Arnold Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Coffee and Franklin counties, Tennessee, adjacent to the city of Tullahoma. It is named for General Henry "Hap" Arnold, the "father" of the U.S. Air Force. Two US Navy aircraft can be found at the gate, one of which is F-14D 163893.

"WAGON 205" F-14D on short final to 24R

"RIPPER 103" F-14D on short final for 24R

GUNFIGHTER 155 F-14D taxis back to the 101 line after a morning flight

GUNFIGHTER 161 F-14D taxis back to the line at the end of flying that day

Stripped off all markings, except a part of the modex on its tail. 164601 in its final days of operational life. Delivered to the VF-124 only on 17 April 1992, the F-14D-170-GR was transferred to VF-101 in late 1994. In 1996 it was painted in a very striking desert camo colourscheme when serving VF-101. Before retirement it also served VF-31 and in it very final days, again VF-101. The F-14D is preserved at Castle (CA) since September 2005.

This FY1989 Tomcat, the 15th built F-14D, was delivered to the US Navy on 24 March 1991, so it was only some four months in use when this picture was made. It served VF-124 up to 1993 when it was transferred to VF-11, and later to VF-31 and VF-2 and VF-101 before it was stricken and sadly scrapped at Oceana on 22 September 2005.

This FY89 Super Tomcat was delivered to the US Navy in 31 May 1991, so pretty new when this photo was made. The Tomcat was retired after service with VF-31 and belonged to the very final operational Tomcats of the US Navy. It was stricken on 26 September 2006 and left NAS Oceana by low-loading trailer on 28 November 2006 for Hickory Regional Airport (NC) for preservation with the Sabre Society of North Carolina.

Lead F-14D from VF-31 that flew into NASNI as "BANDWAGON". Part of a group of 8 from this squadron upon returning to the US after a Western Pacific cruise.

Photographer unknown

To commemorate the last year of operation of the F-14 Tomcat, 164601 was painted in retro colours and did several display flights during the 2005 Oceana Air Show. Two days after the show, on 20 September 2005, the Tomcat was flown to Merced Castle Air Force Base (CA) to join the collection of the Castle Air Museum. 164601 was delivered to the US Navy on 17 April 1992.

A Gunfighters Super Tomcat on the flightline of NAS Miramar (CA). 163418 was delivered to the US Navy on 18 October 1990. It was the first Super Tomcat for VF-124, the Pacific Fleet Replacement/Replenishment squadron. 163418 took part in the first F-14D Carrier Qualifications that took place on board the US Nimitz (CVN-68). After a following career with VF-11, VF-101 and VF-2, the Tomcat was retired to AMARC on 12 June 2003. It was moved to HVF West, Tucson (AZ) on 22 July 2009 and was sadly scrapped.

A very clean and brand-new Fiscal Year 1990 F-14D Super Tomcat. The beauty was accepted by the US Navy on 22 August 1991, and this picture was made only 5 days earlier! It was first assigned to VF-124, followed in August 1992 by VF-11. Later it moved to VF-31 and VF-101, then varying several times between VF-213 and VF-31. It was part of the final Tomcat cruise. 164341 was moved to AMARG for storage on 20 September 2006. It received inventory code AN1K0200. It was stricken on 29 November 2006. Pity as this Super Tomcat was at that time much newer, with less flight hours than many US fighters!

It was a good day at Mugu, after the LC-130F of VX-30 arrived we got this...

Returned after the Miramar airshow that previous weekend. We were lucky to be there.