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The Grumman F-14 Tomcat was a supersonic swing-wing fighter which entered service with the US Navy in 1974, and the Iranian Air Force in 1977.There were three major versions of the Tomcat: F-14A, F-14B, and F-14D with improved engines and additional capabilities on each version. The Tomcat saw combat with the USN and IRIAF and was successful in every case.
The F-14 was armed with 1 x 20mm Vulcan cannon and up to 8 missiles (F-14D) including AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder, and AIM-54 Phoenix.
This example is an F-14A of VF-32 US Navy circa 1983.
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danyboz [2010-07-10 08:55:58 +0000 UTC]
Do you know the "Buck Danny" comics?
This plane and "Swordsmen" squadron are used in one of his adventures
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Claveworks In reply to danyboz [2010-07-10 09:16:58 +0000 UTC]
I did not know about him - he looks heroic, a bit like Dan Dare...
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danyboz In reply to Claveworks [2010-07-28 06:10:36 +0000 UTC]
And me... I didn't know about Dan Dare
But you're right, they've such a same look...
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