Navy Tomcat Squadrons on Final Flight Home
From Times Wire Reports
The Navy’s last two squadrons of F-14 Tomcats are heading home, ending the final combat deployment of the Cold War-era fighter jet. The Tomcats will be replaced by F/A-18 Super Hornets.
Fighter Squadrons VF-213 and VF-31, with 22 Tomcats in all, are scheduled to fly to Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach on Friday off the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt. The carrier is returning from a six-month deployment.
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