Grumman F-14A Tomcat

@Oakland, CA

December 2017

A holiday day trip brought us to the Oakland Aviation Museum which has an interesting collection of aircraft.  No big changes other than some re-positioned aircraft.  They do have this Tomcat which entered fleet service in 1978 with VF-111 and wears the markings of the Commanding Officer.  First flown in 1970, the Tomcat was retired from service in 2006.  The F-14 was the first of the American teen-series fighters, which were designed incorporating air combat experience against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War.  The F-14 remains in service with the ...