Editing Grumman F-14 Tomcat (section)

==Operators==
[[File:F-14 Tomcat Operators.png|thumb|Operators {{legend|#1300ff|As of 2014}}{{legend|#ee0010|Former}}]]
[[File:Iranian AF F-14 Tomcat landing at Mehrabad.jpg|thumb|An IRIAF F-14 Tomcat landing at [[Mehrabad International Airport|Mehrabad]], Iran]]
[[File:F-14A Tomcat of VF-126 c1993.jpg|thumb|F-14A Tomcat of NFWS (TOPGUN) NAS Miramar c. 1993]]
[[File:F-14 3 Yokota Tokyo.jpg|thumb|Front view of an F-14A at [[Yokota Air Base]], Tokyo, Japan, 2003]]
[[File:F14 on USS Hornet.jpg|thumb|F-14A BuNo 162689 at the [[USS Hornet Museum|USS ''Hornet'' Museum]] in Alameda, California, 2009]]

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* [[Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force]]
** 72nd TFS: F-14A, 1979–1985
** 73rd TFS: F-14A, 1979–1985
** 81st TFS: F-14A, 1979–present
** 82nd TFS: F-14A, 1979–present
** 83rd TFS: F-14A, renamed former 62nd TFS<ref name="Iranian Tomcats Still on the Prowl">Taghvaee, Babak. Aviation News Monthly, UK: Key Publishing, March 2012.</ref>

===Former operators===
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* [[Air force history of Iran|Imperial Iranian Air Force]]
** 72nd TFS: F-14A, 1976–1979
** 73rd TFS: F-14A, 1977–1979
** 81st TFS: F-14A, 1977–1979
** 82nd TFS: F-14A, 1978–1979
** 83rd Tomcat Flight School: F-14A, 1978–1979
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* [[United States Navy]] - operated F-14 from 1974 to 2006
** [[United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program|Navy Fighter Weapons School]] (TOPGUN) (Merged with Strike University (Strike U) to form [[Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center]] (NSAWC) 1996)
*** [[VF-126]] Bandits (Disestablished 1 April 1994)
** [[VF-1]] Wolfpack (Disestablished 30 September 1993)
** [[VFA-2|VF-2]] Bounty Hunters (Pacific Fleet through 1996, Atlantic Fleet 1996–2003, Pacific Fleet 2003–present; redesignated [[VFA-2]] with F/A-18F, 1 July 2003)
** [[VF-11]] Red Rippers (Redesignated to [[VFA-11]] with F/A-18F, May 2005)
** [[VF-14]] Tophatters (Redesignated [[VFA-14]] with F/A-18E, 1 December 2001, and transferred to Pacific Fleet, 2002)
** [[VF-21]] Freelancers (Disestablished 31 January 1996)
** [[VF-24]] Fighting Renegades (Disestablished 20 August 1996)
** [[VF-31]] Tomcatters (Redesignated [[VFA-31]] with F/A-18E, October 2006)
** [[VF-32]] Swordsmen (Redesignated [[VFA-32]] with F/A-18F, 1 October 2005)
** [[VF-33]] Starfighters (Disestablished 1 October 1993)
** [[VFA-41|VF-41]] Black Aces (Redesignated [[VFA-41]] with F/A-18F, 1 December 2001)
** [[VF-51]] Screaming Eagles (Disestablished 31 March 1995)
** [[VF-74]] Bedevilers (Disestablished 30 April 1994)
** [[VF-84 (1955-1995)|VF-84]] Jolly Rogers (Disestablished 1 October 1995; squadron heritage and nickname transferred to [[VF-103]])
** [[VF-102]] Diamondbacks (Redesignated [[VFA-102]] with F/A-18F, 1 May 2002, and transferred to Pacific Fleet)
** [[VF-103]] Sluggers/Jolly Rogers (Redesignated [[VFA-103]] with F/A-18F, 1 May 2005)
** [[VF-111 (1956-95)|VF-111]] Sundowners (Disestablished 31 March 1995; squadron heritage and nickname adopted by [[VFC-111]])
** [[VF-114]] Aardvarks (Disestablished 30 April 1993)
** [[VF-142]] Ghostriders (Disestablished 30 April 1995)
** [[VFA-143|VF-143]] Pukin' Dogs (Redesignated [[VFA-143]] with F/A-18E, early 2005)
** [[VF-154]] Black Knights (Redesignated [[VFA-154]] with F/A-18F, 1 October 2003)
** [[VF-191]] Satan's Kittens (Disestablished 30 April 1988)
** [[VF-194 (1986–1988)|VF-194]] Red Lightnings (Disestablished 30 April 1988)
** [[VF-211]] Fighting Checkmates (Pacific Fleet through 1996, then transferred to Atlantic Fleet; redesignated [[VFA-211]] with F/A-18F, 1 October 2004)
** [[VF-213]] Black Lions (Pacific Fleet through 1996, then transferred to Atlantic Fleet; redesignated [[VFA-213]] with F/A-18F, May 2006)
* Naval Air Systems Command Test and Evaluation Squadrons
** [[VX-4]] Evaluators (Disestablished 30 September 1994 and merged into [[VX-5]] to form [[VX-9]])
** [[VX-9]] Vampires (Currently operates F/A-18C/D/E/F, [[Boeing EA-18G Growler|EA-18G]], [[Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II|F-35C]], [[Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler|EA-6B]], [[McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II|AV-8B]], [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|AH-1]] and [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1]])
** [[VX-23]] Salty Dogs (Currently operates F/A-18A+/B/C/D/E/F, EA-6B, EA-18G, F-35C and [[McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk|T-45]])
** [[VX-30]] Bloodhounds (Currently operates P-3, C-130, S-3)
* Fleet Replacement Squadrons
** [[VF-101]] Grim Reapers; Atlantic Fleet, then sole single-site, F-14 FRS (Disestablished 15 September 2005; squadron heritage and nickname adopted by [[VFA-101]], an F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadron established in May 2012. VFA-101 itself would be disestablished 23 May 2019)<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=66309 Navy's Newest Squadron Prepares for New F-35 Fighters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613120309/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=66309 |date=13 June 2013}}. Navy.mil.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=109696|title=Strike Fighter Squadron 101 Deactives|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226225748/https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=109696|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[VF-124]] Gunfighters; Pacific Fleet F-14 FRS (Disestablished 30 September 1994)
* Naval Air Force Reserve Squadrons
** [[VF-201]] Hunters (Redesignated [[VFA-201]] and reequipped with F/A-18A+ on 1 January 1999; disestablished 30 June 2007)
** [[VF-202]] Superheats (Disestablished 31 December 1994)
** [[VF-301]] Devil's Disciples (Disestablished 11 September 1994)
** [[VF-302]] Stallions (Disestablished 11 September 1994)
* Naval Air Force Reserve Squadron Augmentation Units (SAUs)
** VF-1285 Fighting Fubijars (Disestablished September 1994); augmented VF-301 and VF-302
** VF-1485 Americans (Disestablished September 1994); augmented VF-124
** VF-1486 Fighting Hobos (Disestablished September 2005); augmented VF-101
* Flight and weapons test units
** Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River<ref>Colors and Markings of the F-14 Tomcat part 3, p.18, ISBN 9798410341745</ref>
** Naval Missile Center, NAS Point Mugu<ref>Colors and Markings of the F-14 Tomcat part 3, p.26, ISBN 9798410341745</ref>
** [[Pacific Missile Test Center]], NAS Point Mugu<ref>Colors and Markings of the F-14 Tomcat part 3, p.29, ISBN 9798410341745</ref>
** [[Naval Air Warfare Center]]-Weapons Division, NAS Point Mugu<ref>Colors and Markings of the F-14 Tomcat part 3, p.34, ISBN 9798410341745</ref>
** Naval Weapons Test Squadron-Point Mugu, NAS Point Mugu<ref>Colors and Markings of the F-14 Tomcat part 3, p.36, ISBN 9798410341745</ref>
** [[Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster|Naval Air Development Center]], NADC Warminster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airfighters.com/photo/181909/M/USA-Navy/Grumman-F-14A-Tomcat/161137/ |title=USA - Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat 161137 Photo |last= |first= |date= |website=www.airfighters.com |publisher= |access-date=17 December 2024 |quote=}}{{Non-primary source needed|date=December 2024}}</ref>
* [[NASA]] operated two F-14As. First F-14A #157991 was used High-Angle-of-Attack and Spin-Controle-and-Recovery test program, between 1979 and 1985.<ref>Colors and Markings of the F-14 Tomcat part 3, p.66, ISBN 9798410341745</ref> Second F-14A #159834 at [[Dryden Flight Research Center]] in 1986 and 1987 in a program known as the Variable-Sweep Transition Flight Experiment (VSTFE). This program explored laminar flow on variable sweep aircraft at high subsonic speeds.<ref>{{cite web|title=F-14 Tomcat|date=20 August 2015|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/F-14/F-14_proj_desc.html|publisher=NASA|access-date=7 June 2021|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112161921/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/F-14/F-14_proj_desc.html|url-status=live}}</ref>