F-14 Tomcat - The US Navy's Hunter and Movie Star

[@B4umkuchen]

This beautiful plane defined a whole generation of Sci-Fi Planes and Spacefighters in west and in the far east. Truly one of the legendary plane of the last decades.

[@AurelTristen]

Macross, for example. Sweeping wings are just too cool 😎

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

Looks don’t win fights.Yes.It generated lots of nonsense.

[@dkgamez2959]

@@anti-Russia-sigma oh boy someone doesn't like any sort of entertainment

[@jonathanpfeffer3716]

@@anti-Russia-sigma man hates fun

[@shaider1982]

​​@@anti-Russia-sigma the Iranians who shot down lots of Iraqui planes with the F14 definitely disagree with you.

[@OrdinaryDude]

When I was on the USS Nimitz in 1990-1992, I was in awe of these aircraft. They are HUGE, easily twice the size of an F-18.

[@redmustangredmustang]

Sadly Dick Cheney killed the Tomcat off that was replaced by the Super Hornet. Once they got the General Electric F110 that's when the Tomcat finally shined as it was meant to be. * I said the wrong engines. The previous engines the TF 30 was the ones that sucked and always stalled in the A version

[@datoneslav6902]

@@redmustangredmustang i believe you mean when the got the F110 engines

[@WhenindoubtFox-3]

@@redmustangredmustang ikr? TF-30’s was such a fucking letdown

[@MrBao-yt7bk]

Yeah! They are longer than B-17's from WW2🤯!

[@Snugggg]

@@MrBao-yt7bk something I found out recently - the TF-30 had superior performance at high altitude. so as a pure high speed, high altitude interceptor, they were actually faster.

[@joserene-t5z]

You forgot the latest mission where an F-14 was able to take down two SU-57's

[@cm275]

Only one SU-57c Hangman got the other one in a Super Hornet.

[@joserene-t5z]

@@cm275 Maverick took out 2 and Hangman took out 1

[@emperorhaya5351]

@@joserene-t5z Maverick? The pilot of Voodoo 3?

[@EnterpriseXI]

Yeah the f-14 did some of that pilot shit and hit the breaks and they flew right by

[@chrisburke624]

@@EnterpriseXI 🤣🤣❤️❤️

[@wardaddyindustries4348]

I used to have a toy tomcat that my parents got. It flew for years with extensive combat damage.

[@reapertalon]

Same. It's still sitting on my shelf at home. It's seen a lot of dogfights, intercepts with every single enemy jet fighter (and aliens!) and suffered much combat damage while defending the fleet. But, it's still flying.

[@Marshal_Dunnik]

17:52 During the Iran-Iraq War, IRAIF Tomcats were often used in an AWAC role due to the power and range of the AN/AWG-9 radar and of course a dedicated backseat operator for it.

[@drdrei6422]

Based from Tom Cooper’s book titled “Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat”, at least three Iranian F-14s were used in mini-AWACS role, while the remaining were still used as Fighter-Interceptors during the war….

[@dougwilson6778]

My all time fav jet! When I was a kid in the 80s I wanted to be a tomcat pilot when I got older unfortunately my vision sucked so I joined the corps instead

[@OOZ662]

When I was a kid in the 90s, I wanted to be a Tomcat pilot, but they retired when I was 16. My Navy recruiter never showed up to our second meeting appointment, so now I work in a warehouse at a ferry terminal.

[@matawie]

Why not try to became a rio?

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

I wanted to be a TomCat in the 70s, but being trans really wasn't a thing back then.

[@unknowngod8221]

​@@AndyFromBeavertonwait sorry to ask but are you trans?

[@jeremyhess7977]

@@matawie You can't have crappy vision as RIO either. When your face isn't buried in the AWG-9, you're on lookout and gotta be able to spot and visually confirm things like Tangos, landmarks, way points, etc.

[@GolddenWaffles]

It wasn’t until the Super Hornet came around that the F-14 lost it’s Big Boy reputation on the deck, but there will never be another one like it!

[@okisoba]

F-14 was still the big boy

[@dudududu1926]

F-14 is still the biggest boy on deck.

[@BIGC728]

@@dudududu1926 no

[@shsfootball7478]

The F-18 is awesome, but it doesn’t even compare to an F-14 in almost any performance dimension, other than affordability and perhaps ground attack capability.

[@TyrannoJoris_Rex]

And maneuverability, and handling, and reliability, and technology…

[@rossglenn7600]

Very surprised that you don't mention The Final Countdown, the Tomcat's film debut and the film featuring some of the best on-screen Tomcat flying ever seen, done by CDR Richard "Fox" Farrell (RIP 2014).

[@duranduran3804]

Yeah, how could anyone forget Tomcats taking out zeros in the lead up to Pearl Harbor

[@blackhatfreak]

Very true

[@alanaldpal950]

You should do a video on the Navy F-18 strike on an Iranian target where two F-18 were shot down. The pilots parachuted down and were able to make it back to their carrier by stealing an F-14 Tomcat. Actually tomorrow would be the perfect day for this video.

[@uberschnilthegreat22]

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[@thecatdaddy1974]

I think they made a movie about it.

[@geemanbmw]

Agreed but it's been 4 months wheres the dam video 😂

[@sledgehammerk35]

Something that very rarely gets talked about is that the F-14 was designed from the start as a strike fighter. It was just never equipped in that way when she went to the fleet. But, later in her life, the LANTIRN pod made the F-14 the Navy’s primary precision strike aircraft. It was even better in that role than the USAF’s F-15E Strike Eagle.

[@EnterpriseXI]

Can you explain why the F-14 was a better strike aircraft then the F-15E?

[@CanadianDolphinSurf]

It really wasn't When the F-14 was equipped with the LANTRIN pod the USN had the F/A-18 which was much better in the strike role

[@sledgehammerk35]

@@CanadianDolphinSurf not true. The F-14 could carry more ordnance and hit a target with more precision because the display they were able to use had a much higher resolution than both the Hornet and Eagle. The F-14 would even lase targets in missions for both Hornets and Eagles. So yeah, the F-14 at the end of its life was a better strike fighter.

[@sledgehammerk35]

@@EnterpriseXI answered above :)

[@homersimpson2159]

Huh? The F-14's makeshift LANTIRN pod usage was a disaster, it couldn't anything LOL, they stopped using it immediately. The F15E is so much better it's not even close

[@OptimusWombat]

The F-14 is a true icon. Instantly recognizable. It was also the basis for fictional aircraft such as the Skystriker from G.I. Joe and the VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross.

[@devereuxbirdzell]

Thank you for mentioning this! Such a huge flash of nostalgia for me. I would say most boys growing up during the 80s LOVED the Tomcat. So Iconic and it fueld much of our imagination and play time from the era. Both the Skystriker and the VF-1 were a huge part of my childhood. I would only add the Transformer Jetfire (part of the Autobot faction) to the list. As you probably know it was just a reskinned VF-1 / Veritech Fighter. That being the case I would use it when playing in the Robotech universe. I bet most of those toys are worth a fortune if they would have survived until now.

[@sandyj342]

VF1 ❤

[@OptimusWombat]

@@devereuxbirdzell yes indeed. Jetfire / Skyfire would definitely be on that list. And a little more niche, but for fans of the BattleTech/MechWarrior franchise, there were also the Wasp, Stinger, and Phoenix Hawk BattleMechs (all of which became embroiled in litigation after Harmony Gold brought Macross to North America via Robotech).

[@OptimusWombat]

@@willemsma 👍👍

[@christianjaussi2125]

I had the honor and privilege of being an aviation electrician assigned to VFA-31 from 2009-2012 including their first deployment with F/A-18E super hornets. I remember being fresh in the command hearing stories of the “last tomcat cruise” from seasoned shipmates and all the stories about the F-14. I’ll always be proud to have been part of fighting Felix.

[@rhs5683]

How is the job? I'm really into technical stuff and think electrical skills are useful. (Are you still a civil electrician?)

[@christianjaussi2125]

@@rhs5683 it was always changing. Sometimes it was the same routine preventative maintenance and inspections day after day. Sometimes you find the problem that’s been there for weeks. And sometimes there’s an emergency fix that has to happen for a jet about to launch in 10 mins. I loved the challenge of following schematics and hunting in tech manuals. I did it for three years once I got out, but not anymore.

[@michaelg1915]

The Tomcat is by far my favorite aircraft. I was at one of the retirement ceremonies in Farmingdale with my family when I was about 11. My dad actually helped design the targeting computer for the D model.

[@TXnine7nine]

The F14 and F15 are both IMO the best looking jet fighters ever.

[@Constabruity]

The F-15 is such a beast. Certainly deserves the title of muscle car of the sky.

[@rogueshadow4960]

F-16?

[@homersimpson2159]

@@rogueshadow4960 Like the Mustang and Camaro, the F-16 is a bitch mobile. Men Fly F-15's and F-14's

[@TXnine7nine]

@@rogueshadow4960 Definitely not. I think it’s the dual vertical stabilizers of the F14 & F15. They both just look so damn sexy. I think the Mig 29 is the best looking eastern bloc model for the same reason. Granted I think the F14 & F15 have better lines.

[@geemanbmw]

​@@TXnine7ninemig certainly stole some design from the Tomcat

[@Froobyone]

The most beautiful jet ever to grace the skies.

[@1977Yakko]

Bomb equipped Tomcats were called the Bombcat. Luckily I got to see these planes and many others that no longer serve back in the 90's. When deployed on USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, the fleet still had F-14 Tomcat, A-6 Intruder, EA-6B Prowler, S-3 Viking, C-2 Greyhound and the F-18 Hornet. All those planes have been replaced. Aside from the E-2 Hawkeye and HH-60 Seahawk, the fleet is mostly F-18 Super Hornets with some F-35 Lightning II and CV-22 tilt rotor has replaced the C-2 IIRC. Did the USN ever make a proper replacement for the S-3 Viking? I think there was some talk of reactivating some of those airframes but I'm not sure if anything came from that. As for the F-14 being retired, it just came down to money. It was an expensive bird to maintain. Many manhours of maintenance for each flight hour IIRC.

[@yaboosnubs]

Navy still has s-3 sized hole in their asw screen, sh60 or p8 just cant do what vikings exceded at. Aparently chasing sand people for decades made navy forget that potential submarine threat still existed.

[@davidwells5611]

Served on the Chucky V from 90 to 92. Unfortunately, half that time was spent in the drydock for refit. Did get a tour before and after though. I would find every excuse to go up to the Signals deck, especially at night, to watch the Tomcat launches.

[@duranduran3804]

I was a 60 driver on Stennis 1999-2004 There was nothing more awe inspiring that a Tomcat turning up on Cat 1 when I was preflighting in the helo hole. The whole ship shook.

[@Igottthedaft]

The Viking's role was replaced by the P-8 Poseidon, which is a pretty good aircraft for a refitted 737

[@yaboosnubs]

@@Igottthedaft lmao, try landing it on nimitz

[@BikeThrottleOfficial]

Videos just keep getting better. Love the classic footage and photography 👏

[@ColinStachowski]

Earlier today I was looking at some planes, came across F-14 and thought 'it would so great to see an episode of Intel Report on F-14'. Checked and there wasn't any so I thought 'well you can't have anything you want anytime you want'. Checked youtube an hour later: there it is!

[@zam6877]

Thank you for showing the mistakes amongst the successes Strength is born from integrity

[@theresaherman]

Old guy here. Right before the release of Top Gun Maverick, I viewed an episode of the Fighter Pilot Podcast. They 3 former fighter pilots, one was an F-14 pilot who helped on the 1986 film Top Gun. I don’t recall his his name, but he had this quote about the Tomcat. “For a fat lady, she dances pretty good.” I just laughed.

[@domdecoco5915]

I would LOVE more of these aircraft videos. This was so cool to learn

[@dan725]

It represents so much of an entire generation of American military air power. This video is just so so so good and does the F-14 justice in preserving its service history and symbolism. I believe adjusted for inflation, the F-14 compares in cost to the F-22; with some estimating it costed more than what the F-22 flyaway cost was during its procurement.

[@ICECAPPEDSKY]

Generations

[@miamijules2149]

Actually, I think it’s more…. Lol a lot more. Definitely an expensive bird.

[@dakotafaillers8588]

Me and my father flying in our cessna 172 after leaving reno air races sunday events happen to be climbing to pass over lake tahoe and the f14 in desert camo we had seen at the races pulled up about 100yrds off are right wing .they did a wing wave ...then we did a wing wave..then they both saluted and afterburner hauled ass away. Unforgettable event in my life

[@proimsat]

Having the bell icon ticked actually works, never got here faster than this

[@EdwardChan.999]

I got here without the bell lol

[@watsonmatt2]

As always a fantastic coverage of the historic Aircraft and it's in depth operational deployment ; but I question the lack of coverage/mention of the loss of Lt Kara Hultgreen and her F-14A-95-GR, BuNo 160390. As this is a significant turning point and stain on US Naval Aviation when covering the complete history of the F-14.

[@saturnv2419]

As it turns out, F-14’s biggest enemy is itself. One fifth of the entire fleet was lost due to mechanical difficulties, mostly result of the variable geometry wing.

[@smittywjmj]

Don't forget about the engine troubles. TF30s were only meant to be temporary and recoup some of the development costs of the TFX F-111B program, but then the F100 program intended to replace the TF30s also got too expensive for the Navy and they pulled out of that. The F101DFE installations (the most powerful engines ever installed on a Tomcat) had spectacular performance but some issues with mounting and definitely too high of a cost for the Navy to upgrade the fleet. When F110s were eventually fitted to the Tomcat in the late '80s they could only afford a few dozen upgrades, and while these engines were easier to maintain and less prone to compressor stalls, they had a nasty habit of overrevving and exploding on the deck due to quality control issues. Every design and budget decision is always a compromise, but the Tomcat was constantly fighting against itself and the unwillingness/inability (depending who you ask) of big Navy to foot the bill to properly update the Tomcat in any significant number.

[@sledgehammerk35]

That’s a myth. The Tomcast podcast debunked it several years ago… their was almost never a problem with the variable sweep wings. Mtc issues were a result of old airframes and a lack of funds allocated to the Tomcat program.

[@thunderboltcougar5626]

I never heard a single F14 lost because of the failure of its VG. Source? F14 VG pivot was virtually indestructable and damage free, also not a nightmare to maintain.

[@saturnv2419]

@@thunderboltcougar5626 F-14 maintenance man hour is actually on par with F-35 in the early days.

[@thunderboltcougar5626]

@@saturnv2419 i believe you are referring to maintenance cost per flight hour on 1990's. You'r comparing a very old twin engine heavy fighter w/ old analogue technology to the new single seat light fighter w/ new advance digital technology which have self maintenance feature on it. What i'm saying is, the variable geometry pivot of F14 was damage free and not a "nightmare" to maintain. F14's issue with maintenance & accident wasn't because of its VG's. This's common mistakes that media think f14's VG = super advance = broke easily & difficult to maintain, which's not true, especially for Grumman's product. I don't know how 'bout tornado or soviet jet; but VG definitely not a problem for f14.

[@kempmt1]

I remember when I served in the Navy, you wouldn’t see a carrier without either an F-14 Tomcat or an S-3 Viking on a carrier flight deck

[@estern001]

I maintained F-14's in the 1980's in VF-21 aboard the USS Constellation. What made it special was the AIM-54 long range air to air missile and the AWG- 9 radar capable of tracking 27 threats simultaneously. She is a beast, requiring massive maintenance man-hours per flight hour and if she wasn't leaking on the hangar bay, she was bone dry. Working on FA-18's was a way easier job.

[@mknewlan67]

My uncle was a tomcat mechanic on the USS Nimitz in the late 70s. He absolutely loves the cat still to this day. No matter how many hours he put in. He worked on the engines. I doubt he had time to do anything else lol. The F14 is still one of my favorite planes. She’s beautiful.

[@Igottthedaft]

Nobody ever talks about how the Super Hornet and Lighting II have less repair manhours compared to the Tomcat.

[@estern001]

@@Igottthedaft It's not a sexy topic unless you work on them.

[@jeremyhess7977]

@estern001 You got that right. If a parking spot on the Line stayed dry, you knew you had a hydraulics issue....somewhere.🤔 How many times had you opened the daily & weekly doors to be soaked with a torrent of Royco 782 MIL-PRF-83282? In my mind, you ain't a Tomcatter, until you've been double-baptisted in hydraulic fluid and JP-5, Baby! ... And I have the minor nerve damage from constant exposure to prove it.😂👍

[@estern001]

MIL - C236996. My rack and everything in it smelled like Coolinal. @@jeremyhess7977

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Remember that time they went back in time to WW2 and shot down a couple Zeros? Too bad the Pentagon recalled them before they could change history. You should definitely do a video on that engagement.

[@timf2279]

You should rewatch the movie.

[@MrSomethingdark]

Yes, thank you for making a video about the F-14

[@ThePuschkin1986]

chronologically, the first F-14 air-to-air kills occured during an engagement with a pair of Japanese A6M Zeros on Dec 6th 1941 near Hawaii. the planes operated from USS Nimitz which got pulled through a portal back in time almost 40 years. after the carrier's return to the present the Navy suppressed information on the incident, however it is rumored that movie style quality footage exists showing the very one-sided encounter.

[@joshm2610]

Love the Battleship New Jersey cameo

[@saxon6]

As a kid living at Subic Bay the big carriers would come to visit and the Tomcats would fly into Cubi Point. I loved that sight

[@InsolventGene]

Great video as always, can I suggest covering the famous MIG-21 next?

[@TheLiamster]

I wish this fighter was still in service. The F-18 is great but the F-14 is my favourite naval fighter

[@masterimbecile]

As a wise man once said: “HELLO BOYS! I’M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!” (*loud spaceship explosion noises*)

[@MANGO-md8yy]

Once I'm off work I'm going to go fly it in DCS and just listening to this video got me all hyped up. I love the airframe its old but it's just perfect 🥰.

[@oldgoat142]

Yes! One of my favorite channels talking about my favorite jet. Excellent!

[@dreamingflurry2729]

Should have done the "super-tomcat"! Why? Because the Hornet (well: Super Hornet now) maybe less maintenance intensive, but it also gives up a lot of performance for that! The sweep-wings may require maintenance, but if you are in the air fighting? You would want them (Especially if you are a carrier-airwing fighting against land based aircraft, where quality/every available edge you can bring is a need as your carriers can't carry thousands of fighters)...hell, give the super-tomcat thrust-vectoring and you have a fighter without equal (and it can probably do ground attack well, too!) that can fly rings around the F18 (and maybe even the F22 - because that thing also does not have sweep-wings!)

[@rodolfohernandez2702]

"Anytime Baby" Tomcat FOREVER

[@marksliwowski9331]

Another fire vid. Wish it was more often, im always looking to watch your content but I have seen everything on both chanels lol

[@Interdictiondeltawing]

It was truly one of the most finest and craziest jet ever built to fly in the navy’s history

[@Djiehh]

Strike Fighter Squadrons have fascinated me half my life, they are like the real-world equivalent to Warhammer 40k Space Marine chapters with their nicknames and color schemes and insignia.

[@Perichron]

2:15 c'mon, if youre gonna reference the F-14s tremendous payload you should show an image with maximum payload. Sparrows are cool, but the Pheonix should have been the centerpiece here. ;) P.s. Love both of your channels, ive seen probably every vid. keep it up.

[@knpark2025]

F-14 Tomcat is, arguably, a physical manifestation of what my part of the Internet calls "로망"(roman). A rule of thumb for this fuzzy term is that a piece of engineering with a "Roman" will often torture its maintenance crews but fascinate everyone else. It is badass. It is awesome. And it is inefficient. Yet it is beautiful because its designers chose inefficiency to pursue the ultimate badass-ness. And unlike Transformers or Gundams this jet *physically exists.* How cool is that?

[@silenciummortum2193]

Aegis Vanguard Warden was an inspired purchase because of this plane!

[@fincawthera3265]

Anyone else spot the whiplash the pilot received @07:36 on that carrier launch!? Ouuuuch! Thought his head was gunna fly off.

[@ncsquatch2514]

My dad was on the America as a mechanic who worked on the F14s of VF-102.

[@reideverett7279]

God I’m so upset I’ve never gotten to see one flying cause I was born too late :( the navy base my dad works on has one on display though so I’ve been able to see one up close at least and oh my god they’re beautiful jets. Hell with Cold War, I’d honestly argue they’re one of the best jets ever made overall

[@gregoryleewalker]

At 4:07 the 'cats banking left have their glove vanes extended. They are just forward of each wing root. They later stopped using them and they were locked in the retracted position.

[@skilledwarman]

I know it was barely mentioned and not at all the point of the video, but God the USS New Jersey is such a cool ship. If anyone is ever in south jersey or Philadelphia PA the Jersey is docked in Camden NJ as a floating museum. I highly highly recommend

[@guacamoler]

Would love to see a video about SEAD aircraft like the Wild Weasel

[@Dreadhead02productions]

Definitely an aircraft to take my breath away.

[@JG54206]

The F14 is just such an awesome, badass plane. Mach 2+, variable sweep wings, and extremely advanced radar, weaponry, avionics and flight controls for the time. Maybe it’s just the swing wings, but I just think it’s such a cool plane. Probably the coolest teen series fighter. I’ve heard it argued that at the time when they were both pretty new, the F-14 was the better air superiority fighter compared to the F-15. I have no authority to speak on weather that’s true or not but to be even competitive with the F-15 is pretty impressive when you consider the F-15 is statistically the best fighter ever.

[@briantindle7115]

With the mention of the A-6, is that next?! "Black Eagle this is Devil 505, feet dry."

[@texasranger24]

Skip the ad at 1:15

[@dinosebastianollo2633]

The most beautiful fighter jet ever and very fast. Love f14 tomcat legend ❤️‍🔥💯

[@DavidSherman-m5l]

If I'm not mistaken, the first Super Hornet Squadron was established as VFA-122 in 1999.

[@melle9155]

In the words of Jeremy Clarkson: 'really annoying most of the time, but if someone tried to take it away from you, you'd kill them'

[@NichoTBE]

certainly a cool looking fighter with its transforming swept wing design for high speed flight.

[@iamnolegend2519]

Very interesting. Love your videos.

[@Malbeefance]

During my time with the US Navy, we had a saying that is still true today: The F/A- 18 Hornet is a better fighter than the A-6 Intruder and it is a better bomber than the F-14 Tomcat.

[@swisscheese3094]

I'd like to see an F-14 beat an F/A-18E/F block lll in combat. Or see an A-6 (and I fucking love the A-6) have the strike capabilities of an F/A-18E/F

[@dorianleclair7390]

The Pratt and Whitney engine was designed for the f-111 and they put it into the F 14 to save money. They had major issues with the engines stalling in very hard maneuvers. The engine was not designed to dog fight. The GE engine had no such issues.

[@lesterksi4521]

Loved this F14. Elegant. The aircraft I used in Ace Combat

[@benjamin112]

That Incogni sound like the mafia lol. 'We have your info but don't worry we'll keep it safe... So long as you subscribe....' 🤣🤣🤣🤦🤦

[@michaelripperger5674]

The F-14 was so inspiring and electric! Nobody says that about the FA-18

[@michaelripperger5674]

(Well except for FA-18 pilots 😂)

[@swisscheese3094]

That's because the F/A-18s arnt ment to be inspiring, their ment to get a job done, and they do it well. I do not understand why people are trying to say the F-14 is somehow better than a F-18

[@Ducaso]

12:44 _Robotech Intensifying_

[@montevallomustang]

Imagine being a soviet tu95 pilot and looking over at a huge fighter jet with a skull and crossbones painted on its vertical stabilizers. The f14 may not be the best fighter but it's definitely the coolest

[@keegantripp1245]

And it has yet to be usurped from it's place. The only way it will is when an aircraft worthy of a good name comes around. I honestly don't know what the F-35's name is, besides just F-35.

[@shsfootball7478]

@@keegantripp1245 F-35 “Lightning” And yeah, it’s a lame name.

[@keegantripp1245]

@@shsfootball7478 yeah…it’s pretty forgettable. Hmm…how about F-35 Brawler?

[@smittywjmj]

@@keegantripp1245 F-35 Lightning II, as the original Lightning was the P-38 from WWII. Companies will reuse names like that sometimes, like the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and A-10 Thunderbolt II, the McDonnell FH Phantom and F-4 Phantom II, and the Vought F4U Corsair and A-7 Corsair II. Apparently F-35 squadrons have developed their own unofficial nicknames for the plane. Again nothing uncommon, take the B-1 "Bone", F-16 "Viper", F/A-18E/F "Rhino", F-15E "Mudhen", and so on. As far as I'm aware, the most popular unofficial name for the F-35 is "Panther."

[@shsfootball7478]

@@keegantripp1245 F-35 Mass Murderer? F-35 Apocalyptic Dominator?

[@shaider1982]

The wing of the A6 does look like the F14's when at straight angles.

[@johnelliott7375]

Iconic fighter and still relevant today.

[@kitcarandang]

F-14 footage at the end of the video definitely screams TOP GUN.

[@LightningWing11]

Best and most badass plane to ever fly. Anytime, baby!

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

I love Tomcat as much as the next person. But that is a very bold statement, to say the least.

[@frankpinmtl]

I'm sure Mooch approves of this message

[@timf2279]

This channel should be named "The Argument Report"

[@duanewong1527]

This plane inspired the Macross VF-1 Valkyrie

[@drdrei6422]

Can you make the video regarding the F-15 Eagle after this? I was quite fascinated for the content of this channel alongside The Operations Room 😁😅

[@TNTorge]

idk why, but this video has made me want operational F-14s again

[@TNTorge]

and yes i know its not gonna happen

[@khadijehEbrahimi210]

The F-14 Tomcat is one of the best and most beautiful fighter aircraft made even by the United States of America

[@ronaryel6445]

Nice video. Yu didn't mention the Achille Lauro hijacking. F-14s intercepted an Egypt Air 737 carrying two hijackers who murdered Leon Klinghoffer, a wheelchair bound American, and, working with an E-2 Hawkeye, forced them to land in Italy, where they were arrested. This daring law enforcement operation brought great credit to the Navy. Iranian F-14s are credited with downing at least one MiG-25 Foxbat.

[@lg6707]

not to mention it looks sick as hell

[@tylernilson7021]

one of the best yters the best history yter

[@bigsarge2085]

Incredible!

[@SauerkrautIsGood]

The hard points under the nacelles were for fuel tanks only. The wing gloves had 4 hard points, not 2.

[@smittywjmj]

Wing gloves only have two hardpoints. Stations 1A and 8A are fitted to the 1/8 multipurpose pylons, and not to the wing glove itself.

[@SauerkrautIsGood]

@@smittywjmj Fair enough

[@TLTeo]

Also if we're being picky, the AMRAAM was never carried and all Tomcat variants carried a2g munitions eventually :P

[@smittywjmj]

@@TLTeo AMRAAMs were carried in testing, unfortunately by the time they entered service the Tomcat budget had all but dried up so they were never operational on the F-14.

[@fredlandry6170]

My favorite fighter plane ever!

[@SPFLDAngler]

So it can reach it's Service Ceiling in under 2 minutes... Damn.. I knew about all there is to know about the Tomcat, but I never put those numbers together lol. Incredible.

[@wallingnaga6563]

The most beautiful aircraft the US have ever produce 💕💕💕

[@nickvinsable3798]

🤔 . . . How would it compare to the VF-1 Valkyrie ( _ROBOTECH_ )variant & the Striker Unit ( _Strike Witches_ ) variant?

[@dreamingflurry2729]

The Phoenis-Missile (especially if it were modernized!) alone would IMHO make it worth it to make new Tomcats (basically upgrade the design to modern standards - especially so that the new parts would NOT work for Iran, if they got their hands on them!)...it's after all the only aircraft to operate that missile and with the full AA-Combat-Loadout it would still be a very dangerous aircraft to enemies, especially if they build wanna-be-stealth-aircraft (like the Russians with their SU-57 and the Chinese with their Chengdu J-20 - both of which aren't all that stealthy! They've both been spotted easily by modern radar, their crossection is larger than that of on F-22 or F-35, so the Phoenix would work on them!). The Super-Tomcat wouldn't even have to go into knife-fighting range, so it wouldn't matter that this isn't a stealth aircraft (not to mention that stealth coatings are vulnerable to RAIN...seriously, you have super advanced aircraft custing hundreds of millions of dollars and you can't use them because it rains? Damned, go home!)...hell, add some wire mesh in front of their air-intakes and you can operate them from dirt-strips (because that's one of the vulnerabilities for western aircraft: They need clean airbases because their engines aren't protected from gobbling up dirt and stuff! Hell, they like "eating" seagulls etc.)

[@jsgaminghub9402]

If you take suggestions I would like to suggest the F-15 Eagle and the F/A-18 Hornet.

[@OutsideTheTargetDemographic]

Beautiful bird.

[@briantaylor9285]

Legend.

[@mason2511]

Love you citing yourself there lol

[@rustyshaklford9557]

Fun fact: US Navy pilots missed every shot taken with the AIM-54 missile; the only kills scored with it were in Iranian service.

[@jyy9624]

The alpha aircraft of Nimitz, leading A7,A6,F18,A4, protecting EC2 etc..

[@GetOutsideYourself]

500% recruitment increase for USN? No wonder they were eager to make the sequel.

[@redmustangredmustang]

The person that killed the F-14 was Dick Cheney yes that guy when he was at the time Secretary of State and got the plane eventually killed off. Still they had to replace the plane with something just as reliable and the Navy went with an upgraded Super Hornet. The F-14 was a good interceptor. Had a radar that had a very long range. It was the ONLY plane that could carry the long range air to air Phoenix missile.

[@MotoroidARFC]

Secretary of Defense. That was why he could make decisions like that.

[@sledgehammerk35]

Nothing like a good ol’ personal grudge to compromise our national defense and kill thousands of jobs. Cheney was an idiot.

[@trev6664]

Best cold war fighter Aside from the f4 phantom of course 😉

[@TyrannoJoris_Rex]

Best carrier-borne* fighter

[@Sup3r6f0ur]

Imagine being an Iraqi pilot and having to choose three very bad options. Engage with F14s in the southeast, engage with F15s in the southwest, or run away... If you run, they will both hunt you down... And if you engage... we all know how that turns out.

[@sisekomaci2930]

Good one

[@Blitz9H]

Had a pilot tell me one time that putting bombs on a Tomcat was like hitching a plow to a racehorse.