F-14 Tomcat

Specification

FunctionCarrier-based multi-role strike fighter
Contractor Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Thrust F-14A: 20,900 pounds (9,405 kg) static thrust per engine;
F-14B and F-14D: 27,000 pounds (12,150 kg) per engine
Length 61 feet 9 inches (18.6 meters)
Height 16 feet (4.8 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight 72,900 pounds (32,805 kg)
Wingspan 64 feet (19 meters) unswept, 38 feet (11.4 meters) swept
Ceiling Above 53,000 feet
Speed Max Mach Number = 1.88
Cruise Mach Number = .72
Carrier Approach Speed = 125 kts
Mission Radius 500 nm Hi-Med-Hi strike profile
380 nm Hi-Lo-Lo-Hi strike profile
Crew Two: pilot and radar intercept officer
Armament Up to 13,000 pounds of

Air-to-Air Missiles (up to)
6 AIM-7 Sparrows
4 AIM-9 Sidewinder
6 AIM-54 Phoenix

air-to-ground ordnance
MK-82 (500 lbs.)
4 MK-83 (1,000 lbs.)
4 MK-84 (2,000 lbs.)
MK-20 cluster bomb
4 GBU-10 LGB
GBU-12 MK-82 LGB
4 GBU-16 MK-83 LGB
4 GBU-24 MK-84 LGB

one MK-61A1 Vulcan 20mm cannon

Selected F-14A and B are wired to carry TARPS
All F-14D's are wired to carry the TARPS

Countermeasures
  • AN/ALR-45 radar warning receiver [Itek]
  • AN/ALR-67 radar warning receiver [F-14D]
  • AN/ALQ-167 ECM Pod [F-14D]
  • AN/ALE-50 towed decoy [F-14D]
    • First flight December 1970
    Inventory 157 F-14A/B
    53 F-14D
    Phasing out one squadron / year
    All to be withdrawn by 2010

    F-14 orginally designed for 6,000 flight hours
    Currently certified for 7,350 flight hours
    Potential for extension to 8,000 or 9,000 flight hours

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