I saw a picture a while back of an F-14 tomcat carrying bombs. Anyone else seen this? Has Tomcat been adapted for air to ground roles?
2007-03-20 15:05:36 · 4 answers · asked by brandon42032 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Before it was retired, the F-14 was getting very old in a fleet in increasingly capable aircraft. As a pure fighter, it was virtually useless to the Navy since air-to-air combat has not been an issue in Iraq (1991 or 2003) or Afghanistan. With so many aircraft already deployed to fleet service, and with bombing missions needing to be flown, the F-14 was given bombs and sent on bombing sorties. While it's not the world's best attack aircraft, it certainly had its share of success, especially in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003. An aircraft is only useful when it's flying, and without bombing missions, the F-14 would have been retired early.
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2007-03-21 03:12:02 · answer #1 · answered by pdkflyguy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a multi-weapons platform that can carry air to surface and air to air missles and bombs.
By the way, in 2006 the tomcat was retired from service.
2007-03-20 15:09:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8629/14var.htm
The U.S. Navy no longer uses the F-14 for carrier operation as it has been effectively replaced by the F/A-18.
FYI, the last carrier launch of an F-14 was off of the USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 during flight deck qualification testing off the coast of Virginia in early 2004.
2007-03-20 15:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by Doug K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They nicknamed it the F-14 BOMBCAT
2007-03-20 15:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋