F-14 TOMCAT Full Afterburner Take off 1996 [Long]

F-14 TOMCAT Full Afterburner Vertical Take off .Hamamatsu,JAPAN 1996.

[@AirFerno]

No matter the age of this aircraft, will always be the coolest airplane of all!

[@carlosblanco8-876]

fuck yea

[@FSEVENMAN]

Drailton Lima de Andrade that's a hell of a statement dude I completely love the Tomcat but while it will be one of the coolest it is not the coolest but I can understand you saying that and it is a beautiful aircraft

[@cobravenom39]

FACT

[@jackjones3657]

No doubt, the iconic symbol of freedom and Western military supremacy for an entire generation.

[@raymondweaver8526]

Sorry, I'm still a fan of the Piston fighters of WW2

[@diamondjaguar]

I'm former NAVY from the 80's, seen them daily. Still my favorite jet to this day. Big, fast, and super loud.

[@garwhittaker3743]

Agile ??

[@tombrydson781]

Lucas Talley not as loud as Britain’s. Vulcan

[@spartanx9293]

F/a18 was always my favorite

[@ArKritz84]

The only jet fighter I've ever been in the vicinity of are F16's a couple of times, and even they are unbelievably loud.

[@jamesedenfield5039]

My favorite plane of all time! I am jealous you had the opportunity sir!

[@bobsurgranny]

The F-14 Tomcat. Now that's a fighter jet

[@2ksnakenoodles]

They don't make em like that anymore

[@2ZZGE100]

@@2ksnakenoodles It was because of the cold war and threat of world war 3 that really pushed everything to the limit. Grumman had to suffer a lot of losses in the R&D of the Tomcat because of the extra-ordinarily high expectations and tight timelines that were placed by Congress/Navy. What came out in the end, was a phenomenal Mach 2.4+ fighter/interceptor that scared the enemy before even getting engaged with them. Just the sight of a Tomcat coming guns blazing, wings swept back at supersonic speeds with a full weapons load right at the enemy's nose was enough to scare them away.

[@2ksnakenoodles]

@@2ZZGE100 Yeah that's true, the tomcat would have a lot more kills if shooting down a fleeing opponent was not a war crime

[@2ZZGE100]

@@2ksnakenoodles Yeah, Iran had 160:5 documented kill ratio with the Tomcat.

[@2ksnakenoodles]

@@2ZZGE100 Oh yeah, that's a great ratio

[@DJ279V]

Watching the Tomcat will never get old!!

[@jameshowland7393]

I was in the active Navy from 74-80, 84-86. I was stationed at NORVA and F-14's used to come in and out of the airbase all the time. It was an awesome sight sitting at the end of the runway watching them. And they didn't land gently. No sir. It was just like a carrier landing. Down hard and fast!

[@milch1877]

yeah those carrier landings arent soft in the f18 your suppost to just smack down no like back wheels first then front just slam into the carrier

[@avis21X]

Pilot and RIO must have known you were watching and agreed to give you a show

[@moonscar119]

year they practice carrier landing even on land. it's one of the hardest things to do so they practice it whenever they can

[@richardbass3586]

I absolutely love these F-14 Tomcats! My Dad flew these beasts! I love ya Dad!

[@donnibrasko1]

Richard Bass i bet you had the GI Joe Tomcat?

[@KennyboyGM]

What squadon?

[@manueldelbusto725]

Lucky bastard

[@maxkonig559]

Lol Make sure you tell your dad personally that you love him not us strangers. I can tell you're one of those brain dead ppl on facebook. Sometimes I'm just dumbfounded by what ppl say. There are things you do and don't do in life but only the top 10% have a higher cognitive ability to understand what that means.

[@crodrc51able]

Bass, many thanks to your dad for defending our skies. Hooah from this Soldier!

[@Butterstix2014]

It’s kind of amazing how iconic this airplane was and is worldwide.

[@digitalsketchguy]

Takes my breathe away...

[@DaveTaste]

Good one 😂

[@Man0fMeans]

And "breath" even...

[@Youre_Right]

KTM on a highway to the danger zone...

[@constantiniasmith4231]

*proceed to have athsma

[@RoodeMenon]

bom...bom....

[@ellisonlowrimore7751]

Most beautiful fighter ever produced by Grumman Ironworks!

[@asquare9316]

the Panther was close, but I agree with you.

[@johngibson9463]

I lived a few miles from a US Navy base in the US in the 80's and used to frequently drive by the airfield. One weekend we stopped to watch a Tomcat take off. It screamed down the runway and more or less stood on its tail and climbed almost vertically at warp speed.

[@Darthbelal]

I was waiting for the unrestricted climb part and wasn't disappointed.

[@tubhmoob9822]

favorite bad ass looking aircraft of all time. TOMCAT any day of the week. twice on Sunday.

[@MacNmey]

Phantoms had some bass ass stuff too.

[@johncelcius2976]

When I was young... this was my absolute favorite plane... and when I see videos like this, I remember why it still is!

[@TheFlightLevel]

Can never get enough of this iconic jet! Just an incredible design!

[@ToonandBBfan]

Aircraft carriers were better when they had Tomcats and Intruders in their air groups....

[@mheb6370]

The Tomcat is still the best looking and most sexy plane I've ever seen. Legendary among the history of jet fighters!

[@JS-tc4vs]

From 1996? Thank you for the beautiful quality!

[@davesteidel8553]

I agree! Definitely the coolest and baddest-ass fighter jet of all time! Swept wing design and twin monster engine...absolutely incredible! Then F-22, F/A-18 Hornet, and F-15 Eagle. Never lucky enough to see any in action though. F-14 Tomcat will always rule!

[@waterbornesapper7953]

Some people will disagree with me about this, and that's okay. But I'm gonna say what I say. Across all of the branches that have fighter jets (Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps), and throughout all of the generations of fighter jets to date, the F-14 Tomcat is the GOAT. There are some close runner ups but the top spot goes to the Tomcat.

[@mar3869]

160+ Aerial victories if Iranian Sources are to be believed, and despite not liking their regime I believe it.

[@MegaTriumph1]

Totally Agree, That bad A** monster of a machine, needs to be rekindled asap!.

[@sincityq]

The F-14 is still the baddest plane the Navy every flew!!!

[@tcar3654]

I agree, the F18 was actually the runner up against the F16 for the air force contract....Just ask yourself, who was buddies with Dick Cheney? He cancelled the F14 Contract, they would have been better off militarily with the F14, but the Super Tomcat was slayed at about 100 million each more than 25 years ago, that's pretty steep when you consider what the alternative was, coupled with the fact that the USSR had collapsed and the threat it was designed to thwart was gone, and it was an expensive plane to maintain. But, it was a badass, It's still the premier plane in the Iranian airforce today.

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

@@tcar3654 It was the YF-17 not F-18. The YF-17 did eventually become the F-18 however.

[@tcar3654]

@@my-yt-inputs2580 Yes that's correct.

[@kishascape]

And the baddest plane Iran still flies. They used them to escort russia's tupolevs as they bombed Syria.

[@2ZZGE100]

@@kishascape I don't know if the Iranian F-14s are worth anything other than being flying desks, but sure back in the day they racked up 180:5 kill ratio against Iraqi MIGs, SUs, Mirage etc. The Iranian pilots had total air superiority over the region in the 80s. All of the credit is given to the Tomcats.

[@michaelgaliga6609]

F-14 lives forever!

[@krisaksonify]

Back a few decades ago I was assigned to an F-4 squadron at NAS Miramar. My squadron shared a hangar with Topgun and a number of F-14 squadrons. A number of times when crossing the hangar or walking out on the ramp for some reason an F-14 would go to full AB only a few hundred feet from me. The end of the runway was very close and there was no mistaking what had just happened. The boom it made was loud, really loud and you could feel the explosion of power in your chest. If I wasn't expecting it, it scared the daylights out of me.

[@halcyon7005]

you may have even wanted some butts!

[@mrcoolkidgaming7089]

The f14 tomcat is honesty one of my favourite U.S jet fighters regardless of its age

[@memovelazquez2278]

F-14 tomcat badass and number #1....forever.

[@bestamerica]

hi M V... ' yeaa that right keep up american airplane company can makeing many more new better F-14st airplanes

[@SamhainBe]

A well-built flying battleship with style and performance...beautiful!

[@tomp8094]

What an awesome aircraft this was. I used to sit near the end of the runway at Oceana NAS during my time stationed at NOB Norfolk watching F-14s.

[@DerekUtleyAFSecForces]

Tom P Bet that was awesome and never got old

[@kingcracker4275]

I was stationed at Oceana and on the CVA 66 74 - 77 great fringe benefits walking among F4 and F-14 and a six intruder great time of my life

[@alexhudson6732]

My stepdad worked at Lockheed Martin right next door to oceana and would say that he would look at his watch and clocks and at exactly 8am on the dot every morning he heard the f-18s firin up for whatever they had planned that morning. The blueangels shows there were always a blast

[@liftingweights]

The F4 Phantom defined "Sexy" for fighters. The F14A Tomcat defined "Sexier" !!

[@liftingweights]

@C C It is an awesome awesome awesome aircraft ..with its awesome J17 engines ... would kick ass todays BLAH BLAH fighters with addition of minimal avionics and weapons systems. Check out ALL F4 videos on my channel ... BEEEG F4 FAN here

[@2ZZGE100]

F-14 proved to be the best thing Navy ever got. Still to this day, nothing replaced its robustness, depth of capabilities and versatility it provided to the Navy for 36 years. It was the true symbol of Navy air power.

[@liftingweights]

@@2ZZGE100 Agreed ! Best thing at the time. And and would still be a potent adversary today with upgrades weapons systems & avionics. Question would be its airframe maintanence requirements (Tomcat was 250 hours, current carrier jets are at 600 hours these days). Swept wings require sweepingly higher maintanence unfortunately... Range would also be an issue ...Cheers

[@liftingweights]

@@2ZZGE100 I am referring to the likes of the Super Hornet Block III kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5nWgKluqaetidk

[@2ZZGE100]

@@liftingweights Agreed. Maintenance was high unfortunately. The AST-21 design was supposed to address that (and new upgrades), but it was killed off by congress. Cheers!

[@homefront3162]

My Dad was a Navy F-4 Pilot, later a Aerospace Engineer at Grumman working on ECM for F-14. He got very sick (cancer) and had to leave his job. The base commander (Pt Mugu) Gave him a going away gift, A FLIGHT IN A TOMCAT!!!!

[@TralfazConstruction]

_Nothing_ looks more purposeful than the F-14 taking-off on afterburner.

[@patrickdenengelse1469]

The F-14 is my favorite, beautiful, powerful and just an awesome fighterplane. Glad they used this beauty in Top Gun !

[@jst1man]

I know that F-22 is the BadAss of the skies now, but nothing beats an F-14 is COOLNESS! I mean the F-14 has changed the view of fighters for generation! Still Love Them! PS- They should have just made an F-22 version of the F-14 and screw the F-35.

[@jpteknoman]

the F-35 is designated as an attacker not a fighter. it was designed to take out ground targets with AA capabilities with sneak attacks to allow for air superiority and for helicopters and A-10s to move in without getting shot from the ground

[@bc9477]

i agree nothing beats the look of F-14, but it's just not as useful today and it was getting old sadly...

[@jst1man]

True, but they were going to make a newer version, but never followed threw.

[@--Valek--]

Ahman Millener F-22 and F-35 are a waste of money. Paper airplanes that can't take a hit. Can't be popped out quickly

[@jst1man]

Yep, don't care about those, just about the F14. Besides I was more of a fan of the YF-23 myself.

[@Ladyscharm]

I miss this plane so much!!!

[@DIOSpeedDemon]

The F-14 has 50,000 American Horsepower. God I wish I had one with a good stereo and a racing stripe....

[@jowenjv4463]

DIOSpeedDemon despite 50 000 hp it is underpowered as fuck lol.

[@bestamerica]

DIOSpeedDemon The F-14 has 50,000 American Horsepower. God I wish I had one with a good stereo and a racing stripe.... ' hi DSD... yeaa america can make it more F-14st jetplanes with more faster speeding almost same as F-15se

[@jowenjv4463]

bestamerica Lol yeaaaaah make it more FAAAASTEEEEER... To be more USELEEEEEEEESS.. And more INCAAAAPABLEEEE !! America yeaaaaaaah

[@bestamerica]

hi JGBD... what reason no capable and no use... american air force, DOD, grumman company musts time to building many new F-14st planes... no retirement = no stopment

[@jowenjv4463]

bestamerica The F-14 was a pain in the ass in terms of maintenance. Many hours grounded, few hours in flight. It was a great plane in some regards, but it has big issues. One of them is it's weight. The so-called 50 000 american hp are not enough to give the Tomcat interesting thrust in combat. Underpowered. (The A+, B and D were little better however with F-110 engines, those are F-14A on this video.) The speed means nothing in many cases. Combat payload reduces significantly the max speed and max G's an aircraft can take. Mach 2.3 max speed on paper ? Expect Mach 1.2 very max with combat payload (it's the case of the AJS-37 Viggen, which was a very fast aircraft for it's time). And in an operational theatre, it's just useless to try to reach max speed because of the fuel consumption. Most aircrafts will fly around Mach0.6 to 0.8 to maximise their fuel consumption and range.

[@jrfoleyjr]

Watching this (and hearing a full burner takeoff) still gives me goosebumps. It sounds like a rocket launch at Cape Canaveral as the tomcat goes straight up through the clouds and out of sight. AWESOME!

[@dragongnnr]

I'm a former active duty Marine, I spent 2yrs on the Carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY CV-67 as part of the Marine Detachment. I would spend most of my off duty time at sea watching flight ops from the O-10 level. Nothin but F-14s, A6s, F-18s,Hawkeyes and Helos all damn day, it never got old. From '82 to 1984 was the most fun I had in the Marine Corps!

[@ysanchez7292]

out of so many American built jets this one is still my favorite , She's so beautiful ,...!!

[@luisflme]

F14 always my favorite

[@dieselrotor]

Thank You and God Bless You for not throwing the "Top Gun" movie song on top of this like 90% of morons do when there's an F-14 in the video ! Classy video and so COOL !!!

[@ozzy7763]

Most badass looking fighter ever .

[@SillyPuddy2012]

Boy that thing was a huge, fuel guzzling semi-truck of an airplane. But I have to say, naval aviation has been pretty gay post F-14.

[@tscooter22]

What a stupid reply. You need to lookup the word gay.

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

@@tscooter22 yes very gay

[@SF-ku2hp]

@@tscooter22 He did not mean the happy definition of gay

[@marvnuts]

Shirtless beach volleyball was no homo.

[@whykatera81]

I agree! The f18 is less than half the speed.. the f22 outside vector thrust pales in comparison that new f whatever single engine thing that is supposed to hover is a joke. F15 is the only one that followed in the same spirit as the f14 and they’re getting ready to retire it???

[@razorbackblood06]

Such a beautiful jet..

[@boom-bm1kl]

Top gun brought me here

[@damonfuentes7510]

I was 12 when I saw my first F-14, at the 1980 Paine Field Air Show (Washington State). I was at my uncle's house about two miles south of the airfield, standing in his apple orchard. The plane did a wide arc and hit the afterburner for a high speed pass of the viewing area... and exceeded the speed of sound. Damn near knocked me on my ass!

[@Daniel-lx1jd]

Doubt it exceeded sound barrier

[@timvertz3687]

@@Daniel-lx1jd He said in 1980 which was a completely different time. I remember hearing sonic booms from time-to-time not only at airshows but even at home in the early to mid 80's. At home they would raddle the windows of our house. I haven't heard one for many many years but it wasn't uncommon back then at least where we lived in WA state.

[@n.w.1803]

@@Daniel-lx1jd It's possible he tickled the numbers more or less on accident, and then throttled back a smidge before crossing back over the airshow center.

[@n.w.1803]

@@timvertz3687 I remember, as recently as the late 90s, the occasional very late night/early morning thump coming from north of the Sacramento area. Always suspected that they perhaps didn't fully retire the SR-71s at Beale AFB quite when they said they did..

[@hoghogwild]

@@n.w.1803 There were Blackbird flights in the late 90s Oct 9 1999 actually.

[@atdjjotkizz]

世界で一番好きな戦闘機だね！かっこいい、美しい！！

[@2fly916]

Why is the ending music to Top Gun playing in my head

[@brandondaniels9471]

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!!!

[@2fly916]

Mighty Wings

[@pauljohnson3340]

Horrible movie.

[@2fly916]

Paul Johnson it must not have been because it made millions...But that's your opinion.

[@pauljohnson3340]

Larry Peters I watch that film now and I cringe at how bad it truly is. I enjoyed the hell out of it when it first came out. Now it is a joke.

[@2ZZGE100]

Geez! Look at that vertical climb of the F-14. It gets up to 10,000 feet in around 15 seconds in full zone 5 afterburner. That is with full fuel and external drop tanks weight. The TF-030 might have been cr*ppy engines at very slow speed. high AoA because of their appetite for lots of air, but they made massive dynamic thrust at higher speeds on the F-14 with those big intakes/ramps with "ram air effect".

[@okkami676]

Such beauty! Tomcats Forever!

[@moxiedrapo2391]

I grew up a few miles from an Air Base that housed F-4 Phantoms and they were loud when they flew over our house... I believe they were attached to the 104th Fighter/Interceptor Squadron... you could hear them powering up all over town, loved every minute of it!!!!

[@rosskrause3926]

That sounds like the old Carswell AFB in Fort Worth Texas...my dad was with the 7th OMS out there on B-52's and sometimes F-4's.

[@Rallye2.0E]

Wow! amazing take off and a tribute to the good old days (of thunder)! Tomcats - gone but not forgotten! nice vid!💗💗💗

[@notkale.crayon2679]

Maverick: Goose, what do you see? Goose: a rocket!

[@jamesedenfield5039]

Long Live the Tomcat!

[@mistfolk]

The most beautiful fighter jet in the world.

[@sccarguy8242]

Hands down

[@rickhunter6513]

I can’t disagree as a fighter jet but most beautiful fighter “plane” of all time in my opinion, F4 U Corsair

[@kamraam1464]

@@rickhunter6513 naaa, mustang has my heart ;)

[@hollywoodghostbusters9869]

The Tomcat will forever be the greatest fighter plane in history to me!

[@オリバーマイ]

日本もF14を購入するべきだった・・・

[@silverbella4271]

Would see these beautiful planes every day when I was on the John F. Kennedy cv-67. When they were on the cat with the deflector up, afterburners on full, it was like a giant had youpressed between his hands and was shaking your whole body. At the least, I wish they could figure a use for the pheonix missile, adapt it to anouther plane or surface to air, something, it was awsome as well. Ya I loved those 'anytime baby' patches to.

[@joekurtz8303]

The capabilities of that missile are classified, till I saw it in Ace Combat 2 on my PS2. A game made in China, I was kinda shocked, still a favorite platform to fly in the game.

[@itsandyme9192]

Beautiful plane. One of my favourites for sure. I haven't even seen Topgun yet. Maybe I should.

[@GojoTSB]

I found out if you start playing this exactly at 0:35 and start playing the very beginning of danger zone the song lines up perfectly with the video

[@Ulleval73]

When you really need to leave in a hurry....use the burner! Tomcat looked badass sitting still...cannot say the same for the F22 or (gag!) the F35!

[@tcar3654]

I agree, but that Raptor is really a badass on another level, and it should be it was conceived about 4 years later so it better be!!!! NOT AS SEXY THO!!!!

[@peterson7082]

Cue the Final Countdown theme.

[@spinynorman887]

Love the Tom! That damn fence you kept focusing on? Not so much.

[@michaelashcraft8569]

I was a Navy Corpsman aboard a Guided Missile Destroyer in Norfolk and on my last few months of service I first saw the Tomcat at NAS Oceana 1974, a TRULY AWESOME experience!!!

[@Hart8888Jennifer]

wonderful❤from japan5 3❤2024🎉5 5❤friendship day coming soon❤😊😊😊😊😊

[@Mikishots]

I will always love this plane more than any other.

[@clinicaleducator1237]

Mav and Goose said it best "I feel the need, the need for speed"!!!!

[@englishpatriot1446]

Possibly the Greatest plane ever built Outstanding.

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

One of the coolest birds ever made

[@kevinwheatcroft]

I still remember the smell of the boat and these big beautiful birds. Used to stand near the fantail and watch the jet mechs test these engines at full burner, strapped down on the stands. The water would be blowing up behind the boat, not sure how far past us, but it seemed like a 100 yds or so! It was an amazing sight to see. Also loved vultures row at night!

[@manyhammers5944]

Kevin Wheatcroft Don't forget the double ear protection

[@mikeames2768]

If you only knew the agony bringing that airplane to fruition I was the first program manager from inception until the catastrophic second flight it was a great airplane regardless

[@kevinwheatcroft]

@@mikeames2768 I bet that was a very satisfying part of your career!

[@Wrangzilla]

I checked into my first Tomcat squadron in Oceana, Va in 1996.....

[@NickolaiVolkov]

It's weird seeing them take off from the ground, though! However, yes, still gorgeous!

[@Davethreshold]

I could stand there and watch that all fricken day until my feet hurt BADLY! 💘

[@philipj7930]

F-14 Tomcat is one of my favourite but no matter what aircraft it is, those afterburners give me goosebumps everytime

[@davidmandziuk8493]

If I ever get the chance I wanna TEABAG an F-35....what a pile of $¥€£..!!!...Damn I need a Tylenol.....MERRY CHRISTMAS

[@1stpettyofficerHardeman]

Every generation should see this in person. The videos take away the excitement of seeing these turkeys fly in person.

[@mchume65]

I was stationed at NAS Miramar 77-81 when the Navy was transitioning from the F-4 Phantom to the brand new F-14 Tomcats.

[@MacNmey]

The Phantoms were pretty bad ass too.

[@jean-fredericgaulard3207]

My favorite! I love that plane ... The most beautiful and skilled jet hunter ever built !!!!

[@bruno84]

This is probably one of the best videos out there when it comes to afterburner sound!

[@cap808]

Sure do miss this beautiful bird. Anytime, baby!

[@Josh-hr5mc]

The all of a sudden climb is still amazing to see

[@umair103pk]

Amazing larger than life jet one of the reason I went after aviation

[@amirhoseinrezaian7899]

F-14 is my favorite air fighter....tnx

[@duaneclough9213]

Always the best and such a shame politics got involved. F4 was just as good. I was also on the Enterprise for almost four years. I got to go to the flightdeck for work. Full afterburner on the cat and your body would shake. And in the North Pacific in winter you felt the heat.

[@usandthem73]

Magnificent Aircraft.

[@danielkovacs98]

I💜 F-14!

[@hawaiidispenser]

Such a beautiful bird.

[@eugenemcheah]

Danger zone plays in my head

[@crodrc51able]

Beautiful. To this day. 👍💪

[@langhammars]

The big spacing between the engines looks so cool with the afterburner lit. I had a poster of an F-14 fully armed with AIM-54's over my bed when I was a little boy. Unfortunately I never got to see one with my own eyes. I had to make do with the Draken, Viggen and the Gripen. :-)

[@Zoydian]

Ah, the Mighty Cat!!! I truly miss these cool jets!!!

[@twstf8905]

Just a walk in the park, Kazansky!

[@AndrewV-tm7ys]

should have played "Danger Zone" for this video haha

[@88997799]

andrew voll Tower this is ghost rider requesting a flyby. Negative ghost rider the pattern is full. No no Mav this is not a good idea. Sorry, Goose… but it’s time to buzz the tower.

[@codyself6988]

Nah, I rather enjoy the engines.

[@tuck7924]

Negative ghost Rider the patterns full.

[@Tiger313NL]

No way, I like the sound of the engines, don't want music ruining that.

[@orion4565]

Loved that tune( & mighty wings) as a lad in ' 86. But the music of them kerosine heaters from hell is just as pleasant to me 😎

[@KA-id4wt]

Americans will never get to see an F14 fly with their own eyes again. That's realy sad.

[@jst1man]

F-14's are always a legendary beautiful site!

[@crusader2.0_loading89]

Best looking plane ever

[@phxlt1994]

My favorite plane of all time.

[@edwinaguilar1227]

That F-14A was from VF-154 Black Knights stationed in NAF Atsugi Japan. I was a jet mechanic on that squadron 1996-1999. It was hard work but fun times.

[@eddiemeza7141]

The hard on of the navy when i was in GO NAVY!!!

[@riaanpotgieter475]

When you are in a hurry and in one of the most awesome fighters in history you put "pedal to the metal" 😼

[@MrAdeo82]

Nie ma piękniejszego myśliwca 😎

[@stevegagnon2687]

The f14 tomcat was the badass of all jets had them aboard the Kennedy when I served in 80s

[@grantgoldberg1663]

Dumbest decision in the history of the U.S. Navy to get rid of that plane.

[@t.l.robinson2162]

I agree. I was in the Navy when the F-14 was replaced by the F/A-18. I was definitely not happy.

[@UlsterHound77]

It's massive, requires an absolute hellish number of maintenance hours, and is expensive as hell.

[@johnmitchell2247]

Lord knows they have made a lot of them.

[@OnxGrid]

Maybe if more foreign countries other than Iran purchase the F-14 USN wouldn't retired the aircraft that early

While the f-14 was a great plane and still couldve had some use, it was slowly starting to get too old even compared to models like the f-15 and f-16, plus its a massive plane which reacquires too many maintainance hours and a lot of money. Another point would be its outdated flight-nav data and other internal systems.