion-dollar Tomcats.
No amount of internal combustion horsepower can beat their cat-launched F-14 to the end of the flight deck; disc brakes the size of card tables won’t stop you any faster than the aircraft carrier cable-arresting system that snatches these birds out of the sky in the most awesomely controlled crashes you’ll ever witness. These are men who ride shotgun with hell’s own fury day in and day out, and there’s probably not a race car driver alive who knows his car as well as they know their aircraft. So who ya gonna call?
We called the boast busters from VF-114, the fighting Aardvarks F-14 squadron currently stationed at Miramar Naval Air Station north of San Diego, California. No one with fenders can match the kind of performance they can boast of, so we figured a thumbs up from them meant that the new ZR1 Corvette had earned its wings from people who are eminently qualified to judge raw performance. Radar intercept officers Lt. J. Stacey Bates (right) and Lt. Clay Snaza (me) were suitably impressed with the ZR1’s potential power and maneuverability, and even though it lacked Side-winder missiles and a 20mm cannon like those on their Tomcat, they concluded that this was indeed a fighter jock’s “kind” of car. Even the ZR1’s price is great by their standards. Fifty grand for a Corvette is a mere pittance compared to their 30-million-dollar airplane, which, by the way, doesn’t pass gas-guzzler or smog requirements. But then, who cares?
Miramar 1989
**I thought I’d jump In on this post and add a few pics of my Corvette back in the late 90’s-2000’s.
This is a straight up Z51 Package.. It holds the record from Grumman Calverton to NAS Oceana 4hr 15mins. Not 6-7 hours, baby..!

In a moment this Tomcat will slam the deck taking a perfect 3 wire signifying a long length of career milestones for its...
06/23/2025

In a moment this Tomcat will slam the deck taking a perfect 3 wire signifying a long length of career milestones for its aircrew and also the hard work of the maintainers and the achievements they accomplished as as well.
Just like ships company when the ships arresting gear meets the challenge of stopping this spectacular engineering miracle we all call the Grumman F-14 Tomcat.. Same for the Shooters who get everyone from a stand still to flying in just over 1.7 seconds, this is.. Naval Aviation and yes there are No Points for Second Place, Baby..!
FLY NAVY! ⚓️🇺🇸🙌.

•It’s true folks. Rocco and Smokin—the final F-14 Tomcat Demo crew—will be at with celebrating 20 years of the final d...
06/22/2025


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It’s true folks. Rocco and Smokin—the final F-14 Tomcat Demo crew—will be at with celebrating 20 years of the final demo Saturday August 30, Cape May NJ.
Visit NAS Wildwood for more info. Make plans to come see us! .

Anytime, Baby..! 🐾 🐾
Photo credit Alan Crane

During the k ate 1970’s and I nto early 1980’s, the Fighting Renagades of Fighter Squadron 24 will earn the CNO Aviation...
06/21/2025

During the k ate 1970’s and I nto early 1980’s, the Fighting Renagades of Fighter Squadron 24 will earn the CNO Aviation Safety Award for 6 years of operation and 22,000 Flight Hours without incident.
1983, VF-24 embarks aboard USS Ranger along with CVW-9, this WestPac Cruise will include 121 days of operations in the Indian Ocean.
The longest of any conventional powered carrier to date.
VF-24 Fighting Renagades surpassed 3 years of Foreign Object Damage (FOD), an accomplishment no other F-14 Squadron matched.
1986, taking part in Operation Coyote, VF-24 will send 4 F-14’s with all the spare parts and almost 150 personnel within 46 hours to Adak Alaska.
Tomcats will arrive in Adak within 30 Hours of orders given to deploy, they will practice air Intercepts, mission planning and tactics.
Not to anyone’s surprise this is an overwhelming success!
The Fighting Renagades will complete another 20,500 flight hours with out incident and yet picking up Another CNO Aviation Safety Award to end 1986.
VF-24 was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation and Navy Expeditionary Medal for the 1987 deployment and VF-24 will also earn the same CNO Aviation Safety award again in 1988 during Operation Olympic Presence while aboard the USS Nimitz. VF-24 provided security for the Olympics along with training with Singapore, Malaysian and Thailand air forces.
YES! You guesses it, they received yet another CNO Aviation Safety Award to seal 1988!
Renegades, Baby..!
Fly Navy! ⚓️🇺🇸👍

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