The F-14s locked the MiGs with their powerful AWG-9 radar.
The MiG-23s had taken off from Al Bumbaw Airfield near Tobruk. Kennedy (CV-67) are alerted to a pair of Libyan Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Floggers. On January 4, 1989, near the Libyan coast, Two VF-32 F-14As flying CAP from the USS John F. It is credited with one MiG kill which was earned on January 4, 1989, near the coast of Libya. 159610) was built as an F-14A-85-GR and was one of the few Tomcats that was modified as an F-14D(R) in the early 1990s. The National Air and Space Museum's Tomcat (BuNo. This F-14D is also capable of carrying the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) providing in-theater tactical reconnaissance. With its Fast Tactical Imagery (FTI) system the F-14 can transmit and receive targeting/reconnaissance imagery in-flight to provide time sensitive strike capability. The F-14D also has the LANTIRN targeting system that allows delivery of various laser-guided bombs for precision strikes in air-to-ground combat missions and for battle damage assessment.
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As a Strike Fighter, the Tomcat is capable of deploying an assortment of air-to-ground ordnance (MK-80 series GP bombs, LGBs and JDAM) in various configurations, while simultaneously carrying the AIM-7, AIM-9 and AIM-54 air-to-air missiles. Primary missions include precision strike against ground targets, air superiority, and fleet air defense. The multiple tasks of navigation, target acquisition, electronic counter measures (ECM), and weapons employment are divided between the pilot and the radar intercept officer (RIO). Summary The F-14D(R) Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, variable sweep-wing, two-place strike fighter manufactured by Grumman Aircraft Corporation. Object Details Physical Description deck-launched, supersonic, twin-engine, variable sweep wing, two-place fleet defense and strike fighter. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
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