Photographer Masumi Wada - detached on USS White Plains

Photogtrapher unknown - location could be NAS Barbers Point, HI - preserved at Pima Air Museum

A toned down Superheats Tomcat in landing at NAS Miramar. The aircraft was delivered to the US Navy on 19 February 1976. It was stricken from service on 27 September 1995 and scrapped at NAS Oceana (VA) by September 1998.

Photographer unknown

First delivered as a TA-4F to VA-127 in 1968. The aircraft was converted to TA-4J in 1971 and then served VX-4, again VA-127, VF-126, VC-7, again VA-127, and from 1989 onward VF-126. It was stored at AMARC with inventory code AN3A0656 on 23 June 1992. The Skyhawk was sold as scrap to HVF West, Tucson (AZ) and left the storage depot on 15 November 2022.

Photographer unknown

Built in 1965, ex N312NT.

This FY89 Super Tomcat was delivered to the US Navy in 31 May 1991, so pretty new when this photo was made. The Tomcat was retired after service with VF-31 and belonged to the very final operational Tomcats of the US Navy. It was stricken on 26 September 2006 and left NAS Oceana by low-loading trailer on 28 November 2006 for Hickory Regional Airport (NC) for preservation with the Sabre Society of North Carolina.

Photographer Masumi Wada - detached USS Lockwood

Photographer Roberto Farina - det.7 USS Knox - to New Zealand as NZ3620

VP-62 is a US Navy reserve squadron, still in existence in 2024 flying the P-8A Poseidon. Nickname is 'Broadarrows.' 151379 was built as a P-3A and later converted to a TP-3A. Retired to AMARC on 15 Dec 1997 with inventory code 2P0183. To HVF West on 19 Sep 2017 and scrapped.

This F-14A was delivered to the US Navy on 12 November 1975 and assigned to VF-124. IOn 18 February 1976, it was transferred to VF-211. It returned to VF-124 in the late '80s and stayed with that Fleet Replcement Squadron untill it was retired on 12 October 1994. The Tomcat is preserved El Centro since late 1999.

Photographer D.Wilton

Photographer unknown - based NAS Le Moore - Converted to HH-1N - actually N88SD Dept. of Police Chicago

This nice Greyhound carried an additional batch near the VRC-30 badge. The green badge shows the world and the he words "Operation Desert Storm World Tour 90-91 Kuwait AGS"

The Screaming Eagles double nuts. It made its last cruise as such in '90, following a WestPac deployment on board USS Carl Vinson to the Indian Ocean that ended on 31 Jul'90. The Cat continued as the VF-51 CAG bird through '91 (as pictured, check the AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air missile underneath the fuselage). The F-14A was moved as NE-102 to VF-2 in '93 and was deployed in Jun'94 with CVW-15 USS Kitty Hawk in a WestPac-Indian Ocean cruise. It crashed on 11 Jul'94 when it broke in half during a trap on board Kitty. The cockpitsection slid down over the deck and over the side. Crew ejected safe.

CAG bird in landing at its homebase. The Cat was assigned to CVW-14 on board USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). The F-14A was delivered to the US Navy in Jan'86. While serving VF-111 "Sundowners" this F-14 was known as the "Buick" and "Jeepney" The aircraft made its final flight with VF-111 on 28 Sep'92. It was transferred to VF-154 and later to VF-51, VF-21, VF-101. It was written off with the latter on 3 Oct'02 in Gulf of Mexico off Key West (FL). Both crew ejected safely. The right part of the tail was found by retired Air Lingus Captain Charlie Coughlan at Long Strand in Ireland on 5 May'06!

This Hawkeye was once used as a Grumman demonstration aircraft and used for a sales tour to France at Mont-de-Marsan in April 1981. Following a US Navy career with RVAW-120, VAW-123, VAW-125, VAW-88, VAW-110, VAW-122, VAW-120, VAW-113 "Black Eagles" (as pictured when assigned to CVW-14 on board USS Independence (CV-59) and eventually VAW-77. The Hawkeye was preserved as AF-00 at NAS Atlanta (GA) from November 1997.

Delivered to the US Navy on 19 December 1983. It was the very first Tomcat that was accepted by VF-154 Black Knights. The aircraft then served VF-51 (as pictured), then served VF-21 and returned to VF-154 in late 1995. On 31 August 1997 the Cat was written off when it crashed some 140 miles off the coast of Boso peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The aircraft with its crew was executing landings and take-offs from USS Independence (CV-59) when things went wrong. Both crew survived and were picked-up by the plane guard helicopter of Indy.