This is the F-14 Tomcat is it appeared when it was at the Leatherneck Air Museum at MCAS Miramar.
Midway's Hangar
The Restoration Facility for the USS MIDWAY museum
(Currently known as The San Diego Aircraft
Carrier Museum, on the USS Midway CV-41)
Grumman F-14A Tomcat
The
Grumman F-14 Tomcat was conceived to meet the Navy's requirement for an advanced
carrier-based air superiority fighter, a role which the General Dynamics F-111B had failed
to fill. The 1969 design that was proposed was a variable geometry, two-seat, twin-engined
fighter aircraft. First flight of the F-14A was in December 1970, with deliveries to the
US Navy beginning in December 1972. The aircraft was armed with one 20mm cannon, as well
as two Sidewinder missles and either four AIM-7E Sparrow AAMs or six AIM-54A Phoenix AAMs. |
This is the F-14 Tomcat is it appeared when it was at
the Leatherneck Air Museum at MCAS Miramar.
Here is the F-14 Tomcat after its new paint job.
This aircraft is now on board the Midway.
Check back here in the future to get more info on this plane.....
This aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.