Unapred se izvinjavam ako su neke fotografije ranije postavljene.Nisam mogao da im odolim jer po meni jedan od najlepših aviona-lični stav.F-14D
F-14D Miramar 1995
F-14A Persijski zaliv 1998
F-14B iznad Atlantika Oktobra 2004.
Citat:When the Grumman F-14 Tomcat flew its last mission in February, an era of naval aviation ended that we aren’t likely to see again. The F-14 is the heaviest—and probably the most famous—fighter ever to be catapulted from a carrier. Nothing in the fleet today can match the long reach of its radar or the clobber of the six Phoenix missiles it could carry.
Victor Daedalovich walked out onto the sunny tarmac. The brightness of the sun and the heat from the Californian summer made him wince, even behind the sunglasses that helped hide his features from any prying eyes. But it was not the glare that bothered him, but the broken finger in his left hand, the result of a botched attempt to neutralise the F-14 pilot he was replacing.
RAW ACCOUNT OF MY FIRST FLIGHT IN THE F-14 TOMCAT -- 19 SEPTEMBER 1980. I EXPERIENCED THE POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THE SOPHISTICATION. ALSO GOT A LESSON OR TWO THAT REMINDED ME I WAS A "NUGGET." BESIDES PUTTING YOU IN THE COCKPIT OF THE MIGHTY TOMCAT, THIS WILL GIVE A SENSE OF THE TRAINING SQUADRON ENVIRONMENT.
Citat:It was sort of a fighter pilot’s dream on an
intercept [mission]. That capability has not been
matched, and won’t be. We don’t have it
anymore.
rej odlicni tekstovi o macoru...pogotovo ovaj citat....
Dopuna: 28 Feb 2012 21:21
VF-84 Jolly Rogers давне 1989 на Ф14А...
Dopuna: 28 Feb 2012 21:43
чувени 80ти мачор кога америка нкада није испоручила Ирану иако је иран тражио да се испоручи јер је тај авион плаћен....
Сликано 1990 године...
Исти авион сликан 1993 године
Dopuna: 28 Feb 2012 21:46
Иранци никада нису дозволили совјетима да приђу мачорима, иако се веровало да су им послали спецификације и дозволили стручњацима да анализирају овај изузетни авион...
Стварно не знам шта је било са тим мачором, вероватно је и он исецкан...мада ко ће их знати, чепркао сам по америчким форумима и тамо еј неки лик рекао да је одређен број томкета послат у аризону и са да су конзервирани...
Citat:Air and ground crews were trained in the USA from before the first deliveries of the Tomcat to Iran. 79 new-build aircraft were delivered before the Shah's downfall in the Iranian Revolution and his death from cancer not long afterward. The 80th Iranian Tomcat was retained stateside by the US Navy. 284 of the 714 Phoenix missiles on order were also delivered. These were simplified versions of the missile, lacking the electronic counter-countermeasures capabilities of their US Navy equivalents.
почетком 90тих, Оман
