On Oct. 1, 1995, few days after filming the flying sequences, the Jolly Rogers of VF-84 were disbanded ... “The Final Countdown” features some F-14 of the Jolly Rogers, two of those find ...

This was the longest serving F-14 Tomcat in the U.S. Navy ... VF-101 Grim Reapers at NAS Oceana. In the 1983-84 timeframe, the aircraft arrived at VF-14 Tophatters (as “AE 104”) who operated ...

(Photo: U.S. Navy) In 2001 the F-14As of VF-14 “Tophatters” and VF-41 “Black Aces” were embarked on USS Enterprise on their last cruise with the Tomcat. They were on the closest carrier to ...

Four more F-14s—from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed “Jolly Rogers ... Described as an “Evolutionary” upgrade of the F-14, the ST21 (Super Tomcat for the 21st Century) would ...

U.S. Navy//Getty Images A F-14 Tomcat assigned to VF-14 lands on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, 1999. A laser guided bomb is visible underneath the cockpit. The combination of the long-range AWG-9 ...

The F-14 Tomcat was a Cold War fighter first deployed ... Heavily based on the design of the F-14, Macross’ designers clearly fashioned the VF-1 as a homage to Grumman’s fighter, taking ...

The F-14 Tomcat is one of military aviation’s most ... In 1981, two F-14s from VF-41 shot down two Libyan Su-22 fighters in ...

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. - The F-14 Tomcat recently joined the ranks of military exhibits along Hap Arnold Boulevard. The Navy fighter aircraft is armed with Sidewinder missiles that are ...