page_title: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
section_title: Aircraft on display
hierarchical_section_title: Grumman F-14 Tomcat / Aircraft on display
caption_attribution_description: English: Grumman F-14 Tomcat in the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing aircraft. The F-14 was the United States Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical reconnaissance platform from 1974 to 2006. This aircraft (157986), was the seventh Tomcat built by Grumman and was retained as their primary research and development airframe. In 1973, it served as the prototype for the Super Tomcat series, which incorporated more powerful engines. Nederlands: Grumman F-14 Tomcat in the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum. De Grumman F-14 Tomcat was een Amerikaanse marine-onderscheppingsjager die destijds werd geleverd door de firma Grumman Aerospace Corp. en diende als vervanger voor de F-4 Phantom II jager die in 1986 bij de US Navy werd uitgefaseerd. Dit toestel is de zevende Tomcat die werd gebouwd. Hij werd door Grumman gebruikt voor onderzoek en ontwikkeling. Hij diende eveneens als prototype voor de Super Tomcat, die krachtiger motoren had.
context_page_description: The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental program after the collapse of the F-111B project. The F-14 was the first of the American Teen Series fighters, which were designed incorporating air combat experience against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War.
  The F-14 first flew on 21 December 1970 and made its first deployment in 1974 with the U.S. Navy aboard USS Enterprise, 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 into the 2000s. The Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night pod system was added in the 1990s and the Tomcat began performing precision ground-attack missions.
  In the 1980s, F-14s were used as land-based interceptors by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force during the Iran–Iraq War, where they saw combat against Iraqi warplanes.
context_section_description: Notable F-14s preserved at museums and military installations include:
  Bureau Number (BuNo) – Model – Location – Significance
  F-14A
  157982 – Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, New York. Prototype No. 3 Nonstructural demonstration testbed.
  157984 – National Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Fifth F-14 manufactured and one of the prototypes used in flight testing. Mounted on pedestal at entrance to museum.
  157988 – NAS Oceana Air Park, Virginia.
  157990 – March Field Air Museum, Riverside, California. Eleventh F-14 manufactured and one of the prototypes used in carrier suitability testing.
  158617 – Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 7293, Whitehall, Pennsylvania.
  158623 – Naval Base Ventura County, NAS Point Mugu, California. Pedestal mount at Front Gate Airpark.
  158627 – Hickory Aviation Museum, Hickory, NC.
  158978 – USS Midway Museum, San Diego, California.
  158985 – Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California.
  158998 – Air Victory Museum, Lumberton, New Jersey.
  158999 – Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (former Carswell AFB), Fort Worth, Texas.
  159025 – Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Charleston, South Carolina.
  159445 – Naval Station Norfolk (former Naval Air Station Norfolk) East Gate Airpark, Virginia.
  159448 – Naval Inventory Control Point, Pennsylvania.
  159455 – NAS Patuxent River, Lexington Park, Maryland. Former VX-23 flight test squadron aircraft.
  159600 – Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
  159620 – NAF El Centro, California.
  159626 – Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada.
  159631 – San Diego Aerospace Museum, San Diego, California.
  159829 – Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, former Lowry AFB, Denver, Colorado. From VF-211, later used for aircraft maintenance training by Naval Air Reserve Center Denver at Buckley AFB.
  159830 – Western Museum of Flight, Torrance, California.
  159848 – Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook, Oregon.
  159853 – Defense Supply Center Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
  159856 – Naval Air Facility El Centro, California.
  160382 – Museum of Flight, Tukwila, Washington. VF-84 "Jolly Rogers" AJ202. Stationed on the USS Nimitz. This aircraft, as well as several other F-14As from the famous "Jolly Rogers" squadron, appear in the 1980 film The Final Countdown which was filmed on board the USS Nimitz. On loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida.
  160386 – Recruit Training Command, Naval Station Great Lakes. Chicago, Illinois.
  160391 – Texas Air Museum, Lubbock, Texas.
  160395 – Air Zoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  160401 – Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility Virginia Capes (FACSFAC VACAPES), Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia.
  160403 – American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midland, Texas. It is one of the aircraft involved in 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident.
  160411 – Empire State Aerosciences Museum, Glenville, New York.
  160658 – NAES Lakehurst, New Jersey.
  160661 – U.S. Space and Rocket Center's Aviation Challenge facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
  160666 – Western Aerospace Museum, Oakland, California. Originally delivered to VF-111 in 1978, subsequently reassigned to NAVAIR test duties, permanently modified for development of follow-on avionics and weapons systems.
  160684 – Pima Air and Space Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona. Repainted in its original markings as "NL 211" of VF-111 aboard USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63), as this particular aircraft appeared in its initial operational squadron service, c. 1978–1981.
  160694 – USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, Texas. Painted with Hi-Vis markings of VF-103 "Jolly Rogers". Aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida.
  160889 – Pacific Coast Air Museum at Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California.
  160898 – Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, California.
  160902 – Grumman Memorial Park, Calverton, New York.
  160903 – Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport, Liberal, Kansas.
  160909 – Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Atlanta, Georgia.
  160914 – Willm
caption: F-14B at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
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