Pacific Aircraft Models 25/82
Wingspan: 16"
Fuselage Length: 16"
Model Collectors and Military Enthusiasts Will Marvel The Quality of Our VF-84 F-14 Tomcat Model Airplane
The VF-84 F-14 Tomcat model plane's paint scheme, markings and parts are extremely complete, reflecting the original airplane. This VF-84 F-14 Tomcat model airplane is definitely the ideal piece to every aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good, old flight memories and perfect display.
This top-quality F-14 Tomcat VF-84 model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift. This F-14 Tomcat VF-84 model plane is definitely the ideal gift to every aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good, old flight memories for it displays perfect resemblance to the actual F-14 Tomcat VF-84. To ensure a damage-free product straight to your doorstep, the F-14 Tomcat VF-84 model plane with its base stand is safely covered with foam and carefully packed in a box.
F-14 Tomcat VF-84 History:
Manufactured by Grumman, the F-14 Tomcat is a carrier-based multi-role strike fighter aircraft. The F-14 has visual and all-weather attack capability to deliver Phoenix and Sparrow missiles as well as the M-61 gun and Sidewinder missiles for close in air-to-air combat. The F-14 also has the LANTIRN targeting system that allows delivery of various laser-guided bombs for precision strikes in air-to-ground combat missions. The F-14, equipped with Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) is the Navy's only manned tactical reconnaissance platform. It can carry 2 crew: a pilot and a radar intercept officer.
The F-14 inspired a number of pop cultural uses worldwide. In 1980, the time-travel film The Final Countdown featured the VF-41 "Black Aces" and VF-84 "Jolly Rogers" F-14 fighter squadrons aboard USS Nimitz. The F-14s of the "Jolly Rogers" were also a primary inspiration for the VF-1 Valkyrie in the 1982-1983 Japanese animated TV series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (adapted outside Japan as part of Robotech). In 1986, the F-14 was the main aircraft in the film Top Gun, spawning a surge in U.S. Navy recruiting as well as a video game franchise. The 1995–2005 TV series JAG featured a qualified F-14 pilot as a lead character and a retired F-14 airframe in several episodes. The F-14 has been featured in numerous other video games, and lesser roles in other films and TV series.
The last American F-14 combat mission was completed on 8 February 2006, when a pair of Tomcats landed aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt after one dropped a bomb in Iraq. That aircraft was assigned to VF-31 and the aircrew credited with the last bomb dropped in combat by a Navy Tomcat was pilot Lt. Justin Halligan and RIO Lt. Bill Frank. The F-14 Tomcat was the Navy's primary air superiority fighter and tactical reconnaissance platform from 1972 to 2006. The F-14 has served in Iran's Air Force from 1978 to the present day.
*Alteration on the design such as change of paint schemes and markings or embodied features on our models occurs at any time. Detachable stand is included with the model which may vary from the photo.
