Photo by Jim Tunney.

This aircraft was written off over Iraq 31 March 2003.

On display at Yanks Air Museum. This Tomcat was delivered on 17 Dec 73. It served with VF-2, VF-124, VF-1, NARF, VF-191, VF-124 and NADEP till it was stricken in Mar. 1992. It carries an early F-14A chin pod and is painted in the markings of VF-2 "Bounty Hunters" with the blue/white/red Langley stripe. The squadron was the recipient of four much-coveted Mutha awards.

Photo by Jim Tunney.

Slide traded in 1974 with Don Spering.

This cat was stricken on 15 January 2002. Its cockpit section was saved and can be seen at Dayton (NV) since April 2018.

Delivered to the US Navy and VF-124 on 1 May 1979. After its operational career, the aircraft was stricken from service on 12 July 1995. It was donated to the Pacific Coast Museum Sonoma (CA) and preserved there since that thsat date.

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.

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.

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!

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.

A Naval Reserve Cat in landing at fightertown USA. 159025 was delivered to the US Navy on 2 Aug'74 and then assigned to NAS Oceana (VA). VF-302 "Stallions" at NAS Miramar (CA) took delivery of this F-14A in Jun'84. It was later transferred to VF-202 and eventually stricken from US Navy inventory on 6 Sep'94. The aircraft was then preserved at Charleston (SC). VF-302 was activated on 21 May'71 and assigned to Reserve Carrier Air Wing (CVWR) 30 at Miramar. They started flying the Crusader, later the Phantom and from 1985 the Tomcat. The squadron was disestablished on 11 September 1994.