What is an F-14 Tomcat?
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a fourth-generation, supersonic, twinjet, two-seat, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy’s Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program following the collapse of the F-111B project.
What is the range of missiles launched from F-14 missiles?
Launching the missiles is the same as for the Sidewinders, but there is no growling sound and the max shooting range are larger: up to 30+ nm for the AIM-7_Sparrow and 100+ nm for the AIM-54_Phoenix . Bombs: NB: only the development branch of the F-14 has this capabilities. In all other versions the bombs are displayed, but cannot be triggered.
How do you trigger a bomb in the F-14 Tomcat?
Bombs: NB: only the development branch of the F-14 has this capabilities. In all other versions the bombs are displayed, but cannot be triggered. Select the right weapons set using the menu: Tomcat Controls > Fuel and Stores: “Bombcat” has 4 Mk83 bombs.
What is the VDI on a F-14?
The F-14 uses a Vertical Display Indicator (VDI) as the primary attitude reference instrument; there is a standby ADI just to the right. The center screen has a top part representing the sky and an artificially generated ground representation.
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. It was the first such U.S. jet fighter with twin tails.
What happened to the ASF-14 Tomcat?
The ASF-14 would have been a new-build aircraft; however, its projected capabilities were not that much better than that of the (A)ST-21 variants. In the end, the Attack Super Tomcat was considered to be too costly. The Navy decided to pursue the cheaper F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to fill the fighter-attack role.
Why does the military still shred F-14 Tomcats?
^ a b “Pentagon shreds F-14s to keep parts from enemies.” Archived 10 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine AP, 2 July 2007. Retrieved: 8 December 2009. ^ “Last of the Navy’s F-14 Tomcats head for shredder; 11 remain in desert storage” (PDF).
What was the last F-14B Upgrade?
The modified aircraft became known as F-14B Upgrade. The final variant of the F-14 was the F-14D Super Tomcat. The F-14D variant was first delivered in 1991. The original Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines were replaced with General Electric F110-GE-400 engines, similar to the F-14B.