Tomcat 3 3
  • Crew: 2 (Pilot and RIO/Radar Intercept Officer)
  • Manufacturer: Grumman Corporation
  • Primary Function: Carrier-based air superiority fighter.
  • Unit Cost: $38 million
  • Inventory: 659 (F-14A), 81 (F-14B), 55 (F-14D)
  • Height: 16 feet (4.9 meters)
  • Length: 62 feet, 8 inches (19.13 meters)
  • WingSpan (max spread): 64 feet, 1 inches
  • WingSpan (fully swept): 48 feet, 2 inches
  • WingSpan (overswept): 33 feet, 3 inches
  • Powerplant: 2x Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-412A or 414A afterburning turbofan engines (F-14A), 2x General Electric F110-GE-400 afterburning turbofan engines (F-14B/D)
  • Thrust: 20,900 pounds each (F-14A), 27,000 pounds (F-14B/D)
  • Fuel Capacity: 16,200 pounds (7,348 kilograms) internal
  • Max Takeoff Weight: 74,349 pounds (33,725 kilograms)
  • Maximum Range: 2,400 miles
  • Maximum Ceiling: 55,000 feet
  • Maximum Speed: over 1500 mph (Mach 2.34 )
  • Payload: 10 hardpoints total with a capacity of 14,500 pounds (6,600 kilograms)
  • Armament: M-61 20mm cannon; four AIM-7 Sparrow, four AIM-9 Sidewinder, or six AIM-54 Phoenix and two AIM-9 air-to-air missiles. Unguided Air to Ground weapons