God I love the cat. Every air molecules that touches her wings must be lucky. What a airframe. Beautiful on every angle. In 1000 years the can't Match by an other fighter. ❤️🦊
Great tribute. The F-14 was born out of the F-111 controversy. After a painstaking process the Navy had, with the exception of the TF-30 engine the most superb Air superiority/fleet defense fighter ever conceived. So, as it aged instead of continually evolving the platform & improving it like the Eagle, they trash it and replace it with an arguably inferior aircraft. GO NAVY!
This reminds me of doing plane guard ops in the IO while we were escorting the Kitty Hawk during a WESPAC in 85. I feel sad.... Ex twidget, USS Badger (FF-1071).
The F-14 Was A Symbol Of Our World Because It Got More Kills Then Any Other Jet And Can each Speeds And Can Turn Tight Turns..Plus Dont Hate It It Intercepted More Jets Than Any Other Jet. So Its Was A Long Range Better Jet Than All Jets Than The F-22
The F-14 had Mig's, Bears, Badgers and Su's of the U.S.S.R. clearing an aircraft carrier's airspace before it was launched off the deck of the carrier. Once, the F-14's were launch, they had enough speed to catch up with the Mig's and other Soviet aircraft before they got out of the carrier's airspace.
Stalling per se is not desirable unto itself. But aerodynamically unstable aircraft are more maneuverable. Designers must strike a balance between instability and maneuverability when designing fighters.
le f-14 tomcat un grande aereo che resterà nella storia della aviazione america un caccia da porta aerei che e riuscito a scrivere la sua storia con le sue 4 versioni f-14 a, f-14 b bombcat e f-14 c tomcat, f-14 d super tomcat. questo aereo da imbarco e rimasto per i suoi anni di servizio l'aereo in grado di svolgere diverse missioni ricongnitore, intercettatore da bombardamento e anche aereo da superiorità aerea poi venne dato in dotazione anche all'aviazione dell l'iran che li usa fino a tutto
@TomcatSucks4ever2 the number has nothing to do with power, thats the design number. The F is the mission of the acft, F=fighter, A=Attack and so on.the 14 ,16,or 18 is the design number, it went through so many design changes until on the 14, 15th etc it was excepted, last letter is the series of major mods made to the acft. So We have Mission, design , and series.
"The F-14 has a terrible turn radius, terrible climb radius, and a terrible acceleration because it sucks" The tomcat at sea level can out turn any 4th generation fighter due to it's airframe configuration and variable geometry wings. Btw, you can just come out now and admit you work for Boeing since your whole page is devoted to bashing Tomcat, without Hard data to back you erroneous claims.
@TomcatSucks4ever2 , actuall the number is major design change, hence F=fighter, 14= 14th design change E= series change,, like a gun upgrade, I think I got it right.....
partially agree only... F14 might have been the wort one (4 sure a good subject for Top Gun) but: Mig 25 was based on a completely different project; and F18 has nothing behing it! what about F15?
They happy with a substandard fighter because the NAVY ( and the U.S.) is broke, ever since the A-12 debacle. The pilots take what they can get with a smile. The "super" hornet is a half-baked cobbled together version of the original F-18 series, with degraded performance, its huge LEX, tiny engines, and ~30 min cap loiter. Retiring the F-14B/D+ for the "super" hornet is the equivalent of retiring all F-15s & replacing them with F-16 block 60s, & then claiming the Viper is better. Poor logic.
This is the most successful fighter in the us navy F-14 tomcat thank you for 40+ magnificent years
God I love the cat. Every air molecules that touches her wings must be lucky. What a airframe. Beautiful on every angle. In 1000 years the can't Match by an other fighter. ❤️🦊
Every time the tomcat flies, the sky was really lucky
Hi Tom Cat I'm Aries yup, The KING LONG LIVE THE KING TOM CAT F14 OUR LOVE.
Know what the icing on the cake for the F-14 was? VF-84 badging.
Really one of the most beautiful airplanes of the world! If an eagle went a jet, she would be a F-14!
I know so beautiful
Jolly Rogers's my team !! Love you Tomcat ..
Great tribute. The F-14 was born out of the F-111 controversy. After a painstaking process the Navy had, with the exception of the TF-30 engine the most superb Air superiority/fleet defense fighter ever conceived. So, as it aged instead of continually evolving the platform & improving it like the Eagle, they trash it and replace it with an arguably inferior aircraft. GO NAVY!
I will never forget the F-14 (Tomcat). joe
This reminds me of doing plane guard ops in the IO while we were escorting the Kitty Hawk during a WESPAC in 85. I feel sad....
Ex twidget, USS Badger (FF-1071).
The F-14 Was A Symbol Of Our World Because It Got More Kills Then Any Other Jet And Can each Speeds And Can Turn Tight Turns..Plus Dont Hate It It Intercepted More Jets Than Any Other Jet. So Its Was A Long Range Better Jet Than All Jets Than The F-22
The F-14 had Mig's, Bears, Badgers and Su's of the U.S.S.R. clearing an aircraft carrier's airspace before it was launched off the deck of the carrier. Once, the F-14's were launch, they had enough speed to catch up with the Mig's and other Soviet aircraft before they got out of the carrier's airspace.
TopGun is epic!
Big and Beautiful
if you look at the wing in the 1:32 it is an F-18 Hornet but , good video
Stalling per se is not desirable unto itself. But aerodynamically unstable aircraft are more maneuverable. Designers must strike a balance between instability and maneuverability when designing fighters.
le f-14 tomcat un grande aereo che resterà nella storia della aviazione america un caccia da porta aerei che e riuscito a scrivere la sua storia con le sue 4 versioni f-14 a, f-14 b bombcat e f-14 c tomcat, f-14 d super tomcat. questo aereo da imbarco e rimasto per i suoi anni di servizio l'aereo in grado di svolgere diverse missioni ricongnitore, intercettatore da bombardamento e anche aereo da superiorità aerea poi venne dato in dotazione anche all'aviazione dell l'iran che li usa fino a tutto
The US Navy should bring it back. It's one heck of an aircraft that I guess it's well ahead of it's time for a 4th generation aircraft.
You had me at Top Gun...!!!!
Thanks for the video!
Awesome! 👍✈️
Thats a good one!
F-14 Tomcat aka MIG Killer best Fighter ever. :)
best video
@MyLe23S Totaly agree with you!
I think the Jolly Rogers had the best paint jobs as well the Bounty Hunter's.
i dont see that super bumble bee doing mach 2.4 like that granddaddy of them all f-14 for life vf-84,vf-103,vf-101 jolly rogers,grim reapers.
The Super Bug can only do mach 1.8 tops (1060 mph).
f 14 forever
f-14 forever
@TomcatSucks4ever2 the number has nothing to do with power, thats the design number. The F is the mission of the acft, F=fighter, A=Attack and so on.the 14 ,16,or 18 is the design number, it went through so many design changes until on the 14, 15th etc it was excepted, last letter is the series of major mods made to the acft. So We have Mission, design , and series.
"The F-14 has a terrible turn radius, terrible climb radius, and a terrible acceleration because it sucks"
The tomcat at sea level can out turn any 4th generation fighter due to it's airframe configuration and variable geometry wings.
Btw, you can just come out now and admit you work for Boeing since your whole page is devoted to bashing Tomcat, without Hard data to back you erroneous claims.
Integrity:
@TomcatSucks4ever2 , actuall the number is major design change, hence F=fighter, 14= 14th design change E= series change,, like a gun upgrade, I think I got it right.....
the Grumman f14 was desugned as an air superiority fighter interceptor. dont say BS ok
learn before post
Thats right! What would the Hornet be?
2:56 see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya.
exellent early fotage
F14ＳＡＩＫＯ😎TomcatPILOTＫ😎AKOGARETE😎KOKUJIEITAI😎F15🦅PILOTＳＤＥMASHITTA😎
A mocking bird ;)
partially agree only...
F14 might have been the wort one (4 sure a good subject for Top Gun) but:
Mig 25 was based on a completely different project; and
F18 has nothing behing it!
what about F15?
The F-18 maybe inferior in some respects, but it is more suited to Navy operations today.
That's not true, Navy planes need more range as they are on floating bases, for example. One day the Navy will regret their folly.
A hummingbird... Maybe? Or a duck. pick one
Duck??
تهران:؟
wouldn't an Eagle going a jet be a F-15 Eagle? lol j/k
They happy with a substandard fighter because the NAVY ( and the U.S.) is broke, ever since the A-12 debacle. The pilots take what they can get with a smile.
The "super" hornet is a half-baked cobbled together version of the original F-18 series, with degraded performance, its huge LEX, tiny engines, and ~30 min cap loiter. Retiring the F-14B/D+ for the "super" hornet is the equivalent of retiring all F-15s & replacing them with F-16 block 60s, & then claiming the Viper is better. Poor logic.
why does every F-14 video use the same lame ass Top Gun music!!!?!!!!!!!