MANUFACTURER:  Grumman Aerospace Corporation (later Northrop Grumman Corp.)

PRODUCTION PERIOD:  1970 TO 1991

NUMBER PRODUCED:  726 total all sources

PRODUCTION SERIES:  F-14A, B & D

ROLES:  The F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, variable-sweep wing, two-place fighter designed to attack and destroy enemy aircraft at night and in all-weather conditions, capable of US Navy fleet defense, air superiority, long-range strike and tactical reconnaissance

(Varies by model)

MAXIMUM SPEED:  1.5444 mph (Mach 2.34)

SERVICE CEILING:  53,000 feet + above sea level

RANGE:  1,600 miles

WEAPONS:  One M61 Vulcan 20mm cannon, six AIM-54 Phoenix long-range air-to-air missiles, along with six AIM-7 Sparrow and four AIM-9 Sidewinder medium and short range air-to-air missiles and assorted bombs

CREW:  Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer

LENGTH:  61 feet, 9 inches

WINGSPAN:  64 feet unswept, 38 feet swept

HEIGHT:  16 feet

MAXIMUM TAKEOFF WEIGHT:  72,900 lbs.

POWERPLANT:  F-14A: two Pratt & Whitney TF30P-414A turbofan engines with afterburners (20,900 lbs. of thrust each); F-14B and F-14D: two General Electric F-110-GE-400 augmented turbofan engines with afterburners (27,950 lbs. of thrust each)

ACHIEVEMENTS:  The F-14 Tomcat has the unequaled ability to simultaneously track up to 24 targets and attack six of them with its advanced weapons control system and the AIM-54A Phoenix missile - the longest-ranged air-to-air missile in the world