Hobby Master 1:72 Air Power Series Die-cast Model

Grumman F-14B Tomcat – 162923, VF-101 "Grim Reapers", U.S. Navy, NAS Oceana Airshow, 1997

1:72 Scale.  Length: 10.5".  Wingspan: 10.6” (spread)


Limited production of approximately 500 models worldwide

The F-14 Tomcat was first deployed in 1974 and retired in 2006 when the new F/A-18E/F joined the fleet. The first of two Oceana squadrons to accept the F-14 was VF-101 in June 1976. This is the year VF-101 began to operate and instruct crews and other personnel on the F-14. F-14B BuNo 162923 joined VF-101 and became the C/Os aircraft, which he had painted with bright red markings. Other crews named it “Tomato” and appeared in many air shows to display the aircraft capabilities.

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine variable sweep wing aircraft capable of supersonic flight. The aircraft is crewed by a Pilot and a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) who share the tasks of navigation, target acquisition, ECM, and weapons use. The Tomcat was only operated by the United States Navy and the Republic of Iran Air Force. The name “Tomcat” is said to come from the call-sign used by Vice Admiral Thomas Connolly, which conformed to the U.S Navy tradition of giving Grumman aircraft feline names.


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