Grumman Aerospace F-14 Tomcat Fine Art Aircraft Prints
Tomcat, Tomkitty, Bombcat (once air-to-ground capable) , Turkey (because it looks so ungainly approaching the boat), the F-14 is the original member of the fighter world’s “fourth generation .“ A massive, powerful jet with variable geometry wings, an impressive radius of action, the most powerful airborne radar of the time, and the AIM-54 “big stick,” the Tomcat offered the USN unparalleled capabilities for 36 years.
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The tail graphics of VF 143 feature a Griffin which lead to their name… the Pukin’ Dogs. Establish after WW2, the Dogs flew the F-14 for 30 years before converting to the F/A-18E in 2005. They are shore based at NAS Oceana.
BuNo 162291 is a F-14B and is shown wearing the USN’s standard low visibility overall grey camo scheme. She is depicted when the squadron was embarked in USS George Washington with Air Wing Seven.
AE 102 is configured for a Counter Air mission with 2 x AIM-54C long range missiles, 2 x AIM-7F medium range missiles, 2 x AIM-9M short range missiles, and her internal 20 mm cannon with 675 rounds. Additionally, she carries a pair of 267-gallon external tanks and a full complement of chaff and flares.
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One of the first two Tomcat squadrons to stand up, the Bounty Hunters of VF 2 also flew the Tom’s first combat sorties during the evacuation from South Vietnam in 1876. Based at NAS MIramar, FITRON Two flew the A, B, and D models until converting to Super Hornets in 2003 when they became VFA-2
NK 203 is depicted in the high visibility grey over white carried by USN fighters in the 1960’s and 1970’s and wears perhaps the most “American” standard markings of any squadron with the traditional Red/White/Blue stripes below the canopy and the “two stars” over a blue field on the rudders and ventral fins.
BuNo 158992 is shown ready for a Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics sortie with a captive AIM-9L and an ACMI pod under her wing gloves.
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VF 213 was one of the few squadrons lucky enough to fly the most advanced F-14 ever built… the F-14D Super Tomcat. BuNo 164343 is a “new build” D shown during the Black Lion’s 2003 USS Theodore Roosevelt cruise.
AJ 106 carries the standard low visibility paint scheme and is prepped for an OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE precision ground attack mission. She is loaded with GBU-12 and a GBU-38 JDAM as well as a pair of AIM-9M’s for self-defense. Out of sight on Station 8 is a LANTIRN Targeting Pod for targeting and laser designation for the LGB.
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With a unique desert camouflage scheme resembling the IRAF, F-14A BuNo 160913 is depicted as she appeared during her second assignment at the USN’s Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) at NAS Fallon. Along with other, albeit generally more typically painted, Tomcats, F-16N’s, and F-5E’s, NSAWC 13 provided adversary threat simulation training to a variety of Fleet, RAG, and testing “customers.”
She is shown with empty LAU-33 and a protective cap over the temporarily removed TCS ready for a dissimilar sortie. She carries a CATM-9M on Station 1A as well as another on Station 8A with a TACTS pod on Station 8B.
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One of the Tomcat’s significant roles during her career was reconnaissance and for that role, her primary tool was the TARPS pod. Carried in the tunnel between the engines on station 5, the TARPS pod is pretty well hidden from view.
The F-14A’s of VF 154 “Black Knights” were TARPS capable when delivered and their CAG jet NJ 100 is show ready for a TARPS sortie about USS Kitty Hawk. Named “Dirk,” and wearing a special tail graphic based on their patch, she carries a pair of AIM-7M’s and AIM-9M’s along with the 20mm cannon and chaff and flares for self-protection and self-escort. 161621 also carries the ubiquitous external tanks always carried when on cruise.
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The Wolfpack of FITRON ONE came in with the F-14 and went out with the USS Ranger 21 years later. VF 1 and VF 2 were the Navy’s first operational F-14 Tomcat squadrons. Based at NAS Miramar, they also saw the combat debut of the Tomcat during OPERATION FREQUENT WIND at the close of the Vietnam conflict.
In the early 1990’s, the Wolfpack’s Tomcats were embarked in Ranger on station in the western Pacific when OPERATION DESERT STORM began and the squadron flew combat sorties. During that cruise, BuNo 162597 carried the side number NE100 and was the CAG jet with a special multicolored wolf-tail.
She is depicted in a outer air battle/fleet defense configuration with 4 x AIM-54C Phoenix long range active radar missiles and 2 x AIM-9M short range IR missiles. She additionally carries the ubiquitous external fuel tanks under her intakes as well as a full load of 20 mm ammunition and chaff/flare expendables.
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After their last Vietnam cruise in F-4J’s, VF 213’s Black Lions transitioned to the F-14A. Part of Carrier Air Wing Eleven, their initial Tomcat cruise was aboard USS Kitty Hawk.
To commemorate the Tomcat transition, the squadron’s Black Lion mascot gained a second tail boldly blazoned across the outside of each vertical stabilizer. Still wearing the high visibility paint schemes, their jets also carried bright blue rudders with gold stars.
NH 210 is shown chained to the deck ready for her crew to fly an Combat Air Patrol sortie with a maximum flexibility load out of 2 x AIM-54 long range active radar missiles, 2 x AIM-7 medium range semi-active radar missiles, and 2 x AIM-9 short range missiles.
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25 years after transitioning to the F-14, the Tomcatters of VF 31 embarked in USS Theodore Roosevelt for the Tomcat’s final cruise. AJ 100 was the squadron’s colorful CAG jet for that cruise which supported OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.
164342 is shown ready for a Combat Air Patrol sortie with a 2x2x2 loadout of AIM-54C’s, AIM-7M’s, and AIM-9M’s plus a pair of external fuel tanks.
After her final cruise, she participated in the final air show display for the Tomcat and currently resides at the Wings over Miami Air Museum.
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The USN’s Jolly Rogers skull and crossbones have been emblazoned on the tails of three different Fighter Squadron’s through the years… the current squadron, FITRON One Zero Three adopted the insignia in 1995 when the previous Jolly Roger’s squadron, VF 84, was decommissioned. AA 100 was the squadron’s CAG jet during their final F-14 cruise in 2004. She is shown in a high visibility version of perhaps the fighter aviation world’s most recognizable paint job with a gloss black tail with the skull and cross bones, the yellow striped tips, and the black/yellow fuselage stripes running through the stars and bars national marking. 162918 is configured for a strike mission carrying a pair of GBU-12’s Paveway II LGB’s and a pair of GBU-31 JDAMs plus a LANTIRN Targeting Pod. For defense, she additionally carries a pair of AIM-7M’s and a pair of AIM-9M’s. A pair of drop tanks round out her load.
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