USA - Naval aviation and armament
Grumman / Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter
F-14A Tomcat
| Modification | Purpose | Deliveries | Number of commissioned | Discarding | Differences from the previous modification |
| F-14A Tomcat | fighter | 1/1973 - 4/1987 | 557 | --- | 2 Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-412A engines (2 x 9480 kgf), from 1984 2 TF30-P-414A engines (2 x 9480 kgf), 1 sixtuple 20-mm gun, 6500 kg of combat load (4 hull points with 4 Phoenix AAM or 4 Sparrow AAM, 2 wing points with 4 Sidewinder AAM or 2 Sidewinder AAM and 2 Sparrow AAM or 2 Sidewinder AAM and 2 Phoenix AAM)(Sidewinder is changed by AMRAAM AAM), later bombs, AWG-9 radar |
| F-14A+ | 9/1986 - 1990 | 40 | --- | 2 General Electric F110-GE-400 engines (2 x 12250 kgf) | |
| F-14B | 1986 - 1990 | ~60 modified from F-14A | --- | minor alterations | |
| F-14D Super Tomcat | fighter - bomber | 3/1990 - 1995 | 37 + 18 F-14D(R), all were modified from F-14A | --- | 1 sixtuple 20-mm gun, 6777 kg of combat load (4 hull and 4 wing points with 6 Phoenix AAM or 6 Sparrow AAM or 4 Sidewinder AAM or 2 GBU-16 guided bombs or 1 GBU-24P guided bomb or 16 227-kg bombs or 4 454-kg bombs or 2 907-kg bombs or 16 Rockeye bomb cassettes or mines or 127-mm rockets), APG-71 radar |
| Modification | F-14D |
|
Wing span, m |
19.54 / 10.15 |
|
Length, m |
19.10 |
|
Height, m |
4.88 |
|
Wings area, m2 |
52.49 |
|
Empty mass, kg |
18451 |
|
Full flying-off mass, kg |
33724 |
| Engine |
2 General Electric F110-GE-400 |
|
Force, kgf |
2 õ 12250 |
| Maximal speed, km/h | 1990 |
| Cruise speed, km/h | 765 |
| Flying range, km | 2965 |
| Vertical speed, m/s | |
| Maximal altitude, m | 16150 |
| Complement | 2 |
| Armament | 1 sixtuple 20-mm gun, 6777 kg of combat load (4 hull and 4 wing points with 6 Phoenix AAM or 6 Sparrow AAM or 4 Sidewinder AAM or 2 GBU-16 guided bombs or 1 GBU-24P guided bomb or 16 227-kg bombs or 4 454-kg bombs or 2 907-kg bombs or 16 Rockeye bomb cassettes or mines or 127-mm rockets) |
F-14A Tomcat
F-14A Tomcat
© Ivan Gogin, 2008