Actual combat performance of F- 14 fighter.

1975, the Tomcat just caught up with the last scene of the Vietnam War, that is, the fall of Saigon. The North Vietnamese Air Force did not dare to interfere with the Tomcat fighter on duty, and only used anti-aircraft guns to shoot. F- 14 participated in the combat mission in the late Vietnam War. At that time, the 1 2 carrier squadron belonged to the 14 carrier wing on the aircraft carrier enterprise. From September 1 974 17 to May 201975, squadrons1and 2 conducted combat patrols over South Vietnam, but did not encounter enemy planes.

198 1 In August, the battle group composed of USS Forrestal and USS Nimitz entered the eastern Mediterranean. Its task is to protest against the Libyan government's claim that Sidra Bay is its territorial waters. The way to protest is to sail warships into Satra Bay. On June 5438+09, two Su -22 fighters took off against two F- 14A. As a result, F- 14A shot down two Su -22 fighters with AIM-9L omnidirectional rattlesnake missiles. This is also the first air combat between variable-wing aircraft and variable-wing aircraft in the world.

1983, USS Eisenhower and USS Independence, located in the eastern Mediterranean, were ordered to support the landing of the US Marines on the Lebanese coast. Male cats equipped with tactical aerial reconnaissance pod system flew several reconnaissance missions, and the rest were responsible for covering operations. In these missions, I was hit by surface-to-air missiles several times, but I missed them all. In June+10 of the same year, the United States launched an emergency furious invasion of the island country of Grenada, and the Tomcat plane also dispatched many reconnaissance missions.

1985 5438+00 In June, seven male cats took off from USS Saratoga to intercept a civil aircraft taking off from Egypt. The plane was hijacked by terrorists who killed American tourists. Finally, the male cat accurately intercepted the plane and forced it to land at the Italian airport.

1in March, 1986, the us navy launched several attacks on Libya, and F- 14 provided air cover. In April, the US Air Force dispatched its fleet of F-11to Britain to bomb Libya, and F- 14 provided air cover again.

19891On October 4th, two American F- 14 planes taking off from USS John F. Kennedy patrolled over Libya and found two Libyan MiG -23 fighters flying towards them. In the process of approaching, F- 14 warns the other side with a series of evasive maneuvers. After being provoked by MIG -23, F- 14 hit MIG -23 with a missile, and the other pilot ejected. In this conflict, the TV crew of F- 14 clearly photographed that the MIG -23 mounted the missile. This leaves almost no excuse for the US military's preemptive action. As for the two pilots who escaped by ejection, they were not found by Libyan search and rescue personnel.

In addition to the conflict with Libya, the US military also escorted oil tankers in the Persian Gulf between 1988 and 1989. It is said that two male cats fought with Iranian F-4E fighter jets, and F- 14 did launch sparrow and rattlesnake missiles. But these missiles were all warnings, but they were not used correctly, so they didn't shoot down any Iranian fighters. In addition, the US Navy and the Iranian Air Force F- 14 have never confronted each other.

F- 199 1 played an air cover role in the Gulf War in June 1. The task of hunting Iraqi fighters was handed over to the F- 15C fleet. 199 1 February 6, 2008, two F- 14 shot down a Mi -8 helicopter with a rattlesnake missile. This is also the only air combat victory of F- 14 in this war. On June 65438+1October 2 1 day of the same year, a male cat was shot down by an old SA-2 air defense missile. This is the first and only loss of the Tomcat Fleet of the US Navy in the battle. Of the two ejected pilots, one was rescued by a helicopter and the other became a prisoner of war.

1995 NATO decided to intervene in the Yugoslav civil war. In order to help NATO's peacekeeping forces in the former Yugoslavia, the F- 14 from different squadrons of the US Navy's 8th Aircraft Carrier Wing in the Adriatic Sea played the role of performing multiple tasks: attacking local ground targets (close air support), frontline air support and other tasks. In this conflict, Tomcat carried out the first live-fire laser-guided bomb attack. Moreover, F- 14, which took off from the US aircraft carrier, is the only aircraft in the United States that can carry out photo reconnaissance missions in the Adriatic Sea.

1In March 1999, NATO decided to attack Serbian troops, and NATO bombed Serbia day and night for several weeks. The United States also sent the F- 14 theodore roosevelt aircraft carrier. The tasks of F- 14 include: suppressing enemy air power, front-line air support, aerial reconnaissance and precision laser-guided bomb attack. After the air raid, coalition fighters began to provide air support for the international Kosovo peacekeeping force stationed in Kosovo. From March 6th to June 9th, F- 14, EA-6B and F/A- 18 of the 8th Carrier Wing destroyed or injured 477 tactical targets and 88 fixed targets. Among them, F- 14 of VF- 14 Squadron dropped 350 laser-guided bombs, weighing 350,000 pounds.

The above are the combat operations that F- 14 serving in the US Navy participated in. The F- 14 shot down two Su-22s and two MiG-23s, plus one Mi -8 helicopter. All four jet fighters belong to the Libyan Air Force, and they are all variable-wing fighters.