The tomcat performance is a bit of a mystery to me; there are videos of it doing a semi cobra and reaching crazy aoas; the fuselage could produce 40% of the lift. Some stories say that f-14 pilots would use the rudders and differential engine power to outturn eagles and falcons. The thing could accelerate super fast tanks to the variable wings; but it was delicate while landing due to intake shadowing caused by abrupt z axis maneuvers causing engine stalls. The early variants had delicate engines with compressor blades susceptible to failure at high g maneuvers and quick throttle movements. It could stall at high speeds causing unrecoverable spins.
The D variant was the best; with better engines but by the time it was getting close to retirement the jet was g-restricted.
Anyway it seems like the tomcat was a good airplane but not as user friendly as the f-15 or f-16. Now what I would like to know is if the f-15 wing rock wen stall or if it will just drop the nose.