F-14 Tomcat Quiz

In which year was the Tomcat’s first flight?

Which was the first engine to power the F-14?

The Tomcat’s carrier trials were performed on which vessel?

The missile shown above was employed solely by the F-14. What is its name?

Which US Navy pilot had more flight hours in the Tomcat than any other?

Which aircraft type was the first to be shot down in combat by an F-14?

The TCS (shown above) sits under the nose of the Tomcat, but what does the ‘T’ in TCS stand for?

What is the large pod under the rear of this F-14A?

Which is the only other country to operate the F-14?

The ejection seat visible in the above photo equipped all Tomcat variants but the ‘D’. Which was it?

Just one air-to-air victory was achieved by the F-14 during the First Gulf War in 1991. To which unit did the aircraft belong?

A VF-111 F-14A was named for the nurse who cared for the wife of Democrat senator Carl Vinson. What was it called?

The structural area between the F-14’s exhaust nozzles, shown above, is known as what?

Famed Tomcat squadron VF-84 ‘Jolly Rogers’ was disestablished in 1995. What became its new number plate?

Identify the dark grey pod under the starboard pylon of this VF-213 ‘Black Lions’ F-14D. Is it…