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Bounty Hunter Tomcats prep for carrier landing
Two F-14A Tomcats from the VF-2 Bounty Hunters dump fuel in preparation for a carrier landing. Indian Ocean, 1987.
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Cockpit selfie
Selfie in a VF-2 F-14 cockpit on the fly-off at the end of deployment in 1987.
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Hawkeye and Tomcat
A VF-2 Tomcat flies in formation with an E-2C Hawkeye from VAW-116. Taken near the USS Ranger in the Indian Ocean, May 1989.
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VF-2 F-14A Tomcat
Just a nice side view of a VF-2 Bounty Hunters F-14A Tomcat from June 1987.
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Two VF-2 Tomcats above Southern California
Two F-14A Tomcats from VF-2 fly above Southern California during a training mission in 1988. Notice how the tail design changed from the 1987 photo.
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Camo F-14 with F-16Ns
VF-2 Tomcat wearing temporary water color camouflage flies with two F-16N adversaries from VF-126 near El Centro, California in 1988.
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F-14 descends toward NAS Miramar
A VF-2 F-14A Tomcat dewcends toward NAS Miramar, visible in the distance, at the completion of a training mission.
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VF-211 F-14A Tomcat above USS Nimitz
An F-14A Tomcat from the VF-2111 Fighting Checkmates above the USS Nimitz, returning from a training mission. Pacific Ocean near California, 1997.
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VF-211 Tomcat with practice bombs
An F-14A Tomcat from VF-211 caaries two small Mk 76 practice bombs (look closely) on a training flight from the USS Nimitz, off the coast of Southern California in 1997. It's also carrying an AIM-9 missile simulator, the blue tube on the left wing station.
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Tomcat top view from TARPS camera
This photo of a VF-211 F-14A Tomcat was taken using one of the cameras in a TARPS pod.
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VF-211 F-14A Tomcat in Zone 5 afterburner
A VF-211 F-14A Tomcat lights the afterburners furing an evening training mission above California in 1997.
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VF-211 F-14A Tomcat showing OSW weapons load
Taken during Operation Southern Watch, a VF-211 F-14A Tomcat returns to USS Nimitz after a mission above Iraq in 1997.
