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Description F-14A 160408 of VF-11, CVW-6, Coded "AE" 104, assigned to the USS Forrestal.

All east coast F-14's were home based at NAS Oceana. Photographed at Luke AFB.
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BOBSZY [2010-09-21 06:48:05 +0000 UTC]

Mock AIM-9?

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F16CrewChief In reply to BOBSZY [2010-09-21 07:55:28 +0000 UTC]

No. A captive AIM-9 for training. The blue color means that it is a training round. There is a live seeker head/ G&C, but no warhead or rocket motor.

Live missiles would have a brown band for the rocket motor and yellow for the warhead.

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BOBSZY In reply to F16CrewChief [2010-09-21 16:25:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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F16CrewChief In reply to BOBSZY [2010-09-23 22:35:58 +0000 UTC]

sure!

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