Grumman F-14D Tomcat - (Bu.No.164350) Goodbye Baby

            Aircraft at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42 

Built by Grumman Corp. (now Northrop Grumman Corp.), the F-14 Tomcat spent more than 30 years in service. The fighters were officially retired on Sept. 22.

Palmdale's specimen arrived from Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia.

For pilot Lt. Cmdr. David "Superfly" Faehnle the flight was a cause for powerful emotions. "It's sad, saying goodbye to an old friend," he said. "I spent a lot of my life sitting up in that cockpit. It's been my office."

September 2005, the Tomcatters deployed for the final Tomcat deployment aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).

Returning home from the last ever F-14 deployment on March 10, 2005, VF-213 and VF-31 joined 22 F-14D for a historic fly-in over the skies of NAS Oceana, Virginia.

Taken in: United States / California / La/palmdale Regional Airport (show map)

Taken on: August 25, 2008

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