VF-211 F-14A is hooked up to the catapult aboard USS NIMITZ during training operations off the coast of Southern California. The catapult is powered by steam....
VFA-305 Hornet does a touch-and-go on Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in May 1993. The squadron was disestablished in December 1994. The airframe was stricken in 2001.
A VAQ-139 EA-6B prepares to launch from Connie's Cat 3 during the squadron's first deployment. NK606 was the only squadron aircrat not in Tactical Paint Scheme during that cruise.
F-14A Tomcat from the Fighting Checkmates of VF-211 in zone 5 (full) burner seconds before launch from USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for an Operation Southern Watch mission.
"Felix 112" taxiing aboard the "BIG STICK" for another mission on that day...Luckily I was able to capture this Tomcat of the famous VF-31 "Tomcatters"....
Lion 200 on cat 4 ready to go - for another mission above Iraq, as we were cruising in the Persian Gulf. Note also that the weapons guys, which made the weapons "hot"!
"Lion 203" of VF-213 "Black Lions" climbs away from cat #2 onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt for a night mission into a stunning sunset during the last ever combat cruise for the US Navy Tomcat.