AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1970

Aircraft hub · 1970 · Cold War

Grumman F-14 Tomcat

The US Navy’s swing-wing fleet defence fighter, armed with the long-range Phoenix missile, from 1974 to 2006. No museum in the gazetteer holds one.

1970
First flight
712
Built
Mach 2.34
Top speed
0
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-18 against the gazetteer Compendium. Service bases and fleets change: check before travelling.

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Where to see the Grumman F-14 Tomcat in the UK

Many survive in US museums, among them F-14D 161159 at the National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola. None is in a UK museum.

3D model

The F-14D BuNo 161159 in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as Grumman F-14D Super Tomcat BuNo 161159, ‘AJ 204’ of VF-213 Black Lions, which flew the Tomcat’s last combat mission on 8 February 2006 and is displayed at the National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida: the US Navy’s two-seat swing-wing fleet defence fighter with two General Electric F110 turbofans, variable-sweep wings shown swept to 68 degrees, box intakes, twin canted fins, all-moving tailerons and the side-by-side chin sensor pod: Tactical Paint Scheme greys, a dark blue gold-edged band over the nose and canopy sills, black ‘204’ on the nose, dark blue fin leading edges with small yellow stars, a black lion on the outer fin faces and ‘AJ’ on the inner faces, as photographed at Pensacola (no F-14 is preserved in a UK museum; shape from a five-view drawing of the F-14D checked against photographs of the airframe). Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 315 models · download .glb (1.1 MB) · Plate 280 in The Hangar

Type notes

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat in brief

TypeGrumman F-14 Tomcat (F-14A, B & D)
UK museums holding oneNone