"RIPPER 101" F-14D on short final at it's home field

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!

A fine study of a resting F-14D on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt during operating Iraqi Freedom.

Touch down of a VF-213 F-14D during the Tomcat sunset cruise. The squadron embarked the USS Theodore Roosevelt together with VF-31 Tomcatters for this memorable deployment.

This Tomcat served with VF-213 based at NAS Oceana, VA and was retired to AMARG during Sept. 06 where she is stored with the PCN/Inventory No. AN1K0200. Note the 'USS Theodore Roosevelt' titles on the vertical stabiliser. The aircraft was seen still stored at the same place on 28th August 2017.