What's your favorite F-14 livery?

[Darkbrotherhood7]

Vintage F-14A VF-142, so beauty.

[BlackLion213]

Agreed, but a good looking Diamondback isn't far behind ;)

 

Why not both? ;)

 

 

 

 

 

-Nick

[BlackLion213]

Vintage F-14A VF-142, so beauty.

 

Looks great! :thumbup:

 

Pacific fleet had some nice markings in the 1970s too...

 

 

-Nick

[Greekbull]

Looks great! :thumbup:

 

Pacific fleet had some nice markings in the 1970s too...

 

 

-Nick

 

Can't wait to run that VF-2 Livery;)

[Xenovia]

 

 

 

Jolly Rogers and Grim Reapers, and The Tomcatters

Edited July 29, 2016 by Xenovia

[Sideswipe]

Aaand that VF-103 pic is now part of my screen saver collection.

[Jogui3000]

Pffffff Ghosts of Razgriz pls

 

[W4rB1rd]

 

VF-111 Sundowners, Hope to see this one upon release

[Jhuss96]

 

I really hope to see some late era OIF liveries, especially with the bomb/kill tally's.

[BlackLion213]

Not of my favorite livery, but a nice collection of vintage photos from VF-301:

 

http://oldro.com/?page_id=114

 

VF-301 was a reserve Tomcat squadron at NAS Miramar and these photos date from 1984-1987.

 

-Nick

[Darkbrotherhood7]

VF-111

 

I really like that shark nose.

[Xenovia]

VF-111

 

I really like that shark nose.

 

VF-101 also uses the shark nose. :)

[Greekbull]

Yes the Sundowners also have a very awesome iconic livery!

[Zilch]

I like the Ferris scheme:

 

 

Edited August 2, 2016 by Zilch

[Jaktaz]

I like the Ferris scheme:

 

 

 

What was this used for?

[Kroll]

Two heater schemes

 

 

 

 

 

 

#10

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Buzzf18e]

Old school VF213 1981 USS America cruise

 

Served in that squadron as an AE2, still have fond memories of working like a slave to keep those flying pigs operational. Love the look of the Tomcat, but they were hell to keep flying.

[MickeEinSweden]

If I had to choose one ( almodt impossible of all beautiful Tomvats): VF-111 Sundowners

[Robert31178]

I'm totally into VF-143 Puking Dogs. A closene 2nd would be VF-154.

 

I have a feeling that just about every to come out of a paint booth is going to end up made at some point. The skinners in this community are busy bees!!!!

 

 

 

*Edit* - Thanks Punk. I dumb thumbed lol.....the three is right next to the four, and I never proof read......etc......Thanks for the correction!!

Edited December 5, 2016 by Robert31178

[punk]

I'm totally into VF-143 Puking Dogs. A closene 2nd would be VF-153.

 

I have a feeling that just about every to come out of a paint booth is going to end up made at some point. The skinners in this community are busy bees!!!!

 

I don't recall a VF-153 Tomcat squadron, though I think that squadron did fly Furies or Cougars or something in Korea. As I remember the squadrons assigned Cats over the years whether active/reserve/augmentation/evaluation/training were, and correct me if I am wrong please:

 

VF-1 Wolfpack

VF-2 Bounty Hunters

VF-11 Red Rippers

VF-14 Tophatters

VF-21 Freelancers

VF-24 Fighting Renegades

VF-31 Tomcatters

VF-32 Swordsmen

VF-33 Starfighters

VF-41 Black Aces

VF-51 Screaming Eagles

VF-74 Bedevilers

VF-84 Jolly Rogers

VF-101 Grim Reapers

VF-102 Diamondbacks

VF-103 Sluggers/Jolly Rogers

VF-111 Sundowners

VF-114 Aardvarks

VF-126 Bandits

VF-124 Gunfighters

VF-142 Ghostriders

VF-143 Pukin' Dogs

VF-154 Black Knights

VF-191 Satan's Kittens

VF-194 Red Lightnings

VF-201 Hunters

VF-202 Superheats

VF-211 Fighting Checkmates

VF-213 Black Lions

VF-301 Devil's Disciples

VF-302 Stallions

VF-1285 Fighting Fubijars

VF-1485 Americans

VF-1486 Fighting Hobos

VX-4 Evaluators

VX-9 Vampires

VX-23 Salty Dogs

VX-30 Bloodhounds

Navy Fighter Weapons School

NASA did use/evaluate one too, though I don't recall how long.

 

If it was the 154th you meant, I agree, they did have a couple of nice schemes throughout the years as well.

 

Choosing a single best looking Tomcat is backssawards if you ask me, it would be a little easier to choose a single worst "Ugly Betty" and leave it at that with the rest all tying for first. (You would have to include all the sub schemes and different policy periods and whether or not to differentiate or include the CAG or CO birds from the rest of the line birds and whether fresh off the line or returning from an extended tour at sea and if Iran's birds should be considered or not since on the outside they are still mostly Grumman.) Once that has been done, everyone could chip in and acquire poor old "Betty" and require that I, the ugliest, least skilled yet humble be forced to fly it day in and day out come hell or high water. What do you think, sound like a plan? :)

 

*Edit* - NP Mr. Robert, I thought it might have been, otherwise I was hoping to learn something new. Salute!

Edited December 5, 2016 by punk

[oovaoosh]

This one

[Sideswipe]

[Buzzles]

As this is a quasi-request thread, I'd quite like to see the Viggen's splinter camo applied to the F-14. I think it'd look quite good :)

[CheckGear]

This thread has been dead for a while, so I want to revive it.

 

I want to see the mid-1990s VF-213 livery:

 

[KL0083]