Hobby Master Archive

Grumman F-14A 160382 C/N 238 was delivered to the USN on April 8, 1977 and assigned to VF-84 “Jolly Rogers” making its first cruise on board the USS Nimitz between December 1, 1977 and July 20, 1978 to the Mediterranean. 160382 had a role in the 1980 movie “The Final Encounter”. This aircraft was also the main feature in the well known lithograph “Tomcat”. Later 160382 spent time with VF-11 and VF-51 then retired to the National Naval Aviation Museum and now loaned to the Museum of Flight wearing a 1977 VF-84 scheme.