F-14 Tomcat: MiG Killer!

Small featurette highlighting the Second Gulf of Sidra Incident, January 1989, when a pair of F-14s squared off against two Libyan MiG-23s.
This was the second time American F-14s had been challenged by Libyan aircraft in the Gulf of Sidra. The first incident happened in 1981, when F-14s shot down two Libyan Su-22s.

[@shahroozatabaki6876]

Guys, if you really wanna know what F 14 is capable of read and watch what you can from Iran Iraq war 1980-1988. Iran had some 60 operational F 14s and took delivery of the total of 72 one year prior to the war to intercept the intruding MIG 25s coming from Soviet. Iranians scored some 160 kills with their F14 even though they were not allowed to use the AIM 54 Phoenix unless with direct orders from the commander chief of the Airforce. They were so short on those missiles. They downed three MIG 23s with a single shot of Phoenix Jan. 7, 1981. Pilot Zandi has 11 kills with his F14. They did a lot of crazy stuff and it would be interesting for you who just love the TOM CAT, Which dominated the skies and became the Persian CAT. They still give you goose bumps.

[@cfrincon]

The finest interceptor ever fielded by the US Navy. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat!

[@TheGenelive]

I remember getting a F-14 model jet from my uncle A.J. as though you would know him,lol. But anyway, man I fell in love with all aircraft after I assembled that one. I would spend all my paper route money on fighter jets, glue and paint. The golden years from 8 to 15. I wanted to be a fighter pilot at one time; I never did, but I did serve 24 years of my life as a U.S. Marine. 15 years in a combat environment. I was 30 years old the first time I wore my dress blues. Just saying, videos like this hits my transmit button. But shit, I'm proud to be a Marine, pilot or not....OOOH fckin RAH !

[@vMaxHeadroom]

24 years of service to your country is immense...you and all Americans should be so, so proud...from a Brit. Oh and what a fighter aircraft the Tom Cat was...

[@patfarra627]

Eugene Livingston love you brother jarhead Semper fi

[@josephcarr2742]

SEMPER-FI brother

[@LIMA-tq4iz]

The “lol” weirded me out...

[@Draliseth]

Fuck yeah dude! Not everyone gets to do something their proud of. Thank you for sharing and for serving us!

[@jimwilliams3517]

Sadly, these are the "days gone by" now. But what wonderful memories. The F-14 and the F-15 were kings.

[@Gsmooth10455]

The F-14 has incredibly been gone 14 years already, but the F-15 is still around, and will be for at least another 20 years, and its still a King.

[@hoghogwild]

The brand new F-15 X's will be excellent fighters. The USAF is buy 8 for 1.1 billion, they hope top field 144 eventually.

[@Cavelson]

You can bet pall... you can bet...

[@johnwalters800]

Though I like the F-14, to me the F-15 is the true Generation 4 King of Fighters. What I want to see in Trumps second term is the New Enterprise CVN -80 have the latest fighter and I don't mean the F-35. The New Gen 6 fighters are now in R&D. They will have Laser weapons as well as stealth. Maybe this is the Space force the President talked about. If God willing the Republicans take back the House and keep the Senate in November. Then I may see Melania Trump breaking a bottle of Champagne on the New Aircraft Carrier USS ENTERPRISE. I served on the last Enterprise CVN 65 from 1982-85. I would love to see the New Enterprise CVN-80 with New Generation 6 fighters on the flight deck by 2024.

[@henri3446]

What are you talking about?

[@jonn443]

The Jolly Rodgers F-14 had the baddest paint scheme. Love the black.

[@erichanhauser3190]

Yessir.

[@markmcdowell5509]

I Helped ,By Working At GRUMMAN !!! My Best Job ever!!!

[@robertorolfo]

On Long Island?

[@WoodsmanHobo777]

He's making that good money, rich man money

[@nickp.6144]

My grandfather worked for Grumman as well after he received his discharge from the army. He said he loved working with that jet!

[@DN9Documentary]

I used to work on that aircraft when I was in the Navy. That was 25 years ago. Badass beast

[@bobbowie5334]

Nice of the *good Libyan Colonel* to give our Naval aviators such *great training.* RIP Col. Q.

[@olengagallardo8551]

He was a pretty cool guy the Col. Though many may disagree

[@lausd3562]

Just after this incident I remember a cartoon in the paper that showed a pilot in the cockpit of an F14 with a dart stuck on his windshield and the caption read; "Captain, the Libyans are back"

[@jamiegumm4398]

There is a "Law & Order" episode that alludes to that. The story line doesn't follow events exactly, but when you see it, you'll definitely know the character is modeled after Hutgreen

[@dwizzleusa4202]

Man just love these old 80s documentary's.. love how the American pride is shown then watch something from around 2020 lol what a joke... Somehow we lost our pride in American documentarys so so afraid they might say something that might possibly offend someone, who cares this is America we need to stop being soft and afraid and be proud of what we've done and learn from mistakes.. that all I watch mostly now old stuff happy proud American stuff..🇺🇸

[@DriveLaken]

I don't get Americans that don't understand the "City on the hill." We are special. We are unique. We are the best.

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Liberals have ruined everything

[@St.Matthew422]

F-14: I'm a MiG Killer! MiG-31: Lol, full afterburner bro

[@keyaw.9132]

Epic comment

[@johnny6148]

F-14 was designed by Bob Kress of Grumman . My father in law. computer controlled swept wing a Kress patent .

[@densealloy]

Grumman Iron Works!!

[@gcarlson]

Tom Cruise + F-14 = Top Gun. Is there any way to quantify the cultural impact of this movie? Of course, all the young people it inspired in the western world, but think about the countries Mr. Tomcat was made to keep at bay... Freakin' Tom Cruise has got a big ass swing wing multi-role all weather gotcha from 120 miles away, and he's got a need! A need for speed! God bless your father in law. A entire generation thanks him. And that's just from the movie. That does not take into account the effectiveness it had in executing the missions it was designed for, keeping our country and the rest of the free world safe.

[@grummanf14tomcat40]

Yes he did.

[@josephcarr2742]

Hell ya always loved them

[@catman351]

What was the patent number?

[@TheJer1963]

We lost one of those Tomcat's from 1981 in 1994 due to the crash of Kara "Revlon" Hultgreen. Deck strike after going around 4 times. It is lucky the RIO punched out when he did or they both would be dead. The woman should have never been at the stick on one of those birds. There is also a mock up of one of the bird's from 1989 in front of the Regan library. This plane should still be in the air. There were 55 F-14D Super Tomcats but not all 55 made it to the fleet. It was great working with them. USS Constellation CV-64 AB3. Also the F-4 that became the first air to air ace after shooting down those 3 Mig's was Showtime 100 and was itself shot down on the way back to the Connie. They got fished out of the drink but the plane was lost.

[@guymorris1963]

RIO ?

[@bobvines00]

@@guymorris1963 RIO = Radar Intercept Officer, i.e., the guy in the back seat.

[@venomsnakeYGBSM]

Couldn't agree with you more she got in because of the congress and politicians otherwise if it was male pilot he would have flunked out

[@miamijules2149]

I thought she wasn’t at fault.... word was that the A-Model had a compressor stall issue and she could not recover. Then again, I didn’t hear that she had to perform 4 go-arounds.

[@arty_gangster]

@@miamijules2149 I believe the Stall happened because she used the Rudder to make a Hard adjustment and turned the Intake out of the Airstream

[@gregorybentley5707]

Thanks for preserving this video for us.

[@allandavis8201]

Not because of “Top Gun” but because of it just being an awesome aircraft the F-14 is my favourite United States Navy aircraft of all time, and the F-15 is likewise the USAF aircraft, you can keep your “stealth” and 5th generation aircraft, these two are “lean,mean, flying machines” and would have scared the pants of most enemy pilots. It’s such a shame to see those aircraft being shoved over the side from the USS Forrestal, even more a pity that the “accident “ happened in the first place, and it goes without saying the loss of life. RIP, Lest We Forget.

[@theric66]

the f16 viper is a beauty and deadly machine and to me the most beautiful american plane

[@Hypernefelos]

The one shoved over the side looked like an A-5 to me. Stylish in its own way, but it was no F-14.

[@ToreDL87]

Yeah I dont get theyre so scared of radar signature vs stealth aircraft, but the f14 has a huge nose, add bigger and more capable radar?

[@lucidphreak1137]

Why in Gods name did 225 people downvote this?? That SEA footage is pure GOLD!

[@grumpycat4584]

The F-14 Gunfighter Machine. Anytime Baby !!!

[@johnwalters800]

I was on the USS Enterprise CVN-65 when the F-14 Tomcats were replaced by the F-18 Hornets. I got some great photos of F-14 take offs and landings. I also worked in CVIC where I saw photos taken by Tomcats of Soviet Ships and bombers.

[@QqJcrsStbt]

First ever microprocessor! (In the F-14) Note to Forrestal--do not load up with munitions past their use by date, leaking the stabilising additives. Zuni rockets possibly have the accolade of wiping out more American planes than enemy planes.

[@timothyball4906]

Oriskany CV34, we had a Tomcat crash 1973. Rigged up the net and we had to wait, but not for long. Eerie silence and suddenly BOOM! That jet came in so fast that if you blinked your eyes, you didn't see that jet come in. Pilot was okay but the story went around that he had to toss his under clothes. And all who were on Oriskany had to go out and pick up pieces of that jet. No more flight ops for that day, and the pilot got a quick ride home to America.

[@rogerchapa6461]

WOW!!! Never knew that the F-14 deployed on the Oriskany!! Thought their first deployment was in 1976 on the Big E! AND, what happened to the RIO? Was Goose ok?

[@timothyball4906]

@@rogerchapa6461 No they were not a regular part of Oriskany, it just happened to be close. Pilot said he wouldn't make it to his regular carrier. This was a one time crash that had to be on Oriskany, or that jet would go down in the water.

[@rogerchapa6461]

@@timothyball4906 Sorry, not meaning offense but, the time and dates still don't really jibe. Sure it was a Tomcat and not a F8? Where did this happen? Did he go to the America or America the country? If he was OK, he wouldn't have gone home. Just asking.

[@timothyball4906]

@@rogerchapa6461 Well at 68 I don't remember all of it. What I can remember is that jet wasn't a local jet for Oriskany. The year is 1973, my memory is sure of that. And season, Tolken Gulf is warm most of the year. So day/month not sure. Plus it could be what you think, I just know some of it, but there should be pictures some place. Cameras were used for reasons to protect all on Oriskany. Try to find it, Roger if you know how to. After all this time classified information should be out some place in this computer age. I got to go look at those two jets and see if it jogs my memory, if I get a positive thought, you may get my next comment.

[@billperez1141]

Navy Vet served w/VF-114 1975-79. USS Kitty Hawk 77-78 WEST PAC, and USS America 78-79 MED. Hate to see these Fighters now retired. Still believe they would be effective. (LORD WILLING)

[@anthonystark3959]

Funny thing is, the tomcat ace of aces not american but iranian pilot. The highest-scoring pilot in the history of the F-14 Tomcat is the Iranian ace Jalil Zandi, credited with shooting down 11 Iraqi aircraft during Iran-Iraq War making him the most successful F-14 pilot. The victories include four MiG-23s, two Su-22s, two MiG-21s, and three Mirage F1s. Sadly, He died with his wife Zahra Moheb Shahedin in 2001 in a car accident near Tehran. The real top gun.

[@biblicalsmackdown3882]

I have only two things left to do on my lifelong bucket list before I die when is the fall in love the other is to be in a F-14 Tomcat! I skydived hang glider. Scuba dived pretty much name it I've done it never been seasick never been are sick never had too much take me for a ride!

[@evoman44]

I also have a similar item at the top of my bucket list except its just to at least get to ride in any fighter jet as the RIO, jaja. The Tomcat is also my all time favorite fighter jet but unfortunately the only ones that it would be possible to fly in would be the Iranian Tomcats. However there is another option that would be the next best thing. That would be to fly the Tomcat in a simulator. Thanks to modern PC flight simulators like DCS that is now possible. I my self fly the Tomcat on occasion in DCS and it is wonderful thing to experience. I highly recommend checking it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2LSaHhvpcdsa7s

[@farmrrick]

You'll have to go to Iran .

[@rodingentandem8278]

Maverick & Goose are fearsome.

[@tripacer8259]

I worked on the Navy base at El Centro CA. and couldn't believe how BIG these fighters were. So much bigger than I had imagined from pics and seeing them fly by.

[@nizloc4118]

First time I saw one in person, I was blown away too. El Toro airshow in the 90s. They had a B-17 on static display... the Tomcat was almost the same size. Really surprised me.

[@paladin0654]

I've seen this a dozen times and I still can't get over the last weapons control order being "weapons hold".

[@Bearairboatrides]

I'm with you on that one.

[@DriveLaken]

Look at it from that time period, not this one. The Soviet Union was still in existence . Remember how stressful it was when the USA had a peer militarily

[@piffpuffpeng]

Aircrew says 'Inside the 20 Miles now - Master Arm on' after Bogey showing clear hostile intent for at least 6 times by pointing the nose at them. I don't know the ins and out of that incident but this sounds to me like prebriefed ROE.

[@cht5086]

Iranian pilot despite of confinements and sanctions shot down many Saddam's migs. As that way after the first two years of the war, Saddam's pilots were afraid of the F14s

[@sillygoose2508]

And rightly so your life expectancy would become short going up against them in a mig way outclassed

[@ricardosoto5770]

@@cht5086 But eventualy they learned the hard way to avoid areas patrolled by the CAT.. as any wise mouse would do.

[@allandavis8201]

You are 100% correct, but should bare in mind that it wasn’t just the F-14s, it was the coalition AirPower combined that did the job, and not just American AirPower that Saddam’s pilots didn’t want to mess with.

[@boyanpenev5257]

@@allandavis8201 Mate, he is talking about the Iran-Iraq War, not the Gulf War... Iranians were armed with F-14, and still are.

[@venomsnakeYGBSM]

@@boyanpenev5257 most of their Airforce is made up of US Aircrafts A4 F4 F14 Chinooks F5

[@uh60pilot2112]

What are the stripes on the VF-41 wings @ 4:12? Never seen those before

[@luistaurus7036]

Allied aircraft that participanted in Operation Overlord in June 1944, received black and white stripes on the wings and fuselage. In April 1980, some of the aircraft (A-7E, F-4N and F-14A) on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea and USS Nimitz, received, on the right wing, two black stripes and one red, indicating that these aircraft were assigned to Operation Eagle Claw (failed attempt to rescue americans hostages in Iran). 😃👍From Portugal 🇵🇹

[@luistaurus7036]

☝️😐 Sorry for my bad English.

[@montana1636]

Should have tightly buzzed the bandits as they were dangling from their ejection chutes, showing them the vacancies that held the missiles they were shot down with.

[@sillygoose2508]

The skull and crossbones are very appropriate before we became politically correct

[@albclean]

@Big Bill O'Reilly Still your president.

[@albclean]

@Big Bill O'Reilly Snow flake go back to your coloring books leave the adults alone.

[@wadearendsee4430]

The Jolly Rogers are still flying today with that emblem with the super hornet so I'm not sure where you are going with this.

[@raketny_hvost]

@ russian former soldiers sometimes complain same heh

[@marshallposey2063]

Big Bill O'Reilly you stupid bastard

[@hansenkho3835]

Of the late 69 up design, only Falcon, Eagle, n Hornet still flying n keep evolving thru time

[@jesswhite6696]

F14 still flying in Iran.

[@jamiegumm4398]

Looking at this you would have thought VF-84 shot them down. I believe the pilots were from 41...memory fails, but it definitely was not 84. I was in 84.

[@edwardmyers8782]

They only have footage of 84

[@Darrylshaw]

VF-32 F-14's shot down the MiG-23's in '89. VF-41 took care of the Fitters in '81.

[@MilkT0ast]

F14 was my favourite jet as a kid, cuz of Topgun, Swat cats and Macross Sdf (robotech)

[@satchpersaud8762]

Its crazy only the f14 used the phoenix missile, that thing is a beast... And im surprised they didnt talk about operation bolo,

[@samashkannejad8440]

We r iranian love our f_14,many many thanks to USA AND THE SHAH OF IRAN,,LONG LIVE THE KING,,GOD BLESS USA AND MR TRUMP,AND GOD BLESS IRAN AND THE KING OF IRAN,,

[@patrickmcglonejr8163]

Yeah? How's that fleet working out for you with no spare parts and no armament.

[@Easyrhino2k]

Your funny you troll

[@larkstonguesinaspic4814]

Azizam, Did you know how much the US supported Iraq during the war? Yeah the gave us the tomcats but if they didn't help Sadaam so much we wouldn't even need to use the F-14s...

[@jameshughes9351]

The jolly Rogers is the most famous symbol, it is still being used today. I was proud to have serverd with them from 1974_ 1978.😀😀😀😀😀

[@bobthompson4319]

the a1 got the first air to air gun kill in Vietnam.

[@KeyhaneBishomar]

Salut from Iran ,flied this plane with my dad when he was in the army. much better than MIG of the same age.

[@zethloveless7238]

Hello from USA 😀 glad you love the birds from my home. May they forever protect yours

[@Jakubescu]

@@zethloveless7238 lol! you wanted to write "may they bomb other coutries" or has any country ever attacked the USA? so go to hell with this "we are defending ourselves " bullshit

[@stefanhernold345]

The last time I looked, it was the F-4 Phantom II that was called "MiG killer", and before that, it was the F-8 Crusader. With two Libyan MiGs under its belt, the F-14 is the least deserving of the American combat aircraft ever called by that moniker. As of yet, no one has come up with the idea of calling the F-15 a "MiG killer", yet the latter`s Gulf War output alone should suffice to justify the epithet.

[@JohnMotamed]

This video was made on 1989 and does not mention anything about THE REAL F-14 combat history. Iranian Tomcats flew 8 years of 24/7 CAPs during Iran-Iraq war and scored 160-200 kills. Su-22s, Mig-21s, Mig-23s, Mirage 5s, Tu-22s, about 30 Mirage F1s and on top of that the first official kill of Mig-25 (9 total). The all time F-14 ace is RIP BG Jalil Zandi with 11 kills. During operation Desert Storm, USN F-14 pilots had reported that Iraqi pilots consistently avoided engaging F-14s as soon as they detected the famous F-14 radar lock.

[@BubbyPlaisan]

I launched many of these in the early 90s. Always will be my favorite. Having 14s on our Carrier made me sleep good when we were able to. The Iranians gave him the ultimate test. Russian & French fighters were no match. Sadly today’s F-18 would be no match for yesterday’s 14. Thank over educated Navy Narcissists for that. Probably the same that thought it intelligent to not upgrade Navy Vessel and Weapons. Right now a naval battle with China could be embarrassingly devastating. Today it’s who has the best missiles. Don’t build the next 2 carriers and build a bag a destroyers and a gut of fast 1000+ mile missiles then we’ll have something. Today the only bird that can beat the the Tomcat with its Phenix is the F-22. The F-18 may have a chance against our unarmed rescue chopper. Ha!! You know us, it’ll take an onslaught by someone else to piss us off and turn us to some Evil SOBs

[@mohammedbukar2310]

To be sincere, from the dozen documentaries I watched on MIGs jets, it was reported that there was no jet like it or even close in terms of performances and kill ratios during its hey days, most especially, during the Vietnamese and Korean wars. Remember "MIG ally" ? Even American pilots that fought during the Vietnamese and Korean wars testified to that!

[@aryair1411]

But in the Iran-Iraq war, Iranian Tomcats (despite the embargo and lack of parts and the small reserve of the Phoenix missile) became the real MiG killers. During the 8 years of war, the MiGs couldn't hunt down a single Tomcat.

[@grummanf14tomcat40]

Good ol' days.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@tallwalls76 Exactly. Everything looks better in hindsight and "The Good 'ol days" is when the person referencing such a time was young.

[@scallen3841]

The f-14 did what it was designed to do

[@marttiinnanen4911]

The Russian heatseeking missile was an almost exact copy of the sidewinder. How can that be? Because one sidewinder stuck to the jet engine of a Mig without exploding. The pilot managed to land and the Soviets reverse engineered the Sidewinder. True story. Also the mig pilots weren't 'the best North Vietnam could put out' they were largely Soviet pilots on secret missions.

[@bmelo909]

The Flanker was also based heavily on the F-14. Russia got to inspect and study the F-14 after the iranian revolution

[@ricardosoto5770]

That incident was between a communist chinese mig 17 and a taiwanese F 86 Sabre. In the late 50s.

[@Icriedtoday]

Waiting until the last minute to defend themselves? LOL. The RIO was out of control. He was told not to fire until AB give him consent! That “wait a minute” you hear is the RIO’s pilot telling him to slow down and reassess.

[@testboga5991]

Pilot greenlit the missile shot, though. Chaos in the cockpit. They also got confused regarding missile tone when they didn't have the sidewinders selected

[@crissmullen5528]

The Tomcat was and is a great fighter It can carry its weight in ordnance and armament and can deliver it right to the enemy front door due to the superior pilots who fly them and the crews who keep them in excellent flying condition . Fly Navy!!!

[@danielkirkland3366]

Criss Mullen f14 burns to much fuel

[@upreydeen]

That generation of aces

[@mahogany3947]

I thought this was about the F-14

[@MitzvosGolem1]

I grew up next to Grumman s on Long Island ny. My uncle was mechanic on F-14 ,AE-6. They flew over our house all day for years in Calverton NY Now gone.

[@markbrisec3972]

Tomcat was never concieved as a MiG killer. MiG 29 was an aircraft that was too small to present a serious threat to the US carrier strike groups. MiG-29 had a relatively short range and wasn't capable of carrying those huge Soviet anti ship missiles. F-14's primary mission was as an interceptor of the Soviet supersonic bomber formations, (mostly Tupolev TU-22s). MiG-31 was a heavy aircraft capable of lugging these anti ship missiles but was never used in that role. US Navy is in a dire need of a true replacement of the venerable F-14 Tomcat. Thankfully F-35Cs have finally started to arrive on our carrier decks. With these superb aircraft US Navy will get an unprecedented platform for gathering and disseminating vital intelligence and situational awareness to the rest of the fleet. From the other 4th gen fighters in the air, like F-18 Hornets and EA-18 Growlers, to other surface combatants in the region. But no matter how capable, stealthy and advanced the F-35C is, it lacks capabilities that were lost when Tomcat was retired. And these capabilities are exactly what the Navy needs today, and even more, tomorrow. And those are long range, high speed and a capability to carry a lot of extremely long range air to air missiles together with the, now in development, hypersonic air to ground/anti ship missiles. USAF has gone much further with their development of the 6th generation NGAD aircraft with a huge budget of almost 2 billion $ sided for NGAD development in 2022 military budget. Navy is way behind but the good news is that some crucial technologies will be shared between the 2 jets. There will be no joint development of the single platform for both services like with the F-35 program, but key technologies like advanced engines, radar, electronic warfare suit, etc, will be shared. This way the Navy can piggyback on USAF progress.

[@pnayeri]

My old man became a double Ace during Iran Iraq war shooting down 11 Iraqi planes. 1 mig25, 4 mig 21s, 3 SU24s, 3 Mirage F1s. He is the most successful F14 pilot in history and he was trained in Miramar CA.

[@bmelo909]

i heard if you include the kills the tomcat had in the IRAN IRAQ war it has more kills than the F15 eagle.

[@boonnathan9827]

I call bullshit on your claim ! How old is your old man ?

[@brianbooher7318]

He's full of shit they wasn't maybe 5 people ever became aces after veitnam much less double ace

[@ricardosoto5770]

So your dad was Jalil Zandi? Prove it... big if true.. Im interesting in the markigs of his actual plane.. I would like to build an scale model of it.

[@ricardosoto5770]

@@bmelo909 135 vs 106. The Cat wins.

[@bobking252]

This is suppose to be about the F-14 and they wasted too much time on all the other planes!!

[@boingobadger9846]

So? Got more than you wanted.

[@markaustin7751]

I know it mite be a silly question. How do they find their way BACK to the aircraft carrier?

[@scallen3841]

The ins system

[@CallsignJoNay]

TACAN

[@OvelNick]

35:24 That "Oh Jesus" was his pilot. They weren't jiving at all. Almost at odds with each other. The pilot wasn't fully committed to engagement being the only next move. It was a clean shoot and no laws were broken but controversial inside the community at the time. Alot of people thought it was a "just because you could doesn't mean you should" situation. He lost objectivity and his ego was helping make the decision. It didn't help that he headed to the DMV to purchased new license plate/vanity plates saying "migkiller".

[@catman351]

I lived through those times.

[@olengagallardo8551]

The F14 proved how dominant it was in the gulf of Sidra air actions and of course the Iran Iraq war where it was king of air to air combat!

[@greggwagner146]

You should add the pilots names. Not a good story without. There names are Cdr. Lawrence "Music) Muczynski and backseater Lt (jg) James "Luca" Anderson deceased (flipped over a on landing at NAS Mirar possible eject after flipped, Wet runway and landing long). Plane #2 Cdr Henry "Hank" Kleeman (deceased died in skiing accident) with current VAdm David Venlet as his back seater. Both from VF-41 the "Black Aces". Only two left from this mission.

[@testboga5991]

Sadly, the lybians weren't hostile that day. The radar delay between screen refreshes gave the wrong impression of them jinking into the Tomcats. The RIO went nuts and the rest is history. The two lybian guys panicked and got shot down before they knew what happened.

[@Kurio71]

how many planes in a squadron?

[@elymayer4860]

10-12

[@milespearson2]

Not two Tomcats only! 2 Tomcats a whole Carrier and an AWACS...

[@greggyfree]

So, it's a radio transmission of an actual dog fight, in planes that aren't f-14 , mixed with phony videos of f-14 and migs flying straight, at low speed, at approximately seven different locations. It's like dubbing a Johnny Cash concert over a Van Halen Video. None of the video makes sense with the sound and still we've heard and seen it all before.

[@Ali-vv4ej]

Iran's tomcats had 180 mig kills and you didn't name dad

[@kevkeary4700]

36:00 + is growlers signature on DSC :-)

[@stevenhuckaby2902]

Kiera hultgreen ( aka ) Revlon , was killed flying one of the Tomcats flown in the gulf of sidra insedent , attemting a carrier landing in the mid 90's

[@ILSRWY4]

the irony of this is they used sidewinder missiles to do the job, one of the oldest missiles in the inventory and also (at the time) terribly unreliable due to the pilots having to wait for a growling tone before firing. so whats the Irony? The F-4 and every other fighter at the time could have done this same job with the same missle and yet this goes down in history as a great F-14 victory without it ever getting into a high maneuvering close dog fight or using the phoenix, both of which it was designed to do.

[@Scrublordactual]

yet the aim9 is still in service..... in 2021......

[@paulsuprono7225]

Now . . . mission fulfilled, parked . . . in the Boneyard ! 🇺🇸

[@EstorilEm]

All destroyed - even parts, save for a few in museums. CIA was even going out to obscure airfields to check on parts stocks and flag them as required to ensure their destruction so Iran couldn't get parts for their remaining Tomcats :( .

[@mortenjohansen78]

wow

[@sergiin3]

I hope we will never fight again. Peace to the world, comrades. Let's meet Fs, migs and Sus only in museum or airshows!

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

Amen to that brother 🙏

[@jeffissimo1221]

Anyone else notice the missing refueling probe door at 2:59 - 3:46?

[@johnsturgis4462]

Yes I did

[@davidweston9115]

HQ footage here very nice.

[@InitialP_Photography]

Why was the F-14 not kept on like the F-15? It's a much better looking aircraft and Tom Cruise flew one.

[@gpdude22]

Because adults know those are the two dumbest reasons to choose a Gen4 fighter over a modern Gen5 fighter.

[@ricardosoto5770]

Dick Chenney has a hard on Northorp Grumman.. he wanted to kill it since 1991. In the mid 2000s being the brain of POTUS, he got his wish. The Cat was too expensive to maintain, despite being far better as a fleet defense fighter than the F 18.. also, the new role of the US Navy was to bomb jihadis in caves and inToyota pickups, not to defend the fleet.. I bet Vlad and Xi were toasting the decision, since the US Navy lost her long range bomber and cruise missile defence due to the stroke of a pen. Also, since the Persians had demostrated how good the F 14 was, and now they are enemies of the US, the US Navy has to destroy the F 14s instead of putting them in storage... good.. now the US Navy has no tool to deal with long range cruise missile attacks over the horizont.

[@robertorolfo]

@@ricardosoto5770 This is scary and sad. Such a shame.

[@johnsturgis4462]

While shooting TOP GUN the main actors got rides in the F14. Anthony Edwards "Goose" was the only one that did not get air sick.

[@DriveLaken]

@Ricky Ricardo lol, yea, who knew all it takes is a long range cruise missle to sink a US carrier . We talk of the F-14 in historical terms.....30 years now. Go ahead and attack a carrier. We'll enjoy the KZbin vid of Iranian pilots saying "Āmi ēkaṭā sura pēlāma nā ēkaṭi ṭaka ṭōna pēẏēchi nā" Hurry up and get rid of the crap government in Iran and the USA will be the best friend you've ever had...looking forward to it

[@josephsmith6777]

I saw some amazing mustaches

[@DudemeisterNL]

Rocking the stach!

[@Sky_CloudMae]

The grandson of the F-4 phantom

[@SideSwipeGTA]

More like the grandson of the Hellcat

[@stampede122]

Funny enough, the Phoenix system was originally designed for the Blackbird, but the Blackbird was to fast for the system

[@brianhurt3801]

John McCain Aristotle tragedy

[@alfincassimiro4878]

Wonder! Thanks!

[@00GrnGT]

Bet Joseph Dickstein caught a lot of flak for that last name 🤣

[@mcduck5]

My Ike concern for modern western fighters is.... what happens if the stealth fails? From what I have seen of the f35 it would stand no chance in a real fight

[@Jakubescu]

it isnt difficult to shoot down old vietnamense MIG, try to attack well-trained Russian pilots...either way in the time of anti-aircraft missiles you can use fighter jets only against 3 th world countries without any sofisticated anti-air defence

[@lausd3562]

Go NAVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Wormhole798]

Beat Army!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rummerlinelmo]

F 14....first plane to be able to accelerate vertically

[@silversurfer6756]

Think that was the English Electric Lightning in the 1960s. Excelsior!

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

HAHA, you basically just shit that 1 out there and hoped it was right.

[@waynehackel3005]

it was not the plane it was the man in the cockpit

[@husaynolimjonov7328]

Har mamlakat o'zini mashinasini maqtaydi, zo'r mashina real jangda aniqlanadi

[@aryair1411]

Шумо тоҷик ҳастед?

[@elymayer4860]

35:26 Showing AIM-54 shots when they were shooting heaters.

[@jordankennedy1893]

FB-111's didn't bomb Gaddafi F-111F's from Lankenheath bombed that day

[@msgtpauldfreed]

Not FB-111. Those were F-111F fighter bombers.

[@boingobadger9846]

F111 is a fighter?

[@johnporter847]

No Vietnam were small war, which planes were better its hard to say , It depends on the pilot, the guy who posted the video is kind of controversial.

[@michaelledford4751]

No its not hard to say which countries fighters were the best ,at our worst the US had a 2 to 1 kill ratio over Soviet fighters , with the introduction of the F-14 the the F -14 kill ratio became 164 Soviet built fighters downed with a loss of only 1 F-14 , a kill ratio far superior than the F-15 ,the Tomcat was the most dominant US fighter in history until the F -22 Raptor .

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

@@michaelledford4751: If you're talking about US F14's, practically everything you've just typed there is bullshit.

[@vinyltapelover]

I'm getting a playback error message. Anyone else out there run into that problem? Edit/update 2020NOV21 : The playback problem and error message, which affected all my youtube videos I wanted to watch, was caused by a Micro Soft update to my pc, some hours earlier. After the update, my pc had automatically Shutdown and Restarted. What I did was do a forced Shutdown, let it sit minute or two, started it up, tried this and other videos and I was good to go.

[@sajaddozy1204]

Iran's eagle f14 tomcat

[@ricardosoto5770]

Of 135 air to air kills the F 14 has scored, 130 were scored by persian cats.

[@DriveLaken]

That's ironic

[@willywilmouth]

....F14A TomCat............une Légende !!

[@صبريمحمد-خ5م]

بنسبة. f14 جميله وقوية وسريعة mig 23 جميله وقوية وسريعة تحتاج إلى الأجنحة تغلق بكامل مثل f111تصبح جميله

[@casspirmk6338]

A MiG killer title sounds obsolete these days as no MiG or other russian aircraft is no longer impose serious threat to far advanced US technology. Well, back then during VietNam war it was the same tech gap between MiGs and US planes...;)

[@ricardosoto5770]

And Mig is going the way out. Mig bureau was the URSS fave, but post soviet Russia likes more Sukhoi... Mig killer its a cold war title. There will be no more Mig killers..

[@chrisf8855]

I didn't see Maverick or Iceman in the video :(

[@planca3430]

if the tomcat was made stealthy she would still be a badass plane for sure.

[@zethloveless7238]

planca3430 that’s not how it works 🤣

[@BenzinB70]

Хьюз AWG-9 превратил летающее ведро в самолёт истребитель

[@geocellfishandbottlesellio6821]

Those MiGs got what they asked for. They provoked the F-14 pilots and got shot out of the sky

[@andreasleonardo6793]

F 14 tomcat aircraft during 1 gulf war ..was an able to defeat Mig 25 with excellent ability in sky ...also Israel's airforce during 1967 were failing down many Mig aircrafts of her neighbouring countries in several versions...with out owning F-14 tomcat.....too nice video of dogfight aircrafts especially during Vietnam war and attacking Libya airforce with excellent ability

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

I dunno where you're getting your info form but the only aircraft the F14 drowned in the 1st gulf War, was a helicopter.

[@mgmoody42]

Scimitar is misspelled.

[@turtzdavid9493]

Yes

[@howarddavis7134]

LOVE MY CAT's. VF 14 & VF 32.