رد: الفاااااااااااااااتنة إف 14 صور ممتازة
لكن كان يمكن تطوير أنظمتها أليس كذلك..........؟
لكن كونها في الإحتياط يجعلها في الصورة
أم ماذا يكون رأيك
أي نعم الإف 18 هورنيت والإف 15 ثم القادمة الإف 35 سيحققون المراد
إلا أنها صراحة تعز علي لدرجة أنني أحزن لكونها بالإحتياط
فهي لم تأخذ حقها في الدعاية
لا اعتقد اخي مارشال بان امريكا تحب ان تحمي حاملات طائراتها وغواصاتها واسطولها البحري الاثمن بطائره من السبعينيات ...الطائره قامت باخر رحله لها في سنة 2006 على مااذكر الى مقبره لتحويلها الى خرده لاحقا ولن تكون بالاحتياط
Feb 19 2006
A chapter in naval aviation history drew to a close Feb. 8 aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) with the last recovery of an F-14 Tomcat from a combat mission.
Piloted by Capt. William G. Sizemore II, commander, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, Fighter Squadron (VF) 213’s aircraft 204 was trapped at 12:35 a.m. and marked one of the final stages of the Navy’s transition from the F-14 to F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet.
“It’s the end of an era and it just kind of worked out that I was the last trap,” said Sizemore. “This is one of the best airplanes ever built, and it’s sad to see it go away. It’s just a beautiful airplane. It’s powerful, it has presence, and it just looks like the ultimate fighter.”
Lt. Bill Frank, a VF-31 pilot, also took part in the last mission, and is credited with being the last pilot to ever drop a bomb from an F-14 Tomcat.
“We were called on to drop, and that’s what we did,” said Frank. “It’s special and it’s something I can say I did, but what’s more important is the work of the Sailors who made it possible. They have worked so hard during this cruise to make every Tomcat operational.”
The decision to incorporate the Super Hornet and decommission the F-14 is mainly due to high amount of maintenance required to keep the Tomcats operational. On average, an F-14 requires nearly 50 maintenance hours for every flight hour, while the Super Hornet requires five to 10 maintenance hours for every flight hour.
“I don’t think there is anything better than a Tomcat, but it’s probably a good time for it to go away,” said Senior Chief Aviation Machinist’s Mate (AW) Gene Casterlin, VF-31. “The Navy is getting smaller and more efficient, and it will only get harder to maintain the Tomcat. But no matter what, the Tomcat is the sexiest airplane in the sky.”
The F-14 entered operational service with Navy fighter squadrons VF-1 Wolfpack and VF-2 Bounty Hunters aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in September 1974. The Tomcat’s purpose was to serve as a fighter interceptor, and it eventually replaced the F-4 Phantom II Fighter, which was phased out in 1986.
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