F-14 Tomcat

Hello guys,

Thanks for all the info and photographs, your help is much appriciated.#
I’m also searching for information regarding the home bases of the carriers, where the tomcats are operating from. And information is needed of al the home bases of the F-14 Tomcats. From now and the early years. 🙂
And engine information of the Pratt & Whitney TF-30P-414A or General Electric F-110-GE-400 is needed.

Many thanks on forehand,
Best regards, Ramon

F-14 Tomcat Photographs wanted!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello all,

Maybe someone can help me with this one. For my F-14 website…….
I’m searching for photographs of the F-14, from the followinbg squadrons. I searched allready the web, but I’m searching for some photographs from private collections, that you are maybe willing to share. Every photograph will be provided with the right credits and Copyrights. And that is also the reason that I dont copy paste them from the internet.

1) The first F-14 Tomcats, and the first flights.
2) Photos from the Project 303.
3) VF-103 Jolly Rogers/Sluggers squadron, with the VF-103 Markings on it from the “Sluggers” time.
4) And more photographs are needed of the VF-33 (Starfighters) and the VF-114 (Aardvarks) squadrons.

Hope to hear from you soon. Reply’s can also be done via my mail.

Many thanks in advance.
Best Regards, Ramon

Hi Ramon,

Although I’m quite interested in the US Navy and Tomcats, I have never heard of VF-1485, VF-1486 or VF-1285.

Can you tell us anything about them? Like when they existed or where they were based?

Somehow, these do not look like real US Navy squadrons to me. Could they be fictional squadrons made up for movies, TV series or books?

Cheers, Transall.

Hello Transall,

No, the squadrons where quite real squadrons 😉
The VF-1285 existed from 1980 (?) – 1994 (?) and they flew a mix of VF301 and VF302 F-14’s before they where disasteblished.
The VF-1485 existed from 1980 – 1994 (?) and flew with VF-142 F-14’s
And last bud not least.. 😉 …….the VF-1486 existed from 1980 – early 1990s and was provided with F-14’s from the VF-101 squadron……

Hope this helps, if other info known, please let me know.
Best regards, Ramon 😀

F-14 Tomcat Unit/Name

VF-1 wolfpack
VF-2 bounty hunters
VF-11 red rippers
VF-14 top hatters
VF-21 freelancers
VF-24 renegades
VF-31 tomcatters
VF-32 swordsmen
VF-33 starfighters
VF-41 black aces
VF-51 screaming eagles
VF-74 bedevilers
VF-84 jolly rogers
VF-101 grim reapers
VF-102 diamondbacks
VF-103 jolly rogers?
VF-111 sundowners
VF-124 gunfighters
VF-142 ghost riders
VF-143 Pukin dogs
VF-154 black knights
VF-201 hunters
VF-202 superheats
VF-211 checkmates
VF-213 black lions
VF-301 devil’s disciples
VF-302 stallions
VX-4 test

i think that is about it!

Also if u want to make the Site really stand out try looking around for a video of the f-14 vs f-15 flyoff for iran i have seen it twice once on the history channed and the second time at my friend’s house .

Hello,

Thanks for the help, there are still some small squadrons (like the VX-9, Topgun, VX-30, PMTC, NATC)…. 😉 But anyway thanks for the help.
I don’t now which video you mean, I’m living in the netherlands, and don’t receive the history channel. I have allready a small collection of 5 MPG’s of a Tomcat (F-14 with F-18 flying inverted, F-14 Soundbarrier, F-14 Soundbarrier and than an Engine explosion in-air, etc.) But if you see it again, or have any other info of the Tomcat, please dont hasitate to mail me.

Best regards, Ramon.

Hello,

Thanks for all the support…
I will try to do my best, I hope it will be finished in April/May 2005
First a lot of research……..and I know that the great website of Thorsten Anft is hard to beat. But that is not my goal, it just has to be a great tribute and database for the beautifull F-14 Tomcat. And hopefully it will be visited like that way.
Any help is appriciated………

Best Regards, Ramon