The Tomcatters commanders aircraft gets a final check of the crew chief before the pilots get approval for the taxi ride to one of TR's cats. Many Tomcats were scrapped at AMARG to prevent spare parts feeding to Iran. Luckily, this beauty was relieved from that fate. Since September 2006, 164342 has been preserved at the Wings over Miami Museum at Kendall (FL).

This once F-14A was converted to F-14D(R) and eventually withdrawn from use on 28 august 2006. It was stored at Oceana up to early 2007, and then moved to the Bronco Air Museum at Forth Worth (TX) where it arrived on 4 February 2007.

This once F-14A was converted to F-14D(R) and eventually withdrawn from use on 28 august 2006. It was stored at Oceana up to early 2007, and then moved to the Bronco Air Museum at Forth Worth (TX) where it arrived on 4 February 2007. It is here seen taxying to the bow catapult of the TR.

Photographer Mr. A.C. Brooks.