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Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. (Sept. 25, 2004) - An F-14B Tomcat assigned to the "Red Rippers" of Fighter Squadron Eleven (VF-11), conducts a high-speed pass at the conclusion of the tactical air power demonstration at the 2004 "In Pursuit of Liberty," Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show.
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The Final Countdown (1980) - a Mitsubishi A6M Zero replica (actually a dressed-up North American T-6 Texan) with two F-14A Tomcats of Carrier Air Wing 8, Fighter Squadron 84 "Jolly Rogers".
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GREAT Movie......loved it!!
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060728-N-7241L-004 Atlantic Ocean (July 28, 2006) – Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31), aircraft number 112, completes the final catapult launch of an F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft. The last launch marks the end of an era for Naval Aviation. The F-14 will officially retire in September 2006, after 32 years of service to the fleet. Theodore Roosevelt is completing Joint Task Force Exercises with USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Laird (RELEASED)
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F14 in company with F18 of Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2) also known as the "Bounty Hunters". USN F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. Their tail code is NE and their callsign is "Bullet".
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A VF-32 "Swordsmen" F-14A Tomcat aircraft, foreground, maintains position during an in-flight refueling with a U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Desert Shield. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is operating in the Red Sea
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Jolly Roger’s. After transition to F-14 the squadron embarked on first cruise on Nimitz in Dec 1977. In 1979 unit was first TARPS capable Sqn. In 1980 it participated in motion picture The Final Countdown which made skull-and-crossbones-adorned F-14's to international stardom.
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