Posted on 11/21/2010 10:39:13 AM PST by EnjoyingLife
Operation Desert Storm, 1 February 1991 -- A U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat fighter jet (assigned to Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia) flies over burning Kuwaiti oil wells. Via http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20060914.htm (medium, large)
It’s a terribly handsome plane. Too bad they can’t swap out engines, electronics, and avionics on existing or built-new F-14s.
Wonder when they’ll remake “Top Gun” with F-22s?
The engine nozzles, plus the single TCS mount in the nose (as opposed to the dual TSC/IRST mount in the F-14D) give this particular Tomcat away as an F-14B, rather than an “A” (although it might have been one of the initial upgrades under the F-14A+ program).
I read somewhere that a remake is planned and Cruise is going to play an TG instructor.
It just looks wicked. Don’t know if it’s the variable wings, or the twin engines, or just the fact that it’s a (comparitively) large fighter, but the Tomcat looks like it can get the job done.
I remember reading about fighter planes way back when I was in high school… this and the F-15 impressed me most. They were considering anti-satellite missiles at the time, and the F-15 was the only platform that could fly straight up, full vertical, for long enough to lock onto the target and fire the missile (so said the book, anyway). And, of course, the F-14. Tremendous speed, carrier based, the Phoenix missile, and it’s amazing radar capability. What a plane!
Definitely miss these babies.
Oh my. What a beautiful bird. Even with the blurry screen, small smile...
I see you your video, and raise you mine ; }
This one is missing my favorite Dependants Cruise sonic pass, (Don’t Blink!!) but the shot at 45 seconds and 50 seconds ALMOST make up for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhyprrof0JM
Oh my. What a beautiful bird. Even with the blurry screen, small smile...
I see you your video, and raise you mine ; }
This one is missing my favorite Dependants Cruise sonic pass, (Don’t Blink!!) but the shot at 45 seconds and 50 seconds ALMOST make up for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhyprrof0JM
Fly Navy!
Tatt
Personally, I would have put the digital radar in all the aircraft and left the old Pratt motors in the rest of the jets. It would have cost half as much and we could have done the whole fleet. The compressor stall/spin issue in the A was almost matched by the AB burn through explosion issues in the GE engine.
F-22=AirForce and F-14=Navy. Thank you for the correction.
If a “Top Gun” remake in name or spirit MUST involve the Navy, then yes.
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I’m anxiously awaiting the day I can watch an airshow featuring the USAF Thunderbirds in their F-22s.
ROTFLMFAO!
Heehee...C-2...
I feel the need, the need, for ... er, enough capacity to lift Val Kilmer into the air?
I still like my RV6a
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Agree it’s “handsome”..I think it’s because the fuselage has curves, arc..which today are NOT stealthy, and therefore we don’t see anymore..but the Tomcat’s shape appeals to us visually, aesthetically..
While I was in basic Naval Flight Officer training, many different aircraft came to Sherman Field so we students could decide to which community we wanted to go. I remember being surprised at how big the F-14 was, especially for a two-man crew.
While I was in basic Naval Flight Officer training, many different aircraft came to Sherman Field so we students could decide to which community we wanted to go. I remember being surprised at how big the F-14 was, especially for a two-man crew.
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