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Tomcat flys last combat mission
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Hopefully some museums will buy a bunch and keep them flying like all the other older warbirds.
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Tomcat closing ceremonies are Sept 20-23
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VF-31 will conduct a ceremonial last flight Friday morning (Sept 22)
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Originally posted by Top_Gunno more F-14's period, land or carrier based.
There are some Hornet units which are land based. Only Tomcat's that will be left are gate guards or the graveyard at DM.....
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no more F-14's period, land or carrier based.
There are some Hornet units which are land based. Only Tomcat's that will be left are gate guards or the graveyard at DM.....
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so once the Tomcatters F14s are gone, no more Carrier based F-14s?
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I believe they are the last active unit. Everything else has already transitioned to the Hornet.
The LAST flight of the Tomcat out of Oceana will be a week or two after the Oceana Airshow .....
from the ICAS boards.
VF-213 and VF-31 will be the last two VF squadrons.
They will deploy on USS Theodore Roosevelt together (rare in recent
years to have two Tomcat units onboard a carrier) late this year and
will retire on their return to Oceana sometome in April 2006.
From what I've heard VF-31 The Tomcatters will be the last official F-14
squadron which is kinda fitting.
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so just like that the Tomcats have been taken out of carrier ops?
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In this case, one really can't blame Cheney.
It was fully expected that the F-14 would be replaced by some kind of stealth aircraft as the F-22 is replacing the F-15 and F-35 is replacing the F-16/F/A-18. Then the Soviet Union fell and the budgets dried up.
Hindsight is always 20/20. Foresight is not.
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Tomcat flys last combat mission
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=22325
Way to go Dick Cheney!Tags: None
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