Wednesday, June 26, 2013

F-14A Grumman Tomcat, attached to Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) aboard USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) flies over Iraq, F-14A Grumman TOMCAT Jet in IRAQ

F-14A Tomcat, attached to Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) 
aboard USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) flies over Iraq

 F-14A Grumman TOMCAT Jet in IRAQ
US NAVY Aircraft  USS NIMITZ

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, 
twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft.

The F-14 was retired from the active U.S. Navy fleet in 2006, 
having been replaced by the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

F-14 Grumman Tomcat US Navy 
firing an AIM-54 Phoenix long-range air-to-air missile. 
At sea with USS George Washington (CVN 73)

A US Navy (USN) F-14D Tomcat fighter aircraft (Aircraft number 100), Fighter Squadron 31 
makes a near-supersonic low-level fly-by above the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, 
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)