Agreed 100%, Adversaries would simply not engage with USN F-14s. No matter how fancy the MIG was, they ran away as soon as they were able to ID a Tomcat coming right at them.
The whole airwing in pre-low-viz days. KA-6D's, A-7's, and Turkeys in shiny paint. They had personality then. Now it's one grey Hornet after another. I had a neighbor whose brother was a Tomcat pilot back in the '80's. He said his brother said they bent the airplane when the pilot stalled the plane during the dogfight scene.
"You love a lot of things if you live around them, but there isn’t any woman, and there isn’t any horse, nor any before nor any after, that is as lovely as a great airplane, and men who love them are faithful to them even though they leave them for others. A man has only one virginity to lose in fighters, and if it is a lovely plane he loses it to, there his heart will ever be". - Ernest Hemingway August 1944.
@@pumelo1 - Old or new is irrelevant. It's performance that counts and the F-14 Tomcat outperforms all the newer planes the U.S. Navy is using. The F-14 Super Tomcat 21 is what now needs to be built. This Is What Grumman's Proposed F-14 Super Tomcat 21 Would Have Actually Looked Like -- www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29653/this-is-what-grummans-proposed-f-14-super-tomcat-21-would-have-actually-looked-like
the best F-14 video footage is from this movie, Top Gun and the movie Executive Decision. This movie is probably the best. I love it when they dogfight the zeros
When the F-14 was in service, it proved itself and then some. From the middle of its career to near the end of its career, was able to carry out the same type of missions as the F-4 Phantom, when the F-4 was in service. January of 1981, VF-1 and VF-2 from the U.S.S. Ranger CV-61, were 5 minutes away from downtown Tehran, before they were told to abort the mission during the American/Iranian hostage crisis. A total of 4 aircraft carriers and 15 aircraft from each carrier, for a total of 60 aircraft took part in that mission and a total of 244 warships also took part in that mission. Stealth wasn't used back then, because the EA-6's and the E-2's had all of Iran's radar and radio systems neutralized and the A-6's had the air defenses neutralized and the Iranians didn't know that we were in their country, not until the mission was aborted. When Grumman built the F-14 in the late 1960's, by reengineering the F-111, they got it right and wasn't perfect. All the F-14 needed is the same acceleration as the F/A-18 Hornet and the the turning capability of the F/A-18, upgraded electronics, weapons system and radar absorbing paint and the engine that is more suitable for the F-14. Near the end of the F-14 service, was able to carry 20,000 lbs of ordnance.
LOL What are you talking about? F-14 could way out-accelerate the slow laggard F-18. F-18 was slow as hell. It was so draggy and lacked thrust, which meant it could not hit even Mach 1 with payload on while F-14 Tomcat (all variants) could go Mach 1.8 with 6 Phoenixes on because of the aero and thrust advantage. Once they hit 400+ knots, the F-18 would get left 4 - 5 miles. Even with the Tomcat having bombs with Hornets, Tomcats with bombs on could out-accelerate the F-18 with just a center line tank. The Hornets would fall behind getting out of the bombing zone and it is something that was always frustrating for Tomcat pilots. The Tomcats would have to slow down to let the Hornets catch up. While Hornet had a better slow-speed, high AoA one-circle radius fight, F-14 had a much super 2-circle fight over the Hornet and could sustain energy much better. Another way to put it, the Hornet could never win a vertical scissors two-circle fight from a Tomcat no matter who was driving, but if you put a 'Snort' in the Tomcat, he used to eat Hornets for lunch in a turning fight all day no matter who was driving it because he knew how to bleed the Hornet out of energy and get the electronics to limit AoA. Go watch 'Jungle' interview on it at the Tomcast podcast. He said his Super Hornet ate the dust of a KC-10 tanker even when he was in his full afterburner.
Tasnlation: My room is covered with photographs of the F-14 Tomcat. I love him. Traducción: Mi habitación esta cubierta con fotografías del F-14 Tomcat.Lo amo.
@daAnder71 A spanish speaking friend of mine once explained something about the language/culture that made sense. They often refer to inanimate objects as having a 'gender'. So naturally, that's going to literally translate to him/her/he/she rather than it.
My Maintenance Supply Officer in VF-201 Dallas Tx..mid 80's came from Jolly Rodgers Lcdr Culpepper.. In fact he was in direct support of this movie i blv!
mann! so beautiful...These "machines"(including SR 71, TU144,Concorde, MiG 25+Fulcrum&Bison) from the past would be missed badly....These are the old school, raw machines who where more organic than these modern "flying super computers" . And I love to see that She still fly with Iranian air force. Hope she fly for a along time!!!
this aircraft has a 'stance' or 'staunch' factor that no other will ever replicate-it looks like it just wants to get out and punch any other fighter jet in the face !!!
Did this Gentleman do any music work on any of Namco-Bandai's Ace Combat programs? If this is a available music CD, I think I just found the soundtrack to use when I get ACE COMBAT 7!
I was wondering where you got the Film Footage. Nice job putting it together Good Audio and Video. I'm going to make it down to Tuscon Davis Mothan AFB only couple hours from Phoenix and go Visit my Babies [F-14s] this winter
hello ! someone can say me what is the "rope" in front cockpit in 2'29 and the utility ?? thank you ! PS i see again the movie and other planes have too the "rope" but i don't know the plane name...i say "sabre" but not sure.....
Plane "should" have been revamped,refitted with new avionics, she was still a lethal aircraft when retired, she just needed to be redesigned, maybe some stealth features added like radar absorbing paint. It doesn't have to be fully "stealth" able as it's mean the way it is, just can't see wasting such a fine piece of our military prowess. It cost about 140 man hours of labor to get one flight hour. Surely they could have redesigned it I think, refurbished it. Maybe? Who knows....just seems like such a sad waste. My 2 cents.
@daAnder71 that was what Grumman had in mind when they proposed the *Super Tomcat 21* unfortunately the Congress never gave them at least the chance to build a demo and prove it
A tribute to Grumman. It doesnt even look outdated. A bygone of our era.
Beautiful video! She was a queen! No girl has ever had as much grace, style and versatility.
She still does, thee are 44 of them flying in Iran.😊
BEST Final Countdown cut I’ve seen. High quality imagery w/o the distraction of the dialogue from the movie.
Lo mismo ví y me acordé de las escenas de la película
I miss the sound of the Vulcan
Please keep making these tributes we all miss them
i love this fighter jet more than the f22 and f35
F35 is gay, f14 and f16 are the legends
@@arshiaaghajani8387 to me,f15 and f14 was legend...
@@arshiaaghajani8387 F35 is gay 😂😂
F22 Raptor ❤️
the raptor and lightning || are like an compact suv while the tomcat is like a dodge demon
Best tribute to F-14. Love that movie too :-)
that is such a beautiful set of footage; combined with the music choice, it is outstanding!
Real footage like this blows away CGI.
they don't make movies like these anymore, or footage at all like that.
Yes
Remembering the best plane in the fleet!
The most beautiful and the baddest fighter ever made. Period.
Agreed! F-14 pilots were also the best fighter pilots.
Your comment's on point.
Jep, my favourite too!
Beautiful and deadly at the same time.
And the only fighter jet carrying the Aim-54 Phoenix Missile.
A loss for the NAVY...
I agree with you 100%. 😎👍
Agreed 100%, Adversaries would simply not engage with USN F-14s. No matter how fancy the MIG was, they ran away as soon as they were able to ID a Tomcat coming right at them.
The whole airwing in pre-low-viz days. KA-6D's, A-7's, and Turkeys in shiny paint. They had personality then. Now it's one grey Hornet after another.
I had a neighbor whose brother was a Tomcat pilot back in the '80's. He said his brother said they bent the airplane when the pilot stalled the plane during the dogfight scene.
One of the best video compilations of naval aviation ever created, that is before Top Gun Maverick anyway.
Such a gorgeous plane
"You love a lot of things if you live around them, but there isn’t any woman, and there isn’t any horse, nor any before nor any after, that is as lovely as a great airplane, and men who love them are faithful to them even though they leave them for others. A man has only one virginity to lose in fighters, and if it is a lovely plane he loses it to, there his heart will ever be". - Ernest Hemingway August 1944.
Upgrade The Cat & Bring Her Back!!😺💗
Please
Its too old. The F-14 was upgraded to F-14D and is end. Time will not stop
@@pumelo1 - Old or new is irrelevant. It's performance that counts and the F-14 Tomcat outperforms all the newer planes the U.S. Navy is using. The F-14 Super Tomcat 21 is what now needs to be built. This Is What Grumman's Proposed F-14 Super Tomcat 21 Would Have Actually Looked Like -- www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29653/this-is-what-grummans-proposed-f-14-super-tomcat-21-would-have-actually-looked-like
That canopy needs a redesign for sure, horrible visibility from the cockpit.
the best F-14 video footage is from this movie, Top Gun and the movie Executive Decision. This movie is probably the best. I love it when they dogfight the zeros
The final countdown had bad ass f14 scenes also
Simply, BAD ASS!...I'm glad they're on our side, man!!!
World had to wait only 50 years to see another better than the almighty F-14 jet fighter (F-35)…….!!!!
And jury is still out on that!!!
TOM CATS FOREVER!
Both ost n jet are my favourites, deserves that like button
Great photo and good edition....top plane, we are all going to miss it!
Well done. Great video of one of the sexiest fighters ever to grace the skies.
legends never die
I was the radar shop supervisor in a Tomcat outfit. VF-301 at NAS Miramar.
Amazing footage and music!!!!
Love F-14 Tomcat from China. This fighter is the most beautiful plane that has ever been made in human history.
My dad, Ed Norton used to work on F-14s aboard "Big E" / U.S.S. Enterprise / cvn65 he was chief mechanic on many WesPac tours during the 70's & 80's.
When the F-14 was in service, it proved itself and then some. From the middle of its career to near the end of its career, was able to carry out the same type of missions as the F-4 Phantom, when the F-4 was in service. January of 1981, VF-1 and VF-2 from the U.S.S. Ranger CV-61, were 5 minutes away from downtown Tehran, before they were told to abort the mission during the American/Iranian hostage crisis. A total of 4 aircraft carriers and 15 aircraft from each carrier, for a total of 60 aircraft took part in that mission and a total of 244 warships also took part in that mission. Stealth wasn't used back then, because the EA-6's and the E-2's had all of Iran's radar and radio systems neutralized and the A-6's had the air defenses neutralized and the Iranians didn't know that we were in their country, not until the mission was aborted. When Grumman built the F-14 in the late 1960's, by reengineering the F-111, they got it right and wasn't perfect. All the F-14 needed is the same acceleration as the F/A-18 Hornet and the the turning capability of the F/A-18, upgraded electronics, weapons system and radar absorbing paint and the engine that is more suitable for the F-14. Near the end of the F-14 service, was able to carry 20,000 lbs of ordnance.
LOL What are you talking about? F-14 could way out-accelerate the slow laggard F-18. F-18 was slow as hell. It was so draggy and lacked thrust, which meant it could not hit even Mach 1 with payload on while F-14 Tomcat (all variants) could go Mach 1.8 with 6 Phoenixes on because of the aero and thrust advantage. Once they hit 400+ knots, the F-18 would get left 4 - 5 miles. Even with the Tomcat having bombs with Hornets, Tomcats with bombs on could out-accelerate the F-18 with just a center line tank. The Hornets would fall behind getting out of the bombing zone and it is something that was always frustrating for Tomcat pilots. The Tomcats would have to slow down to let the Hornets catch up. While Hornet had a better slow-speed, high AoA one-circle radius fight, F-14 had a much super 2-circle fight over the Hornet and could sustain energy much better. Another way to put it, the Hornet could never win a vertical scissors two-circle fight from a Tomcat no matter who was driving, but if you put a 'Snort' in the Tomcat, he used to eat Hornets for lunch in a turning fight all day no matter who was driving it because he knew how to bleed the Hornet out of energy and get the electronics to limit AoA. Go watch 'Jungle' interview on it at the Tomcast podcast. He said his Super Hornet ate the dust of a KC-10 tanker even when he was in his full afterburner.
Just lovely! F - 14 Tom Cat Forever 👍💖
Most beautiful fighterjet
Is pretty, but Sukhoi SU-27 is most beautiful.
What a beautiful machine! This and the Su-27/35 are my absolute favorites.
I love F14
This is a kick ass vid! Long live the king of fighters! Any time baby!!
Jolly Rogers squadroon onboard in USS Enterprise (CVN 68).
The overall layout and aerodynamic layout of the F-14 is quite good.VF-84 is cool!
They're VFA-103 now
@@East_Coast_Toasty_Boy I know.
i love the song choice 😎🔥👍💪🤘
best navy fighter!!
ユニコーンの音楽がいい味だしてるね
Tasnlation:
My room is covered with photographs of the F-14 Tomcat. I love him.
Traducción:
Mi habitación esta cubierta con fotografías del F-14 Tomcat.Lo amo.
@daAnder71 A spanish speaking friend of mine once explained something about the language/culture that made sense. They often refer to inanimate objects as having a 'gender'. So naturally, that's going to literally translate to him/her/he/she rather than it.
The F-14 is my favorite carrier based fighter jet along with Vought F-8 Crusader
The Tomcat and the Intruder were the boys. GREAT naval planes. With all due respect to the F-18 it cant properly fill the voids left by F-14 and A-6.
Jolly Rogers, my fave squad.
My Maintenance Supply Officer in VF-201 Dallas Tx..mid 80's came from Jolly Rodgers Lcdr Culpepper.. In fact he was in direct support of this movie i blv!
Best and the most Beautiful jetfighter EVER !!! #F14FOREVER
mann! so beautiful...These "machines"(including SR 71, TU144,Concorde, MiG 25+Fulcrum&Bison) from the past would be missed badly....These are the old school, raw machines who where more organic than these modern "flying super computers" . And I love to see that She still fly with Iranian air force. Hope she fly for a along time!!!
this is Gundam music, with F14 footage, epic
I always love the F-14.
Tomcat - the most beautyful fighter of the world
Beautifulest bird ever!!!!!
Saw F-14, had to click. Then I saw SAWANO HIROYUKI???? Couldn't click more lol
this aircraft has a 'stance' or 'staunch' factor that no other will ever replicate-it looks like it just wants to get out and punch any other fighter jet in the face !!!
Did this Gentleman do any music work on any of Namco-Bandai's Ace Combat programs? If this is a available music CD, I think I just found the soundtrack to use when I get ACE COMBAT 7!
They don't make them like that anymore. This is my favorite plane.
Kinda weird the track by this Japanese genius of a composer suits the movie where Japanese Zeros got rekted by Tomcats so well.
Tom-cat’s, are the best fighters ever produced.👍
戦闘機最強のポジションを維持したまま退役した伝説の名機。
いつ見ても、どの角度から見てもカッコイイ❗️
! BCG rodrigo from brazil friends!
Ohh my Tomcat 🖤
Cool movie✈️👍. I saw it in on the big screen when it came out🎥... where has time gone? (pun imtended)
Beautiful!
The greatest Tomcat aircraft of the US Navy
Was a big movie hit in quite a few movies as well as shows like JAG
Bravo...........the footage.
I was wondering where you got the Film Footage. Nice job putting it together Good Audio and Video. I'm going to make it down to Tuscon Davis Mothan AFB only couple hours from Phoenix and go Visit my Babies [F-14s] this winter
Wait Gundam unicorn music?! This made this 10x better!
The best Tomcat records in the hands of Iranian pilots in the war with Iraqi pilots
💪💪
Well that was pretty effing awesome…!
Superbe.....Merci!!
hello ! someone can say me what is the "rope" in front cockpit in 2'29 and the utility ?? thank you ! PS i see again the movie and other planes have too the "rope" but i don't know the plane name...i say "sabre" but not sure.....
What a beauty figter!
What differences betwenn f -14 and f - 15 and f- 18 ?!
F18 killed f14
最高に美しい機体。この機が現役の時はまだ幼くて飛行してる姿が見れなかったのが残念です。
To this day, no fighter has filled the f-14’s role, so, was it retired to early?
Final countdown better F14 flying action than TOPGUN without Tom cruise. and there is no LASER weapon shoot. ehehehe
My favorite plane ever made.
“Splitting the throttles..” - TG:M.
Tomcat Destroyed Saddam dreams
King Of Sky
Defender of the fleet, never forgotten.
Jesses.... The music.... Who did this to the cats
The most beautiful girl in the Sky.
If it's even possible for a Tomcat to look more badass, it's with the skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger on the tail. ☠
LARS, IS YOUR DAD ADMIRAL ERNIE CHRISTENSEN? IF SO HE WAS MY COMMANDER IN VF-114 AARDVARKS NAS MIRAMAR 1979-1981
Super star in the movie TOP GUN
Ein schönes Flugzeug.Man könnte ihn modernisieren. Ich vermisse ihn.
My favorite fighter
I personally like the f-15 and f-22 more but God damn is this nice
I have always wondered how the pilot adjust the wing angle. Or is it automatic ?
they do yes
It’s done automatically by the planes computer but the pilot can override it
2:56 Awesome!
Remember when times were good?
Gundam soundtrack nice 👍.
Tomcat primary weapon: looks.
having a hard time finding a gen 4 fighter that is prettier. Actually.. the Corsair and Spitfire are the 2 fighters that are beautiful as much as this
The phantom is pretty cool too
The lamborghini countach of the sky.
i love this jet
Phoenix never die!!
US naval aviation dominance has weakend without the F14!
beautiful plane
The ultimate bad ass jet forever
Plane "should" have been revamped,refitted with new avionics, she was still a lethal aircraft when retired, she just needed to be redesigned, maybe some stealth features added like radar absorbing paint. It doesn't have to be fully "stealth" able as it's mean the way it is, just can't see wasting such a fine piece of our military prowess. It cost about 140 man hours of labor to get one flight hour. Surely they could have redesigned it I think, refurbished it. Maybe? Who knows....just seems like such a sad waste. My 2 cents.
@daAnder71 Has anybody ever told you you're an asshole? And there's two more cents for ya...keep the change.
@daAnder71 that was what Grumman had in mind when they proposed the *Super Tomcat 21* unfortunately the Congress never gave them at least the chance to build a demo and prove it
Todo un Tomcat, hermoso como terrorifico
なんて素晴らしい映像でしょう！
Best fighter ever
I love this plane 💖💖💖