My dad assembled and painted a scale model of a Tomcat when I was maybe 4 or 5 years in the 1970's and it has been my favorite aircraft of all time. I've learned so many new things in this video. Outstanding. I appreciate it.
Beautifully and professionally done. It couldn't be better than this. I loved it. Thank you sir for your service to the nation and off course your service to the audience. A brilliant effort indeed.
Fantastic presentation. I love his harrowing carrier stories. Such an exciting thing to hear to showcase the intended design of the plane. I'm going to watch this again :)
This man is not only a excellent pilot but also excellent teacher and storyteller... Almost hypnotic, I wanted just to see couple of seconds and on end stayed to watch entire "class" 😁
Thanks for the great video. Unfortunately though, I find that one of the most exhilarating chapters of the combat life of the F-14 has gone very much unnoticed. The performance of the F-14 in the 8 year-long Iran/Iraq war (1980-88) has received almost zero attention and study by the Tomcat enthusiasts and community. In that war, the F-14 went head to head in hundreds of sorties and battles against the Iraqi flown Russian MIG and the French Mirage. There is however, a great book on that subject, titled 'IRANIAN F-14 TOMCAT IN COMBAT' (2004.) The Tomcat proved its absolute superiority over every other fighter aircraft, with some impressive numbers and facts. The Tomcat is one more reason why America is Great.
Mr. Grant Begley thank you for a great presentation of the F-14 enjoyed your story in respect to honor you as a veteran it's great to hear from veterans like you, and remember the things you did and now you share with your memories with others now on video, thank you for your time. When veterans share there stories on record it's stays in history, but what would be better veterans like go up flying again in the airplanes that is remembered and have the honor to back up again for a joy ride or flying to the airshow Oshkosh Wisconsin.
Wonderful video, sir. I love the F14 and wish I had the chance to work on it. I was an engine mechanic and worked on F-15, F-16, and T-38 aircraft engines in the Air Force. Just wanted to mention that a small mistake with the engine class of the GE-F110, as they power F-16s too; The -110 is also a low bypass turbofan engine like the original TF-30, but was simply designed to be a little tougher. Someone else has probably already mentioned this, and I looked briefly in the comments but could find none, so I hope you don't mind. Thank you very much for your service and for sharing your experiences with us on this beautiful airplane.
this is one top quality piece of posting, CAN NOT thank the Peninsula Seniors enough for this video as well as the pilots candid professionalism and integrity, thumbs up and subscribed from Jacksonville, Florida. Thanks Again!
Little did I know that after hating Top Gun in '86 and desmiss it as a wimpy girl movie I would fall in love with the F-14 all these years after. Great video. Seasons Greetings from Portugal.
Huge thanks for this incredible and ongoing series of talks! But HEY... What's this GORGEOUS music at the beginning and the end of every show? Greetings from Germany!
Interesting anecdote. A "friendly" engagement (since F-14s and F-15s were on the same side during the AIMVAL/ACEVAL against rival fighters) of 2 F-14s vs 2 F-15 during the AIMVAL/ACEVAL evaluations in 1978, resulted in both F-15 being shutdown in close range gunfire by the 2 F-14s.
Yes, AIMVAL/ACEVAL was with F-14A and F-15A/B versions. Both with P&W engines. Not only did the F-14 outperform the F-15 in dogfights, it had a better kill ratio against the F-5E with a 2.55:1 compared to 1.79:1 for the F-15A/B
My god, surviving an idle no hook is a miracle. One of a handful. Thank you for sharing your stories and knowledge of the F-14. The F-14 was a childhood favorite of mine, along with the B-1. Swept wings are so cool 😎.
A formidable airframe . They're surprisingly large when you get to see them up close . Thanks to the many men and women that, like this gentleman, have and are keeping us safe .
The painting of VF 1 wolfpack and VF 84 looks great too.... Love this eighties decade paintings they say to the anemy you are going to die, and I have no reason to hide from you. 👍🐈.
Diverted to a land base. Especially after that incident. Almost lost two people and a fighter. Pilot would have been reassigned to some other aircraft that didn't have to land like that; helicopter or large land based aircraft. Or switch to another field and finish his required time in service doing something else for the navy.
27:00 But weren't the glove vanes removed quite early on, as they were deemed unnecessary and added weight and complexity? That's why pictures of them are hard to find. Surely he knows this?
This must be a parted together plane. It's got the old P&W turbofans on it(at least the nozzles) which were from the F-14A but it's got the camera pod on the front which came on later models.
This is awesome! I love all airplanes, both civil and military. The Tomcat though was always a special airplane to me. She's so big and intimidating and sexy. Don't make 'em like that anymore. Worthy successor to the legendary Phantom.
yes but no reason they could not have done a new production of a hundred or more F-14's with all new parts. The F-18 can not do what the F-14 excelled at nor can the F-35.
@Gareth Fairclough F-14A were mostly retired by the early 2000s. The F-14D was heavily updated in the 90s with full glass avionics and the GE-110 engines. They came out in 1996. It was killed by Hornet mafia lobbyists who had Dick Cheney in their pocket. All of the airframes Navy fought tooth and nail to keep in service had less than 10 years of use on them. They wanted to keep the 55 F-14D and have another 60 new one's built. but Dick Cheney would not give what Navy wanted. Navy fought tooth and nail. They were actually NEWER than most Super Hornets that were from 1987. If F-15 and F-16 are still flying, there is no reason why F-14 could not be flying. F-18 itself is 42 year old airframe. No Naval aviator would ever tell you the F-18 could match the F-14 in ANYTHING other than very slow speed, high alpha authority. It was never a replacement for the F-14 and never wil be because it was developed as a multi role with high drag airframe. F-14 was developed in the cold war to win the war at all costs. To take the fight to the MIGs and win at all costs. F-14 was much superior to the F-18 and F-18 Super Hornet in terms of air-to-air capabilities.F-18 had a better roll rate, but F-18 bled energy like a stuck pig. F-14 could roll unloaded even if it rolled slower. F-14 was much faster, accelerated much harder for turn and burn maneuvering and vertical fights, more aerodynamic with lift/drag ratio advantage for high mach speeds, could sustain energy through series of turns much better and had longer range, more payload, could carry much more fuel which means it could stay in full power much longer in a dogfight adding energy in the vertical. As in the words of an F-18/F-14 pilot, "give me an F-14 and a mission, I will run F-18s down all day". That was from an F-18 pilot himself.
@@Littlewing1977 Agreed. As I can name a list of just about every Naval aviator who flew both these planes they would all tell you F-14 was superior in ALL respects except at slow speed with a very high nose AoA maneuvering because the F-18 had no AoA restrictor and also had computers to control the airspeed/knots.
He talked about the pucker factor, I cannot think of more stress than landing at night in bad weather and high seas with the carrier blacked out because its in a war zone. Not surprised it has the most stress.
d3c0y they made love to the A7 tanker, wiggled/ground a$$ into the seat cushion aka princes and the pea syndrome, stuck the landing on the boat. dunno why some kitty drivers were bolter kings. it sure wasnt the birds fault. try an A7 in the dark, in high seas, one power plant,no ab. them boys come in fast and hard in the dark.
This guy has a charisma score of 06. Now that said, its also worth pointing out that he keeps refering to the GE F110 as a turbo jet, but its not, it is in fact a full turbofan engine
Good presentation sir.I have 2 questions about your close call tutoring Maverick . First: If everthing was perfect how come Mav missed all arresting wires? Second:Were you forced to execute a post landing emergency underwear change ? A third if may? Regarding the F-14 engagements you forgot to mention the Iranians F-14s in which the outstanding iranian fighter pilot Jalil Zandi that ,beside Maverick, became the F-14 best ace pilot in the world with 11wins:4 Migs 23,2 Migs 21,2 SU-22 and 3 Mirage F1.
Wow, thank you for this lecture! So interesting. You taught me alot. Such an impressive and sexy plane, it must have been one of the highlights in your life!
Ok, I have one issue with this video. He pointed out the glove vanes that come out at mach one being a very important part of flight stability. The glove vanes were initially used for that purpose when the aircraft first came out but it was realized that they were not needed. In the early 1990s the glove vanes were removed from the aircraft and weights were put in to cover the weight loss. I know some people may think that I don't know what I am talking about but I will let you know that I spent 16 years as an Aviation Electrician on the F-14 Tomcat and I was actually in the last U.S. Navy F-14 squadron, I even did the last Med and West Pac cruises with VF-31 Tomcatters and of course I transited to the Super Hornet and I must say please bring the Tomcat back...lol
Joined the Navy became an ABH3 V1 Div crash and smash! all ABs have an affinity for the Tomcats! Big spooky beautiful aircraft! I always thought that the aviators in the f14 squadrons were the coolest dudes on board! In my eyes they were the real cowboys!!! They had that swagger! All of the aviators I met were just different than your everyday black shoes! From the Airboss to our div-o, just great guys! Never once had one talk down or treat me as a "less than". Only respect and real leadership. I know they kinda hate being ships company and can't wait to get back to a squadron! But definitely a different mindset than the surface officers! " Wings of gold balls of brass Naval aviators are truly bad ass"!!!
AIM-54 has a poor war record to my knowledge used only two engagements resulted in mechanical failure or miss its target. Was this due to the age of the missiles? On paper it's a fearsome weapon. Any insight would be appreciated.
I was told something many years ago by a psychiatrist. US navy and airforce and marine fighter pilots are a special breed of men who have 3 traits in common. 1 they are highly intelligent. 2 they are exceptional at what they do. 3 last but not least they are border line lunatics. You have to be to strap a jet engine on your ass and violate laws of physics daily. Much respect for those guys and gals.
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I would pay money to hear the rest of this guys "Sea Stories." Great video, I"m so glad I watched it.
His brain is flowing non stop with knowledge. No pause, no delay it just flowed constantly. Awesome.
Its crazy how good the F-14 is and how much technology it really has! That thing would still be lethal even against today's aircraft I think
Navy F-14 AWG-9 Radar Tech 1977-1981... DOD NAESU F-14 AWG-9 Radar Tech Rep 1985-1992... The Tomcat was a Great Fighter!!! Anytime BABY!!!
My dad assembled and painted a scale model of a Tomcat when I was maybe 4 or 5 years in the 1970's and it has been my favorite aircraft of all time. I've learned so many new things in this video. Outstanding. I appreciate it.
"Any Time, Baby!" Tomcats forever.
Beautifully and professionally done. It couldn't be better than this. I loved it. Thank you sir for your service to the nation and off course your service to the audience. A brilliant effort indeed.
I was obsessed with this naval fighter aircraft when I was a kid then...for me this is the best fighter/ interceptor aircraft of its time.
Great video. Thanks for posting!! Love to hear actual pilots telling stories about their aircraft.
Excellent walk around. And I enjoyed the sea stories too.
Fantastic presentation. I love his harrowing carrier stories. Such an exciting thing to hear to showcase the intended design of the plane. I'm going to watch this again :)
This man is not only a excellent pilot but also excellent teacher and storyteller... Almost hypnotic, I wanted just to see couple of seconds and on end stayed to watch entire "class" 😁
This was one of the best Peninsula Seniors video yet!
Thanks for the great video.
Unfortunately though, I find that one of the most exhilarating chapters of the combat life of the F-14 has gone very much unnoticed. The performance of the F-14 in the 8 year-long Iran/Iraq war (1980-88) has received almost zero attention and study by the Tomcat enthusiasts and community. In that war, the F-14 went head to head in hundreds of sorties and battles against the Iraqi flown Russian MIG and the French Mirage.
There is however, a great book on that subject, titled 'IRANIAN F-14 TOMCAT IN COMBAT' (2004.) The Tomcat proved its absolute superiority over every other fighter aircraft, with some impressive numbers and facts.
The Tomcat is one more reason why America is Great.
Thank for your service Mr. Begley and thanks for sharing some amazing stories.
Mr. Grant Begley thank you for a great presentation of the F-14 enjoyed your story in respect to honor you as a veteran it's great to hear from veterans like you, and remember the things you did and now you share with your memories with others now on video, thank you for your time. When veterans share there stories on record it's stays in history, but what would be better veterans like go up flying again in the airplanes that is remembered and have the honor to back up again for a joy ride or flying to the airshow Oshkosh Wisconsin.
Story time with Captain Begley. Thank you sir, and thank you for your service. Good Captain still got has the gig line straight I see. Outstanding.
Excellent.!I love the F-14 Tomcat.Brilliantly explained by a very experienced F-14 pilot.
Wonderful video, sir. I love the F14 and wish I had the chance to work on it. I was an engine mechanic and worked on F-15, F-16, and T-38 aircraft engines in the Air Force. Just wanted to mention that a small mistake with the engine class of the GE-F110, as they power F-16s too; The -110 is also a low bypass turbofan engine like the original TF-30, but was simply designed to be a little tougher. Someone else has probably already mentioned this, and I looked briefly in the comments but could find none, so I hope you don't mind. Thank you very much for your service and for sharing your experiences with us on this beautiful airplane.
this is one top quality piece of posting, CAN NOT thank the Peninsula Seniors enough for this video as well as the pilots candid professionalism and integrity, thumbs up and subscribed from Jacksonville, Florida. Thanks Again!
I could listen to this guy all day. very interesting
Nice listening to someone that speaks very clearly n fluently no ahhhhhhhh,ummmmmmmm,like, ehhhhh n so on
Absolutely fascinating, lots of things I never knew (and never knew I didn't know). A stunning piece of human engineering and piloting skill.
I could just sit there for days... hearing his stories. Good job!
That sea story was really fun to hear. Loved every second of this video.
Thank you for your service Grant. I don't quite know how Peninsula Seniors Videos got into my feed but I do enjoy them. Informative! Thank you.
Little did I know that after hating Top Gun in '86 and desmiss it as a wimpy girl movie I would fall in love with the F-14 all these years after. Great video. Seasons Greetings from Portugal.
Awesome video and explanations about various F-14 systems and technologies.
Thank you, sir. Im so proud of you and all of the great men, past and present, that protect us in the sky with these amazing fighters.
Great video I learned a lot. its amazing to hear an expert.
Huge thanks for this incredible and ongoing series of talks!
But HEY... What's this GORGEOUS music at the beginning and the end of every show?
Greetings from Germany!
Really enjoyed that, thank you for sharing some of you're stories.
That sea story of the night landing was fantastic! I love these videos.
Interesting anecdote. A "friendly" engagement (since F-14s and F-15s were on the same side during the AIMVAL/ACEVAL against rival fighters) of 2 F-14s vs 2 F-15 during the AIMVAL/ACEVAL evaluations in 1978, resulted in both F-15 being shutdown in close range gunfire by the 2 F-14s.
If those were TF-30 powered Tomcats then the outcome is even more compelling.
Yes, AIMVAL/ACEVAL was with F-14A and F-15A/B versions. Both with P&W engines. Not only did the F-14 outperform the F-15 in dogfights, it had a better kill ratio against the F-5E with a 2.55:1 compared to 1.79:1 for the F-15A/B
All these great videos are the reason I will visit the museum when I'm in L.A. next year! :)
Awesome presentation. Thank you. F14 is one of my favorite jets.
My god, surviving an idle no hook is a miracle. One of a handful. Thank you for sharing your stories and knowledge of the F-14.
The F-14 was a childhood favorite of mine, along with the B-1. Swept wings are so cool 😎.
Amazing plane, and amazing pilot. I bet he has more great stories to share.
I'm British ex Royal Navy. Hats off to my professional US Navy colleagues.
Awesome tell. Well done sir... especially the story of the rookie pilot..
The most beautiful,the most feared interceptor aircraft ever.
Loved your tailhook story - You tell it very well :)
Great dude! Could listen to him all day. Hopefully he will get to DCS sometime ;)
Great narrator.. very good explaining and very thorough .. i didnt miss anything good job!!!!
A formidable airframe . They're surprisingly large when you get to see them up close . Thanks to the many men and women that, like this gentleman, have and are keeping us safe .
Whaww!! what a good pilot&presentation! I really ♥the F14!!! where can we see this VF2 F14 201?
That’s my favourite F-14 squadron the VF-2 Bounty Hunters witch is now VFA-2 with the F-18.
The painting of VF 1 wolfpack and VF 84 looks great too.... Love this eighties decade paintings they say to the anemy you are going to die, and I have no reason to hide from you. 👍🐈.
The f14B had F110 GE engines. Those are turbofans right? I think he said turbojet.
Yeah the TF30 and GE 110 are both turbofans.
No turbofan engines is what's on commercial aircraft turbojet is what's in fighters
Thank you for your service .
Grant this is Steve from G-F. Wonderful video. I hope you are doing well. Great presentation. It sounds like you are ready to go again..
I enjoyed every bit of this video.
Great presentation, hung on every word. Well done
Never mentioned his RIO once in the story regarding the detected missile. But that's who would have been helping him track it.
What a great video and I love the stories. Good history lesson on the F-14. Tommy Cruz needs to be the wingman for this guy!
Think he meant to say AWG-9 upgraded to the APG-71 radar. Also he referred to the GE110 as a turbojet. I'm sure he meant to say Turbofan engine.
Just AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great video, thank you for sharing.
Excellent, albeit basic, walkaround and talkaround of the capabilities of the F-14
Clear and concise brief like Navy do so well
Mr pilot why u never mention of Iranian great pilots for some of them with over 5000 hours on f14 ?
gotta love the rear oblique view of the F-14, it's the sweetest of any fighter - the curves and geometry are just so smooth and strong - see 8:50
no the best view is from the front when its airborne, the way the jet intakes and the wing curve down is just beautiful
Thanks, Grant Begley!--you're pleasant, knowledgeable, and interesting.
17:00 from the thumbnail i totally thought it was some kind of flanker with thrusted vector engines, as they seem to go in different directions.
In your sea story where you were the RIO for the young pilot having difficulty landing on the carrier, how were you two able to land eventually?
Diverted to a land base. Especially after that incident. Almost lost two people and a fighter. Pilot would have been reassigned to some other aircraft that didn't have to land like that; helicopter or large land based aircraft. Or switch to another field and finish his required time in service doing something else for the navy.
Great memories of F14s taxing & taking off from Oceana in Va Beach VA 😢
Great video and lecture...interesting.
27:00 But weren't the glove vanes removed quite early on, as they were deemed unnecessary and added weight and complexity? That's why pictures of them are hard to find. Surely he knows this?
This must be a parted together plane. It's got the old P&W turbofans on it(at least the nozzles) which were from the F-14A but it's got the camera pod on the front which came on later models.
Don't know why he called the GE-110 a turbojet. It's a turbofan.
This is awesome! I love all airplanes, both civil and military. The Tomcat though was always a special airplane to me. She's so big and intimidating and sexy. Don't make 'em like that anymore. Worthy successor to the legendary Phantom.
5:15 The most badass gorgeous fighter ever made. Grumman has some legacy.
its sad that the US navy took the F14 Tomcat out of Service....the Tomcat is the Most beautiful looking Fighter aircraft....
yes but no reason they could not have done a new production of a hundred or more F-14's with all new parts. The F-18 can not do what the F-14 excelled at nor can the F-35.
@Gareth Fairclough F-14A were mostly retired by the early 2000s. The F-14D was heavily updated in the 90s with full glass avionics and the GE-110 engines. They came out in 1996. It was killed by Hornet mafia lobbyists who had Dick Cheney in their pocket. All of the airframes Navy fought tooth and nail to keep in service had less than 10 years of use on them. They wanted to keep the 55 F-14D and have another 60 new one's built. but Dick Cheney would not give what Navy wanted. Navy fought tooth and nail. They were actually NEWER than most Super Hornets that were from 1987. If F-15 and F-16 are still flying, there is no reason why F-14 could not be flying. F-18 itself is 42 year old airframe.
No Naval aviator would ever tell you the F-18 could match the F-14 in ANYTHING other than very slow speed, high alpha authority. It was never a replacement for the F-14 and never wil be because it was developed as a multi role with high drag airframe. F-14 was developed in the cold war to win the war at all costs. To take the fight to the MIGs and win at all costs.
F-14 was much superior to the F-18 and F-18 Super Hornet in terms of air-to-air capabilities.F-18 had a better roll rate, but F-18 bled energy like a stuck pig. F-14 could roll unloaded even if it rolled slower. F-14 was much faster, accelerated much harder for turn and burn maneuvering and vertical fights, more aerodynamic with lift/drag ratio advantage for high mach speeds, could sustain energy through series of turns much better and had longer range, more payload, could carry much more fuel which means it could stay in full power much longer in a dogfight adding energy in the vertical.
As in the words of an F-18/F-14 pilot, "give me an F-14 and a mission, I will run F-18s down all day". That was from an F-18 pilot himself.
@@Littlewing1977 Agreed. As I can name a list of just about every Naval aviator who flew both these planes they would all tell you F-14 was superior in ALL respects except at slow speed with a very high nose AoA maneuvering because the F-18 had no AoA restrictor and also had computers to control the airspeed/knots.
Sven Wollenberg: “F-14 Tom Cat still doing yomen’s duty in the Iranian 🇮🇷 airforce - careful AmeriKKKa!!!”
@@davidsalcido383 Yeah but it's the F-14A with the craptacular TF-30 engines.
The GE F110 engine is, in fact, a turbofan engine, vice turbojet. Just a lot better turbofan than the P&W TF30.
Yeah i was thinking the same thing. Perhaps theyre a lower bypass than the tf30s, but still fans
He talked about the pucker factor, I cannot think of more stress than landing at night in bad weather and high seas with the carrier blacked out because its in a war zone. Not surprised it has the most stress.
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Great Narration Sir, better than what i would say that its like Flying a heavy Garbage truck! USN Captain, Retired
Am I the only one wondering what happened after that last go-around? Didn't you only have fuel left for one more approach?? Don't leave me hanging!!!
d3c0y they made love to the A7 tanker, wiggled/ground a$$ into the seat cushion aka princes and the pea syndrome, stuck the landing on the boat. dunno why some kitty drivers were bolter kings. it sure wasnt the birds fault. try an A7 in the dark, in high seas, one power plant,no ab. them boys come in fast and hard in the dark.
d3c0y in U.S America, aircraft carrier swam faster to catch the rooster tail of F14 to bring him back home.
This guy has a charisma score of 06. Now that said, its also worth pointing out that he keeps refering to the GE F110 as a turbo jet, but its not, it is in fact a full turbofan engine
Real f14 pilot with real story's very interesting, educational.
Sincerely hope US recovers all of the f14 tomcats residing in Iran
ASAP !
Loved it.
Good presentation sir.I have 2 questions about your close call tutoring Maverick . First: If everthing was perfect how come Mav missed all arresting wires? Second:Were you forced to execute a post landing emergency underwear change ? A third if may? Regarding the F-14 engagements you forgot to mention the Iranians F-14s in which the outstanding iranian fighter pilot Jalil Zandi that ,beside Maverick, became the F-14 best ace pilot in the world with 11wins:4 Migs 23,2 Migs 21,2 SU-22 and 3 Mirage F1.
I never heard of glove vanes before. Sounds like they fixed it with SW later?
They were removed in the early '90s were found to be unnecessary.
Great video, was this at Hawthorne,CA airport? Thanks
Wow, thank you for this lecture! So interesting. You taught me alot. Such an impressive and sexy plane, it must have been one of the highlights in your life!
Did the junior pilot who went to idle on landing continue on as a naval aviator or did he washout?
Grate vid, and what a plane!
I wonder what those surface to air missiles were? The big ones that climb high and then dive on the target .
It could be sa-4 or -5, they were designed for high-altitude bombers.
ghostdog688 Thanks
God, you're everywhere.
Ok, I have one issue with this video. He pointed out the glove vanes that come out at mach one being a very important part of flight stability. The glove vanes were initially used for that purpose when the aircraft first came out but it was realized that they were not needed. In the early 1990s the glove vanes were removed from the aircraft and weights were put in to cover the weight loss. I know some people may think that I don't know what I am talking about but I will let you know that I spent 16 years as an Aviation Electrician on the F-14 Tomcat and I was actually in the last U.S. Navy F-14 squadron, I even did the last Med and West Pac cruises with VF-31 Tomcatters and of course I transited to the Super Hornet and I must say please bring the Tomcat back...lol
Joined the Navy became an ABH3 V1 Div crash and smash! all ABs have an affinity for the Tomcats! Big spooky beautiful aircraft! I always thought that the aviators in the f14 squadrons were the coolest dudes on board! In my eyes they were the real cowboys!!! They had that swagger! All of the aviators I met were just different than your everyday black shoes! From the Airboss to our div-o, just great guys! Never once had one talk down or treat me as a "less than". Only respect and real leadership. I know they kinda hate being ships company and can't wait to get back to a squadron! But definitely a different mindset than the surface officers! " Wings of gold balls of brass Naval aviators are truly bad ass"!!!
what a humble wonderful man
excellent insight
I was suprized how big the F14 was when I first seen one. Big plane.
What happened when you had the bolter?
Superb Ret. Cpt.
wow u did a superb job
Hey grant was that a VF2 bird?
OMG! I want this guy to read me bed time stories.lol.great video.
AIM-54 has a poor war record to my knowledge used only two engagements resulted in mechanical failure or miss its target. Was this due to the age of the missiles? On paper it's a fearsome weapon. Any insight would be appreciated.
The “sea story” wow!!!
what are the major design differences between the F 14 and F 15 as they look very similar ....
I thought the same🤣
-The engine spacing
-2 seats in f14...most f15s have 1 seat
-and the wings are different
I was told something many years ago by a psychiatrist. US navy and airforce and marine fighter pilots are a special breed of men who have 3 traits in common. 1 they are highly intelligent. 2 they are exceptional at what they do. 3 last but not least they are border line lunatics. You have to be to strap a jet engine on your ass and violate laws of physics daily. Much respect for those guys and gals.
Such a magnificent bird!