F-14 Tomcat
Specifications
| Function | Carrier-based multi-role strike fighter
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| Contractor | Grumman Aerospace Corporation
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| Unit Cost | $38 million
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| Propulsion |
F-14: two Pratt & Whitney TF-30P-414A
turbofan engines with afterburners;
F-14B and F-14D: two General Electric F-110-GE-400
augmented turbofan engines with afterburners
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| Thrust |
F-14A: 20,900 pounds (9,405 kg) static thrust per engine;
F-14B and F-14D: 27,000 pounds (12,150 kg) per engine
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| Length | 61 feet 9 inches (18.6 meters)
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| Height | 16 feet (4.8 meters)
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| Maximum Takeoff Weight | 72,900 pounds (32,805 kg)
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| Wingspan | 64 feet (19 meters) unswept, 38 feet (11.4 meters) swept
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| Ceiling | Above 53,000 feet
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| Speed |
Max Mach Number = 1.88
Cruise Mach Number = .72
Carrier Approach Speed = 125 kts
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| Mission Radius |
500 nm Hi-Med-Hi strike profile
380 nm Hi-Lo-Lo-Hi strike profile
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| Crew | Two: pilot and radar intercept officer
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| Armament | Up to 13,000 pounds of
Air-to-Air Missiles (up to)
6 AIM-7 Sparrows
4 AIM-9 Sidewinder
6 AIM-54 Phoenix
air-to-ground ordnance
MK-82(500 lbs.)
4 MK-83 (1,000 lbs.)
4 MK-84 (2,000 lbs.)
MK-20 cluster bomb
4 GBU-10 LGB
GBU-12 MK-82 LGB
4 GBU-16 MK-83 LGB
4 GBU-24 MK-84 LGB
one MK-61A1 Vulcan 20mm cannon
Selected F-14A and B are wired to carry TARPS
All F-14D's are wired to carry the TARPS
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| Countermeasures |
AN/ALR-45 radar warning receiver [Itek]
AN/ALR-67 radar warning receiver [F-14D]
AN/ALQ-167 ECM Pod [F-14D]
AN/ALE-50 towed decoy [F-14D]
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| Date Deployed |
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| First flight |
December 1970
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| Inventory |
157 F-14A/B
53 F-14D
Phasing out one squadron / year
All to be withdrawn by 2010
F-14 orginally designed for 6,000 flight hours
Currently certified for 7,350 flight hours
Potential for extension to 8,000 or 9,000 flight hours
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