VF-74 was the first fleet
squadron to transition to the B model of the F-14 in 1988. VF-74
was also the first squadron to fire an AIM-54 from a B model Tomcat.
In August of 1993 VF-74 took a few of their aircraft and painted them in
a stylized "Flanker" style camouflage scheme and took on the
fleet adversary mission at NAS Oceana. The aircraft represented on
this sheet show these A/C in December of 1993. These paint schemes
did not last very long though with the squadron being disestablished in
April of 1994.
There are three aircraft
represented on this sheet including enough markings for two complete
aircraft.
VF-74 applied a lot of
drop shadows to the stencil data and national insignia ofthese aircraft
and these have been split up into two decals when necessary to
compensate for any registration errors during the printing process.
A/C 101 has the brighter
markings with the Be-Devilers tail logo done in red and some of the
stencil data being done in insignia yellow. This A/C also features
full color national insignia. A/C 105 and 107 feature the subdued
gray tail markings and subdued national insignia.
References for this sheet
were supplied by a couple of good buddies of the Twobobs. Bruce
Trombecky and Darren Roberts. Bruce is a former aviation photographer
for the US Navy and helped them out quite a bit on these. He
probably has the only pics in existence of the undersides of these
aircraft. He also provided the Two Bobs with some good air to air
shots of 101 that showed the camo scheme from above.
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