First Operational F-14A Tomcats on USS Enterprise - March 18, 1974

The F-4 Phantom II was to be replaced by the navy's new all-weather swing-wing fighter. This footage from the National Archives shows the first operational squadrons (VF-1 and VF-2) to take off and land on a US Navy carrier.
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) having been refitted at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, was able to operate the new fighters off the West Coast. All footage is from March 18, 1974.

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Man I really wish they didn't decommission the F14 Tomcat it was an awesome fighter.

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Absolute enjoyable to watch,thanks for sharing,these are rare videos

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ahhhhh i love this plane

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It's amazing how much shorter the take off looks from the helicopter flying next to the ship.

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MIRAMAR based VF 1 and. VF 2 when it was a Navy base and home of Topgun

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Great video
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