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A-14?? That cant be right?

I saw a picture a while back of an F-14 tomcat carrying bombs. Anyone else seen this? Has Tomcat been adapted for air to ground roles?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Before it was retired, the F-14 was getting very old in a fleet in increasingly capable aircraft. As a pure fighter, it was virtually useless to the Navy since air-to-air combat has not been an issue in Iraq (1991 or 2003) or Afghanistan. With so many aircraft already deployed to fleet service, and with bombing missions needing to be flown, the F-14 was given bombs and sent on bombing sorties. While it's not the world's best attack aircraft, it certainly had its share of success, especially in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003. An aircraft is only useful when it's flying, and without bombing missions, the F-14 would have been retired early.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes it is a multi-weapons platform that can carry air to surface and air to air missles and bombs.

    By the way, in 2006 the tomcat was retired from service.

  • Doug K
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    1 decade ago

    http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8629/14var....

    The U.S. Navy no longer uses the F-14 for carrier operation as it has been effectively replaced by the F/A-18.

    FYI, the last carrier launch of an F-14 was off of the USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 during flight deck qualification testing off the coast of Virginia in early 2004.

    Source(s): I was there. Former Petty Officer Second Class of the U.S. Navy.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    They nicknamed it the F-14 BOMBCAT

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