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General Characteristics
Function: Carrier-based multi-role strike fighter Contractor: Grumman Aerospace Corporation Unit Cost: $38 million Propulsion: F-14A: Two Pratt & Whitney TF-30P-414A turbofan engine with afterburners F-14B and F-14D: Two General Electric F110-GE-400 turbofan engines with afterburners Thrust: TF-30P-414A: 20,900 pounds (9,405 kg) static thrust per engine F110-GE-400: 27,000 pounds (12,150 kg) static thrust per engine Length: 61 feet 9 inches (18.6 meters) Height: 16 feet (4.8 meters) Maximum Takeoff Weight: 72,900 pounds (32,805 kg) Wingspan: 64 feet (19 meters) unswept, 38 feet (11.4 meters) swept Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet Speed: Mach 2+ Crew: Two: pilot and radar intercept officer Armament: Up to 13,000 pounds to include AIM-54 Phoenix missile, AIM-7 Sparrow missile, AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, air-to-ground precision strike ordnance, and one M61A1/A2 Vulcan 20mm cannon. Date Deployed: First flight: December 1970 |