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Photo of the Day: The name's Tomcat. F-14B "The Heartbreaker" Tomcat. Start the show. [Large Image]
Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet, United States Navy ^ | March 30, 2005 | Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Justin S. Osborne

Posted on 08/10/2005 11:47:50 AM PDT by EnjoyingLife

050330-N-0382O-503 Mediterranean Sea (Mar. 30, 2005) - An F-14B Tomcat, assigned to the 'Swordsmen' of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32), breaks the sound barrier during the supersonic fly-by portion of an air power demonstration performed by Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3), for the Sailors and Marines aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group was recently relieved after completing nearly four months in the Persian Gulf in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Justin S. Osborne (RELEASED)
United States Navy (USN) F-14B Tomcat assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32)
with its stylish Prandtl-Glauert condensation cloud on March 30, 2005 in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Photographer
Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Justin S. Osborne, USN

The Source
Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery, USN
http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=23503, USN Image ID: 050330-N-0382O-503

The Big Image Link
http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/050330-N-0382O-503.jpg



TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cloud; condensation; f14; f14b; flyby; glauert; prandtl; supersonic; tomcat; transonic; vapor

1 posted on 08/10/2005 11:48:06 AM PDT by EnjoyingLife
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To: EnjoyingLife

A Navy F-14 is overtaken by an enormous cotton ball.


2 posted on 08/10/2005 11:50:08 AM PDT by Sax
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To: EnjoyingLife
Posted by another freeper a few days back


3 posted on 08/10/2005 11:52:36 AM PDT by tophat9000 (When the State ASSUMES death...It makes an ASH out of you and me..)
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4 posted on 08/10/2005 11:55:04 AM PDT by stinkerpot65
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To: Pukin Dog

Ping to #3 .... Looks like a TomKitty ... LOL


5 posted on 08/10/2005 11:55:29 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: EnjoyingLife

I break wind like that.


6 posted on 08/10/2005 11:55:35 AM PDT by llevrok (Semper Conservitatus)
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To: tophat9000
It's a supersonic Viking Kittie underway on a TOP SECRET ZOT mission!
7 posted on 08/10/2005 11:57:55 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: EnjoyingLife


8 posted on 08/10/2005 11:59:03 AM PDT by w_over_w (How high are gas prices? I just spent $40.00 to fill up my lawn mower.)
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To: Pukin Dog

Old friends of yours, Pukin?


9 posted on 08/10/2005 12:03:11 PM PDT by Terabitten (Life, liberty, and the pursuit of all who threaten it.)
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To: w_over_w

Wow, amazing pics.


10 posted on 08/10/2005 12:03:31 PM PDT by Moolah
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To: EnjoyingLife

soooo fab--must save to show my son


11 posted on 08/10/2005 12:04:31 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: tophat9000

Awesome picture!


12 posted on 08/10/2005 12:08:11 PM PDT by Cableguy
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To: EnjoyingLife

My dad was an F-14 RIO. That will always be my favorite jet. I will deeply miss seeing them fly around.


13 posted on 08/10/2005 12:18:05 PM PDT by elc
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