The 9th Development Squadron was formed in 1994 from the 4th and 5th Squadrons. The 5th Squadron had long operated black-painted F-4s, a tradition continued with the F-14D paint scheme.
F-14A TARPS. Forty-five aircraft were equipped to carry TARPS pods for tactical aerial reconnaissance (on the rear left hardpoint, originally intended for the Phoenix missile).
F-14 fighters were also in service with reserve squadrons of the U.S. Navy. The first to receive them in 1984 were the reserve squadrons VF-301 (above) and VF-302. Two more squadrons, VF-201 and VF-202, received 25 aircraft after they were overhauled in late 1986.
An-12BP RA-93913 | Atran | Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russian Federation UUDD | July 2009 | scrapped in 2019 at Ivanovo South after being operated by SibNIA (Siberian Research Institute)
The second prototype F-14 aircraft, with its wing at minimum sweep, flies as part of a flight of three aircraft, the wingmen being the first and fourth prototypes.