Tamiya TAM61114 1/48 Grumman F-14A Tomcat Plastic Model Airplane Kit, Navy

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Multipart canopy– The canopy is assembled from two parts – the clear plastic part represents the glass and the grey plastic part forms the frame of the canopy. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. Each wing glove can carry one large pylon for larger missiles, with one rail on the outboard side of the pylon for a Sidewinder. While the Tomcat was being used by Iran in combat against Iraq in its intended air superiority mission in the early 1980s, the U.

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However, as two F/A-18s chased the two MiG-23s, one MiG-23 ran out of fuel and crashed, killing the pilot. Our team worked tirelessly to develop an RC model which brings the excitement and scale performance of this hallmark aircraft to your local flying field and to appropriately honor the F-14 Tomcat’s rightful place in aviation history.While Iraq's army claimed it shot down more than 70 F-14s, the Foreign Broadcast Information System in Washington DC estimated that Iran lost 12 to 16 F-14s during the war. Global Positioning System later was integrated to provide more precise navigation and redundancy in case either system failed. A dual infrared/optical detection system was adopted on the later F-14D, with the new AN/AAS-42 IRST and the TCS placed side-by-side. During its career in the NAVY, it was used as an interceptor, air superiority, and multirole fighter. While the F-14 had been developed as a lightweight alternative to the 80,000lb (36,000kg) F-111B, the F-14 was still the heaviest and most expensive fighter of its time.

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The F-14 ADC interceptor variant was to be armed with a GAU-7/A 25mm caseless cannon and powered by F100 turbofans. It was also immortalized in the iconic motion picture, Top Gun, and starred in several other feature films including The Final Countdown, Executive Decision, and others.

Incredibly-detailed and accurate 6-DOF (Degrees of Freedom) cockpit that was also built using photogrammetry from museum F-14 Tomcats. In December 1980, an Iraqi MiG-21bis accounted for the only confirmed kill of an F-14 by that type of aircraft.

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An SA-2 was fired at the second Tomcat while conducting 10,000ft (3,000m) mapping profile at max conserve setting. This is not the case here as most assemblies require you to join forward and backward pieces together. The aviation-themed film was such a success in creating interest in naval aviation that the US Navy, which assisted with the film, set up recruitment desks outside some theaters. VF-101 Grim Reapers; Atlantic Fleet, then sole single-site, F-14 FRS (Disestablished 15 September 2005; squadron heritage and nickname adopted by VFA-101, an F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadron established in May 2012.The F-14 first flew on 21 December 1970, just 22 months after Grumman was awarded the contract, and reached initial operational capability (IOC) in 1973.