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F-14B Tomcat (Bombcat) Fighter / Bomber

#21 Traben

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Posted 14 November 2008 - 08:46 PM

Meh. The Tomcat (Bombcat) will always be special.

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#22 JakeHarlow

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Posted 14 November 2008 - 09:33 PM

Agreed! I prefer the 'Cat to the Hornets any day (though I do like the Hornets as well). I'm just regurgitating the reason the Navy used as to why the Hornets succeeded the Tomcats. It's kind of sad, though. I really like Tomcats.

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#23 Guest_Excalibur_*

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Posted 15 November 2008 - 03:23 AM

That and Grumman stopped making parts for them in the mid 90s.

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#24 Ribbon-Azure

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Posted 15 November 2008 - 04:31 AM

I hope you guys know that the F-14 Tomcat can be recalled to service if needed, right?

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#25 JakeHarlow

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Posted 15 November 2008 - 03:18 PM

We can still call in the 'Cats if we need to? I though the US didn't have many left...I guess we could start producing some, though...

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#26 Guest_Excalibur_*

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Posted 16 November 2008 - 06:06 AM

Not without rebuilding the manufacturing facilities themselves, first.

Retired 'cats are being destroyed down at AMARC to keep spare parts from getting into Iranian hands. A sad end to a noble plane.

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#27 Traben

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Posted 16 November 2008 - 05:54 PM

Yeah... we are not fans of the Iranians, I suppose. The military is a paranoid organism.

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#28 Ribbon-Azure

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Posted 17 November 2008 - 01:13 AM

They're actually not being destroyed... they're mothballed so if they need to, they can recall the cat's to active service.

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#29 Traben

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Posted 17 November 2008 - 01:20 AM

Like if we had a full-scale total war? I would like to see the Tomcat return to glory, but not exactly at that cost.

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#30 JakeHarlow

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Posted 17 November 2008 - 03:41 AM

Still, it WOULD be pretty great to see American Tomcats take to the skies and start kicking tail again. There's no denying that.

Unfortunately, war has the distasteful side-effect of being, well, crappy. Ah, well.

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Posted 02 January 2009 - 12:04 PM

Updated the article format.

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#32 JianDaoXiao

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Posted 18 January 2009 - 03:38 PM

why this is in the fighters section.... it is not an atacker?

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#33 Speedstreamer

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Posted 18 January 2009 - 04:06 PM

By the load it carries in AC5, it's an attacker. But like the MiG-1.44, it's just a fighter with bombs.

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#34 Jetfreak

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Posted 18 January 2009 - 04:17 PM

IMO, it's kinda like a multirole craft

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