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Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA5249 Grumman Grumman F-14D Tomcat 212/164394, flown by Lt Cdr Meagan V. Flannigan , VF-213, USS Theodore Roosevelt, Persian Gulf 2006.
1/72 Scale Diecast Model, Size: 10.75" Wingspan, 10.25" Long, Optional Up & Down Landing Gear, Armaments & Display Stand Are Included.
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the F-111B project. The F-14 was the first of the American Teen Series fighters, which were designed incorporating air combat experience against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War. Primary Role: Interceptor, Air Superiority, And Multirole Fighter.
VF-213 ôBlack Lionsö was established on June 22, 1955. VF-213 received its first F-14D in 1997 and in March, 2006; onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt they completed their last cruise flying the F-14D. From September 2005 to March 2006 VF-213 operated in the Persian and Arabian Gulfs in support of ôOPERATION IRAQI FREEDOMö. Returning home on March 10, 2006 the next month they began to transition to the new F/A-18F Super Hornet requiring a unit name change to VFA-213. During the last cruise Lt. Cdr Meagan ôSlickö Flannigan (nee-Varley) flew her F-14D.
Stock Status: | IN STOCK |
Scale: | 1/72 |
Size: | 10.75" Wingspan & 10.25" Long |
Category: | AIRCRAFT |
Design: | F-14 TOMCAT |
Shipping 1st: | 8.95 |
Additional Items: | 0.00 |
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