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Cafe Lactate

Feb 16, 06 10:38

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http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=22325

TR Traps Last Tomcat from Combat Mission

Release Date: 2/15/2006 4:42:00 PM

By Journalist 2nd Class Stephen Murphy, USS Theodore Roosevelt Public Affairs

ABOARD USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (NNS) -- A chapter in naval aviation history drew to a close Feb. 8 aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) with the last recovery of an F-14 Tomcat from a combat mission.

Piloted by Capt. William G. Sizemore II, commander, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, Fighter Squadron (VF) 213’s aircraft 204 was trapped at 12:35 a.m. and marked one of the final stages of the Navy’s transition from the F-14 to F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet.

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See link for full story. End of an era...no more of the plane that Tom Cruise flew in Top Gun.


jhc

Feb 16, 06 11:00

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Re: OT: Last F-14 combat mission trapped... [Cafe Lactate] [In reply to] Can't Post
Well, they told Maverick repeatedly not to buzz the tower now, didn't they.


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spot

Feb 16, 06 15:47

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That's kinda sad. The Tomcat was a great airplane.

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Ti T'war

Feb 16, 06 17:45

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Now THAT was funny :-)
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