"TOMCAT 16" the VF-124 demo bird arrives for the 92' Yuma show

Air Fete 1978. The aircraft were visiting from the carrier USS John F Kennedy CV-67. 159013 F-14A c/n 74. VF-32 'The Fighting Swordsmen' Delivered around 1974. Shot down a Libyan MiG-23 over the Gulf of Sidra on 04 Jan 1989. Stored at AMARC on 20 Aug 1990 and SOC 06 Jun 1992. 152939 KA-6D c/n I-243. VA-34 'The Blue Blasters' Delivered in 1967 as an A-6A and later converted to a KA-6D. SOC as NAS Norfolk, VA in May 2001.

This Satan's Kittens Cat was assigned to CVW-10. The squadron was established on 1 December 1986 and already disestablished on 30 April 1988. The Cat was written off with VF-114 in a crash on 17 May 1990.

Fighter Squadron (VF) 194 "Red Lightnings" was a short-lived Tomcat unit. It was re-established on 1 Dec'86 and disestablished on 30 Apr'88. VF-194 was planned together with VF-191 for a cruise on the USS Independence as part of CVW-10, but before the cruise could take place the squadron and wing ceased to exist. The squadron lineage runs back to 1952 as it was originally established as VF-91 on 26 Mar'52, redesignated VF-194 on 1 Aug'63 and disestablished on 1 Mar'78. This 161297 was delivered to the USN on 2 Mar'82, retired to AMARC on 13 Sep'04 and left for HVF West for scrap on 22 Jul'09.

Delivered to the US Navy on 28 October 1978 and retired to AMARC on 13 March 1995. In between it served VF-111, VF-2, VF-51, VF-21 (as pictured), VF-111 and VF-101. The Tomcat was scrapped by HVF West, Tucson (AZ) from 16 June 2008.

A Gunfighters Super Tomcat on the flightline of NAS Miramar (CA). 163418 was delivered to the US Navy on 18 October 1990. It was the first Super Tomcat for VF-124, the Pacific Fleet Replacement/Replenishment squadron. 163418 took part in the first F-14D Carrier Qualifications that took place on board the US Nimitz (CVN-68). After a following career with VF-11, VF-101 and VF-2, the Tomcat was retired to AMARC on 12 June 2003. It was moved to HVF West, Tucson (AZ) on 22 July 2009 and was sadly scrapped.

A very clean and brand-new Fiscal Year 1990 F-14D Super Tomcat. The beauty was accepted by the US Navy on 22 August 1991, and this picture was made only 5 days earlier! It was first assigned to VF-124, followed in August 1992 by VF-11. Later it moved to VF-31 and VF-101, then varying several times between VF-213 and VF-31. It was part of the final Tomcat cruise. 164341 was moved to AMARG for storage on 20 September 2006. It received inventory code AN1K0200. It was stricken on 29 November 2006. Pity as this Super Tomcat was at that time much newer, with less flight hours than many US fighters!

A Wolfhounds of Fighter Squadron ONE. Delivered to the US Navy in November 1985 and directly assigned to VF-1. From 2013 onwards, it was moved to VF-213 and crashed in service with that squadron after an unristricted climb from Berry Field ANG Facility, Nashville International Airport (TN). The Cat departed controlled flight and crashed on civil grounds. Both pilots and three people on the ground died. This was the same crew who survived a crash on 27 April 1995 with F-14A 161273/NH-116.

F-14A-125-GR was first delivered to the Naval Air Test Center (NATC on 1 July 1983. It served then VF-124, VF-21 and VF-2 (as pictured), VF-154, VF-213, VF-14 and VF-211. It was moved to AMARC on 17 August 2004 and received inventory code AN1K0158. The Cat was selected for scrap metal and left the storage depot on 17 June 2008 for HVF West, Tucson (AZ).

This F-14A was delivered to the US Navy on 21 December 1983 and was directly assigned to VF-21. It served the Freelancers up to late 1990 when it was transferred to the PMTC, followed by VF-111 Sundowners (as pictured), then VF-213 Blacklions, VF-154 Black Knights and eventually VF-101 Grim Reapers. The Cat was stricken on 29 September 2003 and scrapped on 13 October 2003.

From 1974 onwards, the Screeming Eagles operated the Tomcat. 159844 joined the squadron in September 1989. The Tomcat was dumped at Fallon from July 1995 and eventually scrapped by early 1998.

This F-14A was delivered to the US Navy on 21 December 1983 and was directly assigned to VF-21. It served the Freelancers up to late 1990 when it was transferred to the PMTC, followed by VF-111 Sundowners (as pictured), then VF-213 Blacklions, VF-154 Black Knights and eventually VF-101 Grim Reapers. The Cat was stricken on 29 September 2003 and scrapped on 13 October 2003.

It was a good day at Mugu, after the LC-130F of VX-30 arrived we got this...

Returned after the Miramar airshow that previous weekend. We were lucky to be there.