F-14 TOMCAT
Wing span: 64 feet unswept; 38 feet swept
Length: 62 feet 7 inches
Height: 16 feet
Weight: Empty: 40,104 pounds
Maximum take-off: 74,348 pounds
Speed: Maximum: 1,544 mph
Cruise: 576 mph
Ceiling: More than 56,000 feet
Power plant: Two Pratt and Whitney TF-30-P412A turbofan engines with
afterburners; F-14B and F-14D: F-110-GE-400 augmented turbofan engines
with afterburner
Crew: two
Contractor: Grumman Aerospace
F-14 Tomcat, sleek, powerful, deadly, and the real star of the movie Top
Gun. The F-14 Tomcat followed a history of "Cats" in the military. The F-4F
Wildcat and the F-6F Hellcat that fought in the skies years before the
Tomcat ever bit the air. In the late 1960's, the U.S Navy decided to decided
to focus on an aircraft dedicated to fleet defense. Grumman had already
begun developing the F-14, and was definitely headed for a "Cat"
designation. The person responsible for this project was Admiral Tom
Conolly, Deputy Chief, Naval Operations for Air. The aircraft was dubbed
"Tom's Cat" long before the official name of "Tomcat" was ever adopted.
(novia.net, 1999)
Overall, the Navy's Grumman F-14 Tomcat is without equal among
today's Free World fighters. Six long-range AIM-54A Phoenix missiles can be
guided against six separate threat aircraft at long range by the F-14's AWG-9
weapons control system. For medium-range combat, Sparrow missiles are
carried; Sidewinders and a 20mm are available for dogfighting. In the latter
role, the Tomcat's variable-sweep wings give the F-14 a combat maneuvering
capability that could not have been achieved with a "standard" fixed
planform wing. (history.navy, 1999)
In full forward-sweep position,the wings provided the lift needed for
slow-speed flight, especially needed during carrier landings. In swept-back
positions, the wings blend into the aircraft, giving the F-14 Tomcat a
dart-like silhouette for high-speed, super-sonic flight (using Pratt & Whitney
TF30-P-412A Turbofans). (novia.net. 1999)
By 1972, the first of the F-14 Tomcat's off the production line were
sent to the US . In October of 1972, two squadrons were formed with the
F-14 Tomcat to begin flight operations. (novia.net, 1999) All in all,
fourteen aircraft were used for the development program. The fully
proven F-14 was introduced to the fleet only 51 month after contract
award! (Anft, 1998)
The F-14 Tomcat was designed to carry a million dollar missile, the
Phoenix . The AIM-54 Phoenix has a range of over 100 miles and sole
purpose was to destroy Soviet bombers. The F-14 Tomcat program came
down to a test at the Naval Missile Test Center at Point Mugu, CA in
November, 1973. The Pentagon wanted an aircraft that could take on six
different targets at once, and on that day in November, the Tomcat
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