BlackLion213 Posted February 27, 2016 Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) Another excellent photo collection, this time from Dave "Hey Joe" Parsons. Also a famous F-14 RIO, he started in the F-14 during the early 80s with VF-102. He became very interested in TARPS and is extended his TARPS interest to taking remarkable photographs of the F-14. He joined VF-32 during 1989 and deployed Desert Storm. He later was actively involved in the F-14s LANTIRN integration and development of precision strike. He had quite an accomplished career in the Navy and was also the principle author of this highly recommended book. He has probably taken and published as many F-14 photos as anyone. These photos are mostly from his "Shoebox" collection and recently scanned/restored. Some of these photos may resemble other published shots, because he published A LOT of photos. I tried to post shots that look unpublished. Dave Parsons posted these on his page facebook if you want to check out some of his other pictures. VF-101 Tomcat taking off from Oceana. VF-101 Tomcat over Key West - the East Coast hub for USN ACM training. AC210 in the foreground is a TARPS bird returning from a mission - you can tell because there is a AN/ALQ-167 countermeasures pod mounted on the phoenix pallet. There may be an extended chaff dispenser on the other pallet, but I can't see it in this photo. The other 2 tomcats visible are carrying the standard Tomcat Desert Storm loadout (2 Phoenix, 3 Sparrows, 2 Sidewinders). Nice shot showing the arbitrary touch-ups of TPS Tomcats. This photo is from the 1989 cruise, you can tell because aircraft are carrying AIM-54As instead of AIM-54Cs. Even though the AIM-54C entered service in 1986, there are no photos of F-14s carrying them (that I have seen) until Desert Storm. Same for the HGU-55 helmet, which showed up around the same time. Same cruise with AIM-54A Combined refueling - both USN and USAF assets. Amazing terrain! -Nick Edited February 28, 2016 by BlackLion213
BlackLion213 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) A few more, Dave Parsons has about 100 pictures on his FB page. Another shot of AC210 on a TARPS mission carrying the AN/ALQ-167 -Nick Edited February 28, 2016 by BlackLion213
BlackLion213 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) Last few to round things out. :) There are also a few images of other aircraft taken by Dave Parsons. I might have over done this a bit. :smilewink: I'll take a photo break for a while. Best, Nick Edited February 28, 2016 by BlackLion213
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