F-14...Last Time Baby!

The last ever demo of the F-14D Tomcat. The plane made famous by movies like "Top Gun" and "The Final Countdown" was less than 1 year away from being sent to desert storage and museums nationwide when this was filmed. The squadron flying the demo, VF-101 (Grim Reapers) was disbanded soon after the airshow, thier job of training new Tomcat crews finished forever. The airmen inside the jet are Lt. Tangredi and Lt. Ruzicka.

Anytime baby!

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[ChallengerGuy22]

how much can i buy one for? ; )

[SemperApollo]

If they'd sell you one, thats not the big issue. Keeping the thing flying would be your big expense. They were averaging about 50hrs of maintainence for every flight hour in their final years. Better round up some buddies who are good with speed-handles!

[Nikon23462]

F110-GE-400s baby.. make me hard.

[fitz068]

F-14 could Easley no sweat out perform some of the most up to date fighter aircraft we see today.

That aircraft is what you call a flying legend

Great video 5 *

[iamdemon7]

I was literally starting to tear when i seen this video,this jet has always been my favorite & will always be in my heart

[cud0s]

@fitz068 in maneuverability- no in most of other things- yes.

[AngusGibsonT]

Thanks for this video, buddy. One SEXY beast of a bird!

[zedeco]

@biped19 i saw the documentry not sure if it was norway, i just cant belive on the amount of stupidity in the congress this days, star wars is still fiction

[biped19]

@zedeco

You are absolutely right.

As for why they do not learn, I think it is probably because there is a new generation of arrogant bureaucrats & generals that did not learn from history, and do not care. Most are corrupt, propping up the military industrial complex with corporate tax welfare, while placing all of their faith in the miracle of BVR technology. Mr. Sprey also points out the striking similarities between the F-105 and F-35.

[zedeco]

@biped19 the f-35 is the f-4 of the morden world it as no internal gun and to go any where need 2 or 3 extarnal fuel tanks like the f-18 super hornet, why the us never learn from their mistakes?

[zedeco]

@ericatomic934 maintenance was the reason they retired, just a lame excuse to put money on boing, becuse if f-14 was a nightmare at maintenance so is the f-22 and the 35 will be no diferent, i even think that the f-22 and f-35 or wrost them a f-14 at maintenance, and the f-35 is just a nother bomber that cant do any thing them just bomb, whit a sort legs i may add

[ericatomic934]

Can someone give me one reason why they decomissioned the tomcat?

[pilotman1009]

why did they decommission the T-Cat?

[SKYGUY03]

It's so gay that they retired it. It performs slot better then so many other jets.

And it's even more gay if they also retired it from air shows because it's properly the most famous jet fighter of all time!