NF-14D at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Museum

Flying at the 1990 Pt Mugu show

Exact location: Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, 22156 Three Notch Rd, Lexington Park, MD 20653, USA

Some Tomcats were specially configured as a test airframe for new avionics, weapons, wiring and so on. In the Naval designation system, test airframes receive the letter N in front of the basic type. The NF-14Ds were based at NAS point Mugu (CA) and assigned to the Naval Weapons Test Squadron Point Mugu (NWTSPM). This unit was redesignated to Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD). This Tomcat shows the NAWCWD title on the leading edge, as well as the old Weapons Test Squadron on the tail.