F-14 Squadron Information: This page will give you a quick overview about who operates the F-14 or did operate it once upon a time... Also, you will find F-14 squadron badges and F-14 colours on this pages for each squadron. (The F-14 sideview graphics show colour schemes as they were actually applied to Tomcats, nothing fictional!)
Please note, that the information about the disestablished squadrons describes the final status. The dates given for each squadron marks only the period when it was F-14 equipped.
Grumman F-14 production has ended in '92, F-14 prototypes were put into long term storage.
VF-1 Wolfpack 14 Oct. '72 - 1 Oct. '93 Pacific Fleet
VF-2 Bounty Hunters 14 Oct. '72 - today Pacific Fleet
VF-11 Red Rippers mid '80 - today Atlantic Fleet
VF-14 Tophatters July '73 - today Atlantic Fleet
VF-21 Freelancers early '84 - today Pacific Fleet
VF-24 Renegades Dec. '75 - Aug. '96 Pacific Fleet
VF-31 Tomcatters Aug. '80 - today Atlantic Fleet
VF-32 Swordsmen July '73 - today Atlantic Fleet
VF-33 Starfighters June '81 - 24 Sept. '93 Atlantic Fleet
VF-41 Black Aces April '76 - today Atlantic Fleet
VF-51 Screaming Eagles May '76 - 16 Feb. '95 Pacific Fleet
VF-74 Be-Devilers early '83 - 28 April '94 Atlantic Fleet
VF-84 Jolly Rogers June '76 - late '95 Atlantic Fleet
VF-101 Grim Reapers late '75 - today Atlantic Fleet
VF-102 Diamondbacks mid '81 - today Atlantic Fleet
VF-103 Sluggers (* see below) eaarly '83 - today Atlantic Fleet
VF-111 Sundowners mid '77 - 16 Feb. '95 Pacific Fleet
VF-114 Aardvarks early '76 - 28 Jan. '93 Pacific Fleet
VF-124 Gunfighters '72 - 30 Sept. '94 Pacific Fleet
VF-142 Ghostriders late '74 - March '95 Atlantic Fleet
VF-143 Pukin' Dogs late '74 - today Atlantic Fleet
VF-154 Black Knights early '84 - today Pacific Fleet
VF-191 Satan's Kittens 4 Dec. '86 - Sept. '88 Pacific Fleet
VF-194 Red Lightnings 1 Dec. '86 - Sept. '88 Pacific Fleet
VF-201 Hunters Oct. '86 - Dec. '98 Atlantic Fleet
VF-202 Superheats March '87 - 9 July '94 Atlantic Fleet
VF-211 Checkmates 1 Dec. '75 - today Pacific Fleet
VF-213 Black Lions early '76 - today Pacific Fleet
VF-301 Devil's Disciples October '84 - 11 Sept. '94 Atlantic Fleet
VF-302 Stallions April '85 - 11 Sept. '94 Atlantic Fleet
VX-4 Evaluators late '72 - 30 Sept. '94
VX-9 Det. Point Mugu Vampires late '94 - today
NAWC WD former PMTC Active
NATC (Naval Air Test Center) Active
NFWS (Navy Fighter Weapons School or "TOP GUN") Active
DFCS (Digital Flight Control System) Active
NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration) No more F-14 Flight Tests
IIAF (Imperial Iranian Air Force) No information available, but the F-14As should be out of flying condition by now.

(*) VF-103 Sluggers adopted the VF-84 squadron insignia and nickname when VF-84 was disestablished. Luckily, even Jack Ernie's remains were passed over to VF-103.

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