ITA1414 1:72 Italeri F-14A Tomcat '50th First Flight Anniversary'

ORIGINAL MOULDS FROM ESCI - SUPER DECAL SHEET FOR 4 VERSIONS - RECESSED PANEL LINES

The American supersonic twin-engine Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the icon of the U.S. Navy fighter squadrons during the ƒ??80s and ƒ??90s. it was characterized by the adoption of the variable-sweep wing, the twin-tail and the tandem two-seat cabin. The ƒ??Tomcatƒ? provided an impressive operational performance. Thanks to its two General Electric Afterburning turbofans it was able to reach the max speed of Mach 2.34. It was armed with a 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotating gun and it could use, in addition to the more conventional AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow, the AIM-54 Phoenix radar-guided long-range missiles. The F-14 entered in service during the ƒ??70s, replacing the F-4 Phantom II to perform air superiority duties. During its operational career it participated in a lot of military operations from the Gulf of Sirte crisis to the Iraq War.