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The F-14

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project. A large and well-equipped fighter, the F-14 was the first of the American Teen Series fighters, which were designed incorporating air combat experience against smaller, more maneuverable MiG fighters during the Vietnam War.

General information

Type: Interceptor, air superiority, and multirole fighter

National origin: United States

Manufacturer: Grumman

Status: In service with Iran

Primary users:
United States Navy (historical)
Imperial Iranian Air Force (historical)
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force

Number built: 712

History

Manufactured: 1969–1991

Introduction date: 22 September 1974; 51 years ago

First flight: 21 December 1970; 55 years ago

Retired:22 September 2006; 19 years ago (United States Navy)

General characteristics

Crew: 2 (pilot and radar intercept officer)

Length: 62 ft 9 in (19.13 m)

Wingspan: 64 ft 1.5 in (19.545 m)

Swept wingspan: 38 ft 2.5 in (11.646 m) swept

Height: 16 ft (4.9 m)

Wing area: 565 sq ft (52.5 m2) wings only

1,008 sq ft (94 m2) effective area including fuselage

Airfoil:
Grumman (1.74)(35)(9.6)-(1.1)(30)(1.1) root
Grumman (1.27)(30)(9.0)-(1.1)(40)(1.1) tip

Empty weight: 43,735 lb (19,838 kg)

Gross weight: 61,000 lb (27,669 kg)

Max takeoff weight: 74,350 lb (33,725 kg)

Fuel capacity: 16,200 lb (7,348 kg) internal fuel; 2 × optional 267 US gal (222 imp gal; 1,010 L) / 1,756 lb (797 kg) external drop tanks

Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F110-GE-400 afterburning turbofans, 16,333 lbf (72.65 kN) thrust each dry, 26,950 lbf (119.9 kN) with afterburner

Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 2.34, 1,544 mph (1,342 kn; 2,485 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)

Mach 1.2, 794 kn (914 mph; 1,470 km/h) at sea level

Cruise speed: 420 kn (480 mph, 780 km/h)

Range: 1,600 nmi (1,800 mi, 3,000 km)

Combat range: 503 nmi (579 mi, 932 km) fighter escort

204 nmi (235 mi; 378 km) deck launched intercept

150 nmi (170 mi; 280 km) fleet air defense with 1.91 hours of loiter

Service ceiling: 53,000 ft (16,000 m) plus

g limits: +7.5 g (+6.5 g operational limit)

Rate of climb: 45,000 ft/min (230 m/s) plus

Wing loading: 96 lb/sq ft (470 kg/m2)

48 lb/sq ft (230 kg/m2) effective

Thrust/weight: 0.88 at gross weight (1.02 with loaded weight & 50% internal fuel)

Takeoff roll: 2,500 ft (760 m)

Landing roll: 2,400 ft (730 m)

Armament

Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barreled rotary cannon, with 675 rounds

Hardpoints: 10 total: 6× under-fuselage, 2× under nacelles and 2× on wing gloves with a capacity of 14,500 lb (6,600 kg) of ordnance and fuel tanks, with provisions to carry combinations of:

Rockets: 7x LAU-10 rocket pods (for a total of 28 rockets)

Missiles: AIM-54 Phoenix, AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles

Bombs:

JDAM precision-guided munition (PGMs)
Paveway series of laser-guided bombs
Mk 80 series of unguided iron bombs
Mk 20 Rockeye II cluster munition

Other:

Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)
LANTIRN Targeting System (LTS) pod (AN/AAQ-14)
2× 267 US gal (1,010 L; 222 imp gal) drop tanks for extended range/loitering time

Features:

Engines literally stolen from my F-15
Wing sweep
High detail custom missiles
Detailed VR friendly cockpit
Working gear bays

Controls

AG1 for canopy
AG2 for airbrake
AG3 for AOA limit off
AG4 for arresting hook
AG5 for nav lights
AG6 for jettison drop tanks
AG7 for eject
AG8 for nose wheel steering
VTOL up for wing sweep, down for flaps
Trim for trim

Thumbnail taken in SP2
Cool coincidence is that I learnt from my research that as of uploading this it is the 55th anniversary of the F-14s first flight. Pretty cool heh.

Spent a lot of time on this. Hope you enjoy. Happy flying!