This page will give you a quick overview about who operates the F-14 or did operate it once upon a time... Also, you will find a brief History, F-14 squadron badges and F-14 colours on these pages for each squadron. (The F-14 sideview graphics show colour schemes as they were actually applied to Tomcats, nothing fictional!)

Please note, that the information about the disestablished squadrons describes the final status. The dates given below for each squadron marks only the period when it was F-14 equipped.

The Black Aces Fighting Fourty-One were awarded the 1999 RADM Clarence Wade McClusky award for best attack squadron! Previously this award was only given to A-6 or F/A-18 squadrons! The Black Aces smashed that tradition with their selection as the 1999 recipient. The CNO, before awarding the McClusky award to VF-41, considered all aspects of strike warfare from readiness and training to actual combat employment.

Squadron	Nickname	Establ./Receive F-14s	Disestabl./Transition
Grumman
VF-1	Wolfpack	14 Oct. 1972	1 Oct. 1993
VF-2	Bounty Hunters	14 Oct. 1972	2003
VF-11	Red Rippers	mid 1980	early 2005
VF-14	Tophatters	July 1973	Oct. 2001
VF-21	Freelancers	early 1984	Jan. 1996
VF-24	Renegades	Dec. 1975	Aug. 1996
VF-31	Tomcatters	Aug. 1980	Sept 2006
VF-32	Swordsmen	July 1973	Oct 2005
VF-33	Starfighters	June 1981	24 Sept. 1993
VF-41	Black Aces	April 1976	Oct. 2001
VF-51	Screaming Eagles	May 1976	16 Feb. 1995
VF-74	Be-Devilers	early 1983	28 April 1994
VF-84	Jolly Rogers	June 1976	late 1995
VF-101	Grim Reapers	late 1975	Sept 2005
VF-102	Diamondbacks	mid 1981	March 2002
VF-103	Jolly Rogers (former Sluggers)	early 1983	early 2005
VF-111	Sundowners	mid 1976	16 Feb. 1995
VF-114	Aardvarks	early 1976	28 Jan. 1993
VF-124	Gunfighters	1972	30 Sept. 1994
VF-142	Ghostriders	late 1974	March 1995
VF-143	Pukin' Dogs	late 1974	early 2005
VF-154	Black Knights	early 1984	Sept. 2003
VF-191	Satan's Kittens	4 Dec. 1986	Sept. 1988
VF-194	Red Lightnings	1 Dec. 1986	Sept. 1988
VF-201	Hunters	Oct. 1986	Dec. 1998
VF-202	Superheats	March 1987	9 July 1994
VF-211	Checkmates	1 Dec. 1975	Sept. 2004
VF-213	Black Lions	early 1976	April 2006
VF-301	Devil's Disciples	Oct. 1984	11 Sept. 1994
VF-302	Stallions	April 1985	11 Sept. 1994
VF-1285	Fighting Fubijars	1980 (?)	1994 (?)
VF-1485	Americans	1980	1994 (?)
VF-1486	Fighting Hobos	1980	early 1990s
VX-4	Evaluators	late 1972	30 Sept. 1994
VX-9	Vampires	late 1994	June 2004
VX-30	redesignated NSATS (see NAWC)
VX-31	redesignated NWTS (see NAWC)
NAWC	Naval Air Warfare Center: NWTS, NSATS, PMTC & NWC
NATC	Naval Air Test Center
NFWS   NSAWC	Navy Fighter Weapons School Naval Strike & Air Warfare Center	1970	2003
NASA	National Aeronautics & Space Administration	1979	1987
IIAF -   IRIAF	Imperial Iranian Air Force - Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force	24 Jan. 1977	today