【MCAS Miramar】VF-101 'Gunfighter 100' F-14B Tomcat Demo at Miramar 2002

" It's Tomcat sir" (*＾∀ﾟ)♭

Camera: SONY VX1000
Video Camera's MIC has trouble.

[joem]

I was based at Miramar from 84’-88’. Saw the Tomcats fly all the time. Still an awesome airplane to watch.

[TheHow]

How in God’s name is THIS plane no longer ours and in To this day, NOTHING compares imo.

[KLRGTKR]

The greatest fighter/interceptor Navy ever got. Navy admits now it was a huge mistake letting Congress force Navy to retire the F-14D Super Tomcat in favor of a significantly overall inferior design of the Super Hornet. Navy fought hard to continue Super Tomcat upgrades, but congress made excuses that without a USSR, there is no air superiority/fleet defense needed anymore. Nothing ever replaced that Navy dominance that F-14 provided for 32 years.

[jrewing]

Confusing a Cat for a Bug?

Beautiful demo. Beautiful aircraft.

[KLRGTKR]

F-14B and F-14D two had the upgraded more powerful 30, 000 lbs thrust GE-110 engines with a better than 1:1 thrust to weight ratio. The F-14D had glass cockpit with fully electronic/computer avionics.

[fourfortyroadrunner]

USN, 68-74, NAS Miramar, ETR-2, 70-74. Our RADAR shop was out about Q7 off the N side of high speed taxiway. I still remember the first Tomcats showing up around 73. I maintained GCA RADAR and TACAN.

[mri]

This indeed was a very special jet indeed!!! I can't say who was responsible for its decommissioning in 2006, but I agree with many others here. It was retired too early! It was indeed expensive to maintain, but no other jet in the Navy could do what it could do. This jet was designed as the Navy's premier fleet interceptor. It could quickly intercept aircraft far out of visual range and with the aid of the E-2C Hawkeye, could extend the range of the fleet's enemy detection capabilities considerably. The F-14's radar could actually track up to 24 separate targets. It also sported THE longest range air-to-air missile in the U.S. arsenal, the AIM-54 Phoenix missile system. The missile was originally designed for another long range jet. After that program went kaput, the Navy adopted it for the F-14 Tomcat, making the F-14 an extremely "deadly cat" for anyone who wanted to mess with our carrier battle groups. The F-14 could carry up to 6 of these missiles and could fire at 6 different targets that were well beyond visual range due to it's powerful weapons targeting systems. I've read they had a range up to 100 nautical miles! No other aircraft in our arsenal before or since its decommissioning has been equipped with such a lethal weapon system. LONG LIVE THE TOMCAT!!!

[ksamos]

Love the radio chatter just before the last pass. Tower says he is clear to land, pilot says to stand-by as he does one last high-speed pass. Love it.

[knightflightvideo]

Another great Tomcat video from you! Amazing display with fantastic high speed passes. Excellent camera work! Thanks for sharing! :-)

[allgood]

A cool plane that will never lose it's cool👍✈️

[dasboat]

Turned a lot of wrenches on that exact bird back in the day! Miss em. 😢

[erad]

i remember this demo, miss the tomcat

[Bimmerguy]

10:30 " the Hornet is returning to base for his full stop" 10:32 "AHEM THAT'S A TOMCAT SIR" Uncomfortable silence ;) :D 10:35 "TOMCAT! Sorry My bad! Old bad habit. Sorry TOMCAT!!! Tomcat is returning to base for his Landing, Full stop!"

[jonn]

Interesting at 5:05 the left burner looks to be working better then the right one. 🤔

[hawkplaya]

Idk whats better. The demo or the comms at the end. Lol air boss fail.

[HiTechOilCo]

This p lane needs to be brought back to defend our aircraft carriers from long range anti-ship missiles now on the scene! The need for the Tomcat has once again arisen!

[jusjetz]

Great, now After Watching Top Gun Maverick, this makes me wish we want the F=14 Tomcat Back.

[Tamburello_]

@5:07 one engine looks better than the other

[B.H.S.grad]

Sorry to do this to you. VF-101 are the Grim Reapers. Not the Gunfighters.

[brendtoconnell]

Wouldn't everyone want to do that?