Italeri 1156 - 1/72 F-14 A Tomcat   [IT-1156S]

Period: from '50 to '90

Nation: United States

Model Dim.: 26 cm

F-14 A TOMCAT

The U.S. Navys very first super-fighter, the F-14, was developed partially regarding basis of experience gained with the F-111, a multi-role airplane designed by General Dynamics, the Navy form of which, the F111B, ended up being built by Grumman. The F-14A very first travelled on twenty-first December 1970, and production-line models started reaching squadrons in 1973. Squadrons VF-1 and VF-2 accompanied the very last voyage of aircraft carrier Enterprise in Vietnam, yet never saw combat. The Tomcat would not see action until 1981, when it shot down two Libyan Su-22s during an encounter over the Gulf of Sirte. Since that time the F-14 is updated several times and has brought components in a variety of conflicts at the center East (Iran-Iraq war, 1st and 2nd Gulf War), also in operations over the former Yugoslavia and small skirmishes over the Mediterranean.