With the afterburner lit, this VFP-63 RF-8G pilot salutes the catapult officer seconds before being launched from JFK. Photographer was a Navy ROTC midshipman at the time.
VF-2 F-14A Tomcat wearing temporary water-color camouflage applied by aircrews returns to NAS Miramar following a Fighter Derby competition flight on the Yuma TACTS range (R2301W).
VF-211 F-14A Tomcat rests on Nimitz flight deck crossing the Atlantic at the end of a round-the-world deployment. (Photographer's name on rear cockpit rail.)
VF-24 F-14A, NG205. One of the last photos of this aircraft before it was lost in a mishap 19 Dec 1981. Photographer (Bio) ejected from this aircraft in that mishap.
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....
F-14A Tomcat from the Fighting Checkmates of VF-211 returns to USS Nimitz following an Operation Southern Watch mission. The tail design was a squadron tradition when deployed over the Christmas holidays.