One of the launches of the final fly-off of the Tomcat off a carrier. USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71, Atlantic Ocean, shot by yours truly with a Sony DSC-P200 on March 10th, 2006.
Way back, my flight instructor was an ex Tomcat jockey; flying 172s to keep his hours up. I asked him whether it was really as much fun as it looked.' He got a grin that went from ear-to-ear, looked out the windscreeen and said "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, YES!"
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I love the sleek and modern look of the F35, which gives me a feeling of precision and tact. The F14, on the other hand, radiates a feeling of agression and sheer fucking power.
It's so much better to see this in very low light conditions; especially when full AB kicks in. RIP F-14 Tomcat. There definitely was a lot of headwind for this launch. More than typical. Just look at the wave crests. I proudly served on CV-43, CV-60, & CVN-71.
@@abhinavgreddy 🇺🇸 TY! - I definitely had a great experience being in the USN. At times it did get a little stressful but overall I'm grateful for that opportunity. I was an Aviation Electronics Technician and pretty much had hands on contact with all aircraft models that are assigned to an aircraft carrier: commonly referred to as the *Carrier Air Wing* (CVW). The Tomcat and Hornet (F/A-18C) were my favorite to be around. When I became a civilian again I took advantage of the G.I. Bill that I signed up for. The money from that and some Federal Pell Grants I recieved pretty much paid for my Bachelor of Science Degree. All I had to do was show up for class and pass, lol. 🇺🇸
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Thanks for your service! I spent 8 years in the Army, but I had a couple of memorable "cruises" on board Navy ships (USS Paul Revere and USS Ogden), and as a security guard after ETS I had the privilege of working on a couple of Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates at Todd shipyard in Seattle, as they were being fitted out. These were the HMAS Darwin and the USS Vandegrift. Beautiful ships, now broken up and sinkexed, respectively.
I love the hand signals. You see him telling the pilot all his controls are moving telling him to go afterburner making sure everyone is clear and then giving the ready signal to the launch man at the controls of the catapult.
I was on the Roosevelt from 90-93. The first Desert Storm. I was an AO (Aviation Ordnanceman) the worked on the flight deck. My job was to bring bombs and missles up from the hangar deck to the flight deck and bring them around to the "Bomb Farm". From there we would issue them out to the squadrons so their crews could load up the planes and get the ready do what they had to do. Nice memories of the take offs. Ty for posting this
I was an EW on the USS America during Desert Storm working 16 hours a day, I remember it like it was yesterday. I had the hottest girlfriend ever waiting for me when I got back!!!
I was on Leyte Gulf (CG-55) during Desert Storm and we were stationed about a mile off your stern during flight ops, in case one of your planes went in the water. Good times!!
To see the Tomcat was breathtaking ,and even more in the air. Its just something about the old girl that makes me fall in love over and over agin. - "Gypsy"
I remember about 1981, I had a teacher who was not only a former Luftwaffe pilot but he worked for the Navy. I was just a kid and I was about to say what an awesome fighter the Tomcat is. He then told the class that is was a big lemon. I don't know the truth of it all but that's my memory.
Initially with its first set of engines, it had a quite a bit of teething issues- they were unreliable at best, and underpowered. However by the 90s, new engines were installed and avionics upgraded to match the rest of the teen series- it was as good as they come by that point.
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I was just recommended this in 2023. I was a Blacklion from 1997-2001. We made the transition from west to east coast in VB and from Alphas to Deltas. What a great fking time to be a Blacklion and what a great time to be alive. RIP Mark “Shaker” Adamshick. You were the best. Fair winds and following seas shipmate.
Lovely capture. That beauty was sent to AMARG and cut up sad to say. Her sister Lion 204 resides in the NAS Pensacola museum. They painted her in the colors of Lion 200.
Not strange at all, US sell it to Iran when it still under Pahlevi Regime. On that time Iran was one of the US allies and importantly Iran do share border with USSR. Its why for strategical purpose the US offer their relatively new F-15 and F-14 to Iran. Iran millitary choose F-14 over F-15. Iran buy 80 Tomcats, tons of spare parts, and 284 Phoenix missiles, but then there is a Revolution in 1979, Pahlevi got overthrown and it end the friendly relationship with US. Newly founded Islamic Republic of Iran was Hostile to both USSR and US, so that US stop the Tomcat delivery to Iran, when Iranian Air force already got 79 of them. Later on Iranian Tomcat have relatively succesfull career & performance during Iran-Iraq war with high kill rate and minimum casuality. Now, Iran likely still have 40 or so fully operating Tomcats with their own modification, because after US retire their Tomcats in 2006, US completely destroy all of it so that Iran can't get Tomcat and their spare parts anymore. Its why Iran do huge effort to Reverse Engineering Tomcats until now.
@@-quetzalcoatlus-6401 I know that Iran used to be good buddies back then, I think it's the fact they've kept them in flying shape for so long, while the US decided theirs needed to be retired that I find strange. But as you pointed out they've probably had lots of spare parts they've been hoarding.
I admire these folks so much...an amazingly dangerous job done with the elegance of a ballet. It's really something special for a civilian to get to observe!
My ship was moored at pier 24 NOB Norfolk at the end of the runway for the NAS. We could hear Tomcats in full afterburner 10 decks deep in the ship. A Tomcat in full Delta wing is unforgettable. Great memories.
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f-14 became my favourite plane because of the legendary movie Top Gun. so stunning how the wings fold back and the lines of the plane are just, so amazing. I am not even really into planes that much, it just is really cool tbh
Fox Hound Thank you! I had just asked my best friend who was an Air Traffic Controller for 7 years on the U.S.S. Eisenhower and initially he couldn’t remember either...lol! We’re getting old...ugh!
BoilerBloodline Not the SuperHornet directly. The F/A-18A Hornet entered service in ‘83 (marines) & ‘84 (navy). It went thru 4 iterations (A, B, C, D), replacing the Tomcat. The Super Hornet (variants E & F) entered service in 2000.
teefkay2 Thank you for the clarification. I’ve been a huge lover of military jets since my first air show as a kid. When I was still a kid the F-111 Aardvark was my favorite because of its ability to to change its wing attitude...or variable-geometry wings. And still today the cockpit having side by side seating as an escape crew capsule blows me away! Just incredible to see what our military and its subsidiaries were able to accomplish way back then. Which always has me intrigued as to what we’ve come up with 50 to 60 years later. Amazing stuff!
teefkay2 The last F14 squadron retired the aircraft in 2006. All F14 squadrons transitioned to the Super Hornet. www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=6477 www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=1584 www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation/Naval%20Aviation%20News/2000/2004/march-april/bountyhunters.pdf
Such a Beautiful Beast ! Pity they retired this Defender of Freedom ! I'll admit the Super hornet is a good looking plane but when you look head-on at a Tomcat with the sunset behind wings swept chained to the deck you just know it was made to fly fast and high !
RU-vid: 2006: no wayy too early 2007: still nah 2008: hecc no 2009: still no 2010: ehh... NO 2011: yyeeeNo 2012: :( 2013: >:( 2014: happy Halloween 2015: nope 2016: not a chance 2017: there's always next year 2018: yea... No it's a no 2019:the year has come, it's been long enough
The Cv (Aircraft Carrier) has 4 catapults, two located on the bow(front), and two amidships (Middle). The amidships catapults are called the "waist" cats.
F14: I'm the best multi-role fighter F18 Super hornet: I know that but you're too old. F35: Just retire we don't need a useless flying junk here F16: F35 was right we don't need you here.
