Italeri 2667 - 1/48 F-14 A Tomcat  [IT-2667S]

Period: from '50 to '90

Country: United States Of America

Model Dim.: 39 cm

F-14 A TOMCAT

The U.S. Navys initial super-fighter, the F-14, originated partially based on expertise gained utilizing the F-111, a multi-role airplane designed by General Dynamics, the Navy form of which, the F111B, completed up being built by Grumman. The F-14A first travelled on twenty-first December 1970, and production-line models started reaching squadrons in 1973. Squadrons VF-1 and VF-2 accompanied the last voyage associated with the aircraft carrier Enterprise in Vietnam, yet never saw combat. The Tomcat would perhaps not see action until 1981, with regards to shot down two Libyan Su-22s during an encounter through the whole Gulf of Sirte. Since that time the F-14 is updated over and over repeatedly and contains brought parts in several conflicts in the centre East (Iran-Iraq war, very first and 2nd Gulf War), and in operations regarding previous Yugoslavia and small skirmishes inside the Mediterranean.