A VF-2 Bounty Hunters Tomcat descends toward NAS Miramar, which can be seen in the distance. The pilot has manually swept the wings back, normal procedures for Tomcats coming into the break.
Look closely and you can see vapes above the wings as this Tomcat pulls g. Photo taken above the Pacific Ocean near San Clemente Island. VF-2 Bounty Hunters.
On an Operation SOUTHERN WATCH mission, three F-14A Tomcats from the Fighting Checkmates of US Navy Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) fly over Southern Iraq with a USAF KC-10 during the 1997-98 deployment with CVW-9 in USS Nimitz (CVN-68).
Two US Navy F-14A Tomcats from Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) return to USS Nimitz in the Persian Gulf following a mission in support of Operation Southern Watch.