Why the F-14 Tomcat Is Such a Badass Plane 

us is built on lies, blood and bullsht. Ussr didnt fall. It didnt threat us - other way around. And f14 is crap.

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Sexy. Sleek. Mechanical porn. Greatness. American.

True, giving tough competition to russian Sukhoi jets in looks

It is good looking and has a lot of nostalgia, but my God is it overrated in practical terms. It's really closer to a 3rd gen fighter than a 4th gen, and it's primitive electronic architecture held it back.

@@taylorc2542 I didn't mean its "practical terms". I mean the bad ass look of F-14. I know it is totaly outdated equipement today, but it still looks great (in my opinion). It's beautiful.

@@UniverseArtificial Oh yeah. Russian jets are one of the most beautiful ones. I love especialy SU-27. This bird is so cool looking!

Big sure, fast enough but powerful no: the biggest issue of the F14 was its engines, too weak for this big and heavy fighter. It's weight to power ratio was one of the worst !

When u said powerful a. A 10 : are u sure about that?

Sorry if im garmmar

Wel the tomcat big fast but not that powerful

The powerfull is a 10

The difference is it's expensive and modern.. But this is expensive and old. So easy choice really.

My favorite jet is the F-14 but that’s like comparing apples and oranges. F-35 is a flying computer that turns a battlefield into a literal virtual video game.

Well, it'd be the F-35C for USN operations.

F35 so ugly pregnant plane,its just modern

F-22 is better 👍🏻

aviation design will always be ahead of automotive. especially fighter jets and stealth aircraft. Look at a sr71 blackbird and tell me if that design looks dated or not.

It almost seems as if it has alien tech in it. Nothing about these jets seem humans when you look real close at them. The advancement from 1950s to 70s is unreal.

@@iVenture01 nut

50+ years old, this thing was designed in the 60s, and first took flight in 1970. First started flying for the navy in 1974. It's quite old.

I hate to do this to you, but it's a 50 year old air frame as the F14 is a design of the 70s. I feel it too.

Too Big Boss. Fighters should be half sized Tomcats.

Phoenix wasn't that great a missile. There is a reason it was never used on any other aircraft. The F14 is a big target.

For me, it's its superior design that have extraordinary lift building design ,interesting enough, but it's the russian who have better eyes on tomcat to realize its excellent lifting capability that they incorporates many of tomcat's design aspect into their super maneuver flanker. Tomcat vg and wing design especially gave him a unique and "variable" behaviour during dogfight. A primary factor that allowing tomcats to beat eagles in several occasions. Their phoenix missiles are powerful weapons. It shame that us navy regulation to do visual identification before they got a "clear to engage" order, thus rendering phoenix unuseable. Lots of pilot definitely feared phoenix missiles as they wouldn't be able to see one coming their way at mach5, whenever they engages the tomcat. The only jet that excellent in both interceptor & air superiority role.

@@thunderboltcougar5626 The Phoenix would have been intended to defend the fleet in the event of open hostilities when any aircraft was even remotely appearing to be a Russian Bear, Backfire, or other comparable strike or bomber aircraft. Under those circumstances, they wouldn't even bother with VID. That's where the Phoenix would have shined.

@@thunderboltcougar5626 none of the sukhoi t10 designs where made due to the F14, that is a ignorant statement. ogive wing, fly by wire with aerodynamic instability bias none of that is present on the f14...

beautiful

Thrust vectoring as well

Problem is the Navy personnel flying them ... subpar in every way

Install thrust vectoring engines.

It would be costly as F35 and US are Looking for F36 King Snake.

Such an honor m8 ! you definitly are so proud :)

Lucky man!

Your dad was lucky man.

He is the real world Tom Cruise....a Hero

@@maybesherlock734 beyond. The guy could fall asleep on a roller coaster. 🤣

That is legendary. Pukin Dogs was my favourite Tomcat squadron as well.

You probably know my father who was an AVCM. He was stationed at Miramar when the F-14 was first introduced to the Navy. He was also with the Pukin Dogs. When the F-14 was brought to the east coast in 1976 he went the F-14 to Oceana.

VF-41 The Black Aces here, NAS Oceana in the 90s

Thank you for your service. Although I am not an American but I have huge respect for Army, Navy and Air Force personnels all across the globe

Thanks for defending our way of life.

When I get older, the same might be for me. Though I will never get to really fly the f-14, I can fly it’s kids. It’s grandkids.

@@bryandodson4101 Ever heard of DCS there is a simulated version you can fly you just have to purchase the module

It still is

😂😂😂😂

Yup. Veritech Fighters is exactly why I love Robotech and F-14 Tomcats. They go together. If they ever make a live version Robotech Series, have to use to Tomcats.

@@topshonuff sadly, Robotech is not going to see any animation for the foreseeable future. I'm sticking to Macross (which is the same but with much more details). Look for Macross Zero transformation in youtube if you wanna check it out

I consider the "Macross" franchise to be part of the F-14's pop-culture legacy.

The Jolly Roger F14 squadron was the direct inspiration for the VF-1 design.

@@topshonuff The Jolly Roger F14 squadron was the direct inspiration for the VF-1 design.

With an up grade it still can be the boss

@@rogeryelverton5661 Na it’s time has passed. An F-22 can shit on it from miles away.

@@rogeryelverton5661 and we already developing 6th generation technology

Yep, I was already into military aircraft and then Top Gun came out. In '88 I got to see one run through it's paces at the Cleveland air show. I'm so glad I got to see this beautiful plane in flight first hand. In my mind it still is "the plane."

@@lucidclanyt1525 still, can’t argue that it’s super badass.

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Re 3: By an air force whose pilots are not skilled enough to utilize it's full potential.

@@user-yj3kn4fe7h why would you say that ? F_14 top gun is an iranian pilot ,our pilots destroyed iraq air force in iran_iraq war

@@HesamDS the Iraqi Air Force isn't really a high bar. But the reason I said they aren't skilled enough to utilize the F-14's full potential is because your military doesn't have the budget nor capability to TRAIN them to. Plus the Tomcats you have are more than 40 years old....THEY can't achieve the F-14's full potential. If the Revolution hadn't happened, your Air Force would've potentially gotten avionics upgrades. Maybe the F-14B possibly even near planes, and Your pilots possibly would have been invited to Miramar NAS and Nellis AFB to train. Then they would access to the training AND equipment to fly Tomcats the way they deserve to be.

@@user-yj3kn4fe7h true

@@user-yj3kn4fe7h Iranian pilots achieved more with the F-14 A and with one hand tied behind their back because of the embargo than any story we hear from the 2 instances our Navy has used this bird in actual combat. Many Iranian pilots have hundreds of real combat hours in the F-14 compared to our navy pilots with training hours. Not a valid comment, sir.

And The Need, for Speed!

THATS THE F15.

the GE engines where great when working at lower altitudes as they provided lots more thrust at lower airspeeds both engines where more equal at higher altitudes and speeds to the point that at high speed high altitude the TF-30s actually had a bit of an edge over the GE's Tho in almost every other situation the GE engines beat the snot out of the TF-30s

Was you an ADJ? ONLY they would know that. What about the Pratt-Witney? Good engine also

@@robertburgess5589 if you are asking me no I'm just a civie but the Tomcat is a passion research project for me I'm always trying to find more information about it and it's little quark's

@@robertburgess5589 To answer the other half of your question the P&W TF-30's where a good engine for what they where originally built for The F-111 and the A-7 These platforms had a very different Flight regiment which is why when paired with the 14 they performed poorly the engine was never designed to go in an airframe that could pull 30 degrees of AOA and maneuver at 9Gs so accidents happened Turbine blades let go and Compressor stalls occurred the Turbine blades issue was bad enough that they wrapped the engines in a layer of armor to absorb the blade fragments when they did go to protect the rest of the airframe. The compressor stalls where primarily caused by actuating the throttle at high AOA.

I was an engineer at GE making those F110-GE-400 engines, the retirement of these planes was a bad idea.

well make sure it’s rated for high Gs then

Saving up for a Kawasaki ninja and going to blast Danger zone

So on spot!

Ah, the F4U Corsair and the F-14 are my favorite two military aircraft. Something about the B-17 strikes my heart different as well. Now I'm building multiple models of each. There are few others I admire, and I have bug for some specific helo's too.

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Limited aircraft now due to unavailability of spares and weapons. If the Russian su35 deal goes ahead then Iran will again have a world class aircraft

@@Truthbomb918 Iranians aren't stupid. They've been sending their brightest students to the best technical universities all over the world for decades. They no longer need original ordnance and Grumman spares to keep their big cats in the air with sharp claws, they design and manifacture their own, in their national aviation industries facility. At its lowest the IRIAF is said to have had about a dozen Cats still flying, but that number has been increasing over the last decade. The last report I read on this matter mentioned over twenty airworthy (which, I know, is not necessarily the same as combat ready) IRIAF F-14 A's, the goal being the forty reza is talking about. The airframes are solid, since they (unlike the USN F-14's) never took the beating of numerous catapult take-offs and arrested landings on carriers which they were designed to sustain, as the IRIAF only flies them from landbased aerodromes with regular tarmac or concrete runways. If they would somehow manage to upgrade the systems and software to modern standards, possibly with help from Russia or China, they're set for at least another decade, maybe even longer. They don't need to be able to bud heads with 5th gen. Western fighter planes, they just have to be able to keep the airforces of their neighboring countries sufficiently respectfull of their capabilities.

@@erprast who said they were stupid, the airframe is old and each has a limit frame life. And Iran has to worry about 5th gen aircraft from Israel and America

Top gun was a recruitment movie. The F14 just happened to be chosen. They should've chose the F15 eagle . The fight with the mig 28,s ( AMERICAN F 5 s painted to look Russian) would have been more BELIEVABLE.

Thanks for your service sir

@@Military-TV thank you I appreciate it it was my pleasure and my honor.

Were you with VF-31 or VF-213? Thats interesting, being avionics. I would of thought that the D's were rewired with the new digital avionics and the rebuild program that upgraded As to Ds, but that was still done in the 90s.

@@get2dachoppa249 I was I Level so I came out of AIMD JAX. I was an instrument tech and some of them where old, you know like the AOA.

I believe they were Ds but i didnt have know that specifically since I worked on instruments for all the airwing.

LOOK AT THE F22 F14 IS A UGLY DUCKLING .

You dam right

Tom Cruise?

...you don't say...?

Except it's not, was good for its time alright but even then it was handicapped by its weight and terrible engines

IF IT WAS IT WOULDN'T BE OBSOLETE WOULD IT.

😂

Those 2 are my favorites, too, but number one for me is the F-15.

If you get the chance, watch the The Fat Electrician video on the F15

There has been a lot of aviation movies made since the 80's but i gotta tell you, The Final Countdown is still one of my favourite to this day. It has -sort of- become a cult movie as well, due to its unique plot. It is a masterpiece when it comes to portraying life on an aircraft carrier during war time, the cast is great and the acting is quite good, the music is amazing. A true gem.

They can never be back. They literally shredded all of them.

@@MikeBrown-go1pc There's dozens and dozens of them on display all over the country. Most likely all stripped and gutted beyond the point of being airworthy ever again. But they were not all shredded.

@@MikeBrown-go1pc come to Iran! they're airborn any time

The carrier deck shots on that film, are now, amazing! I spotted an RA5 Vigilante on there FFS! I mean, "WOW!" (looking back at it) . . . . - I'd have loved to have seen something like USS Midway c. 1957-59 when, pretty much, the widest range of aircraft the Navy employed ever was aboard.

EVERY JET SOUNDS THE SAME. LOUD, YOU COULDNT PICK OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A F14 OR F22 TO SAVE YOUR LIFE, THEYRE JUST LOUD.

@@twolak1972 Not true, an F18 sounds very different from a Su30 or a Mig29.

They’re still flying in Iran

@@henryairconcepts2999 yeah, but sadly it’s quite difficult to go and see one there for obvious reasons, although I would love to see one

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The irony here is it predates both of those aircraft quite handily... so who looks like who? :P

I agree big dog

Need to learn history before jacking his jaw

Looks like the Eagle maybe not the f22

And it should be the mighty Pontiac Firebird

Thanks for watching!

I worked at Grumman's plant 56 in Northern Virginia. We made the wing skins and struts for the Tomcats as well as some parts for the Lunar lander modules. Great planes!!!

Aim 54?

@@ryand141 Phoenix missile

McDonnell Douglas would like to have a word

Compare the kill ratio of Grumman aircraft vs McDonell Douglas. In WWII the Grumman Hellcat shot down more enemy aircraft than any other aircraft. More than the Corsair, more than the P-51 Mustang. The only word MD would have for Grumman would be “Respect”.

@@williamfarren3718 That's not true at all, considering the P-38 scored the most air to air kills of any aircraft in the Pacific theatre alone. Douglas also produced the DC-3/C-47, the best selling airliner of all time, the SBD Dauntless, without a doubt the most successful dive bomber of ww2, and many more.

Vought wants to have a word with you ever heard of the F4U Corsair

THAT WAS IN A MOVIE, YOU CSN MAKE A FW190 SHOIT DOWN A F22 IN A MOVIE.

That's what globalism gets you

air superiority is relative to electronic warfare, modern aircraft are simply too technologically advanced to this design, even with upgrades

Tomcat was designed as multirole from the beginning

By the time we get to see TOPGUN 2 it will be Maverick's great grandson doing the flying.

Why, because you're trying to hear your brain rattling? It's not rocket surgery. They just put through a plan to update the Eagle AGAIN, along with the Falcon. The B-52 is projected to be in service for a full CENTURY. The Navy is getting screwed over bad by Boeing (who makes the Stink Bug) and Blockheed (who makes the absolute disaster that is the F-35 and the F-22 and most probably the new proposed hypersonic fighter again for the Air Farce). There isn't a fighter today that has the proven combat record of the Cat, the inferior A model with the Crap and Whiney TF-30 engines. That's not including the D model. There's nothing that has the attack range, which will be crucial in future engagements, especially if the carrier groups come under attack by adversaries with missiles that have a range well over that of the AIM-35. Oh, and let's not forget that old saying... "Jack of all trades, master of none", which perfectly applies to the Stink Bug and the F-35.

@@danielvogel5252 The F-35 is not a disaster lmao, compared to other aircraft it has had less accidents and offers bigger capability than other aircraft when you look at kinematic performance with a combat load. You can moan all you want that the hornet or F-35 are trash but they are practical as they require less maintenance and cost less meanwhile the tomcat required fuckton of maintenance, costed a lot to maintain and buy an unit. Theres a reason the maintenance crews hated that thing