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ID 33894 Views: 546 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 9, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164603 / AJ-101 (cn 631/D-36) Very memorable air-show for me as it was the last demo of the F-14 for the Navy at an air show.

ID 18401 Views: 415 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, September 7, 1998	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	163893 (cn 603/D-8) F-14D NH-101 is being prepared to depart the Cleveland Air Show for its home base of NAS Oceana, VA. The "NH" code indicates this F-14 is assigned to the Pacific Fleet, but by 1998 all Tomcats were based at NAS Oceana, and would fly cross-country to the west coast to be loaded on the carrier for a Westpac deployment.

ID 18338 Views: 359 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, August 30, 2003	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	163417 (cn 601/D-6) This F-14D was the back-up demo aircraft from VF-101 out of NAS Oceana. I have better shots of this aircraft, but really like the general atmosphere this shot creates with Lake Erie in the background.

ID 18337 Views: 323 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, August 30, 2003	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	163414 / AD-163 (cn 598/D-3) Nice to see the Navy bring a special paint scheme in on their demo Tomcat! This version of the Tomcat, the "D" model, was the ultimate Tomcat- capable of air or ground attack. When the F-14 flew at the air show, all eyes were on the Tomcat!

ID 18336 Views: 315 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, August 30, 2003	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	163414 / AD-163 (cn 598/D-3) Waiting for the skies to clear (and they would) on the first day of the 2003 Cleveland Air Show, this demo F-14D serves with VF-101 the "Grim Reapers" out of Oceana NAS.

ID 15933 Views: 550 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 9, 2006	Phoenix 6 Contact
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	164342 / AJ-100 (cn 617/D-22) At the final airshow the Tomcat performed at, VF-31 Tomcatters 100 does a high speed flyby... Miss you, baby!

ID 4310 Views: 543 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 9, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164343 / AJ-101 (cn 617/D23) Four ship pass 3/4 view. Another shot of a awesome aircraft that is now retired from the fleet

ID 4309 Views: 590 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 9, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164342 / AJ-100 (cn 617/D22) Grumman F-14 Tomcat four ship flyby. A sight that will be missed. This was the last flight of the Tomcat at a airshow. A Week later the tomcat was removed from the fleet.

ID 742 Views: 640 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	163904 / AJ-102 (cn 614/D-19) NAVY Grumman F-14 Tomcat. Awesome moisture/vortices shot. This is one of the last flights of this bird! Nice career Tomcat!

ID 741 Views: 886 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164342 / AJ-100 (cn 617/D-22) NAVY Grumman F-14 Tomcat four ship diamond pass. WOW! Man the best bird flying today....not for much longer though

ID 740 Views: 448 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	159619 / AJ-105 (cn 166/DR-9) Last time this bird is going to fly.

ID 738 Views: 620 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164342 / AJ-100 (cn 617/D-22) NAVY Grumman F-14 Tomcats lift off and call gear up!

ID 739 Views: 428 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164603 / AJ-101 (cn 631/D-36) Two NAVY Tomcatters taxi back to the hangar

ID 737 Views: 414 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164603 / AJ-101 (cn 631/D-36) Second shot of this bird as it taxis past us.

ID 736 Views: 449 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164342 / AJ-100 (cn 617/D-22) NAVY Grumman F-14 Tomcat Four Ship Bow. The Tomcatters bow for the crowd after the awesome show!

ID 735 Views: 425 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164603 / AJ-101 (cn 631/D-36) NAVY Grumman F-14D Tomcat. My favorite of the Tomcatters that flew this show.

ID 734 Views: 380 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	163904 / AJ-102 (cn 614/D-19) NAVY Grumman F-14D Tomcat taxis past. Another bird from the fleet demo team. They flew with the hornets and super hornets simulating bomb runs and straffes.

ID 733 Views: 373 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	163904 / AJ-102 (cn 614/D-19) NAVY Grumman F-14D Tomcat taxis past...the crowd was in awe as was I.

ID 732 Views: 432 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164342 / AJ-100 (cn 617/D-22) NAVY Grumman F-14D Tomcat. Another shot of this awesome bird as she taxis right in front of us...I could have reached out and shook there hand almost. We were that close!

ID 730 Views: 406 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat	Virginia Beach - Oceana NAS / Apollo Soucek Field (NTU/KNTU) USA - Virginia, September 10, 2006	Mark Plumley Contact
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	164342 / AJ-100 (cn 617/D-22) NAVY Grumman F-14D Tomcat 16342 AJ-100 taxis past after the fleet demo show. Pilots must be almost in tears knowing this is one of the last flights.