Tag: F-14A Tomcat
“Our wingman F-14’ engine then stalled again, and in the ensuing melee I watched him cross-planform directly in front of the tanker — I instinctively ducked, waiting for the ensuing fireball that would kill us all,” VF-154 Black Knights RIO Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was a huge success for the F-14 squadrons committed to...
‘"Gordo" yelled "Eject, Eject, Eject!" while I was doing my best to keep the jet stable to ensure that we were in a good envelope so when we punched out the 'chutes would work as advertised,' Chad Vincelette, former F-14A Tomcat pilot with VF-154 Black Knights. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was a huge success...
“Bad storm yesterday came through SD. Seemed to have shifted on the deck.” As we have reported, on Feb. 14, 2019 F-14A Tomcat BuNo 159631 was lifted aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) aircraft carrier in San Diego for Top Gun: Maverick production. Tom Cruise and the movie crew...
Stenciled on the tails of VF-1's Wichita 103 were the words “El Coyote”. This Tomcat scored the first recorded air-to-air kill against an Iraqi helicopter in Desert Storm. After a four-day port call at Subic Bay in the Philippines, the USS Ranger set sail on Jan. 3, 1991 for the Persian Gulf,...
‘The AWG-9 enabled us to engage at ranges that F-15 pilots could only dream of. We could even use AIM-7s and AIM-9s at longer ranges than the Eagle,’ Maj Ali former IIAF F-14 Tomcat pilot Iran's inability to prevent overflights by Soviet MiG-25Rs is said by many Western observers to have been...
According to some Facebook rumors, the F-14 Tomcat in Top Gun: Maverick will play the role of enemy aircraft The interesting photos in this post show Tom Cruise and Miles Teller on location for ‘Top Gun: Maverick‘ in Lake Tahoe. As reported by Hollywood Pipeline (click here to check out more photos), Cruise,...
The actor appeared to be filming a dramatic scene (possibly after having ejected from his aircraft), as he also donned his famed red and white helmet as he fell through the snow Tom Cruise has been busy filming the Top Gun sequel since September, 32 years after the original action movie was released.
“In this particular mission, not only were we refueling at night, but we were doing so on top of a thunderstorm,” Keith “Virus” Schomig, former F-14A Tomcat RIO with VF-211 Checkmates Taken by former Tomcat RIO Keith “Virus” Schomig from the cockpit of his F-14 in February 2002, the cool video in this...
Accurate or not, Top Gun does portray one thing to a tee, namely the supreme confidence and nerve of the young naval aviator and naval flight officer. Fly Navy! Author David G Powers examines the ejection scene from the legendary movie Top Gun and asks how well this stands up to examination in real life in Issue 13 “Grumman F-14 Tomcat” of...
Kleemann waited about 5 seconds for the Libyan to clear the sun, then pulled the trigger The following article titled Sudden Victory, The Gulf of Sidra Incident of August 1981 and written by LCdr. Joseph T. Stanik, USN (Ret.) appeared in July-August 1996 issue of Naval Aviation News. When Libyan aircraft unsuccessfully attempted to shoot down a U.S. plane conducting reconnaissance...
