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F-14D Tomcat, Serial 164604, Military Code XF-1, Operator US Navy, Unit Markings VX-9 Vampires, Location NAS Point Mugu (KNTD), California, Photo Date 3 October 1996, Photo by Berry Vissers.

Source: airhistory.net/photo/522191/1…

Feast your eyes on this totally bodacious F-14D Tomcat rocking classic VX-9 Vampires markings at NAS Point Mugu — one of the elite test squadron birds that kept pushing the Tomcat envelope in the mid-90s!

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What’s your favorite VX-9 Vampires F-14D memory from the Point Mugu days? Drop it in the comments!

A U.S. Navy F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Tomcatters on 28JUL06 (nathan laird)

VX-9 Vampires F-14D

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Las Vegas - Nellis AFB Aviation Nation 2004 — 13 November 2004 — VF-101 Grim Reapers F-14D(R) Tomcat AD-165 in extreme low takeoff. A totally bodacious Grim Reapers demo legend clawing for the sky!

Aircraft: Grumman F-14D Tomcat

Serial: 164345

Military Code: AD-165

Operator: USA - Navy

Unit Markings: VF-101 Grim Reapers

Location: Las Vegas - Nellis AFB (LSV / KLSV), Nevada, United States

Photo Date: 13 November 2004

Photo by: Dan Pianelli

Extreme low takeoff by VF-101 Grim Reapers.

What’s your favorite VF-101 Grim Reapers demo moment, extreme low takeoff spotting at Nellis, or Aviation Nation 2004 story? Would you bring this Super Tomcat beast back for one more ground-pounding rotation tomorrow? Drop it below 👇🤙

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F-14D from VF-213 Black Lions, at AMARC. One the Tomcats slated for refurbishment under the Maverick Act. She will fly again.

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F-14D Tomcat, BUNO 163414, Tail Code AD, Modex 163, Operator: VF-101 Grim Reapers, Unit Markings: VF-101 Grim Reapers, Location: Atlantic Ocean off Virginia aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), Photo Date: 7 March 2005, Photo by Stephan de Bruijn airhistory.net/photo/287326/1…

This totally bodacious VF-101 Grim Reapers F-14D Tomcat (Modex 163) was photographed in flight over the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt on March 7, 2005. Classic late-era Tomcat carrier action from the Atlantic Fleet replacement squadron in the final years before retirement!