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Grumman
F-14A "Tomcat"
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The F-14 was designed to fulfill the missions of clearing contested airspace and protecting strike forces, defending the carrier fleet, and secondary attack of tactical ground targets.
This two-seat carrier-based fighter utilizes variable-sweep wings to provide good aerodynamic performance at both low and high speeds. A Mach Sweep Programmer selects the optimum sweep angle based on speed and altitude. The aircraft has twin vertical tails with rudders and all-flying horizontal tails. The large rectangular inlets utilize variable multiple shock ramps for good supersonic performance.
The F-14A at the Western Museum of Flight was accepted by the Navy on
February 18, 1976. A fire in the right hand engine on May 7, 1979
structurally weakened the aircraft, causing it to be relegated as a maintenance
trainer for most of its service life. The aircraft was last stationed
at Naval Air Station Miramar.
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Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York |
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64.1 feet unswept (20 deg)
38.2 feet swept (68 deg) |
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62.0 feet |
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16.0 feet |
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40,104 pounds |
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74,349 pounds |
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Mach 2.34 (max. design Mach Number) |
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Above 56,000 feet |
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(2) Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-414A
(20,900 # thrust with afterburning) |
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(1) GE M61-A1 Vulcan 20mm gun
(4) Sparrow air-to-air missiles Phoenix air-to-air missiles One wing pylon per side for various stores (maximum external store weight of 14,500 pounds) |
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Over 500 F-14A version |

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