I photographed these Grumman F-14 Tomcat examples, including two of the original 12 prototype Tomcats, in Florida, California, South Carolina, Washington, Arizona, Oregon, Alabama and Texas.
The Tomcat displayed in Seattle was used in the film “The Final Countdown” onboard the USS Nimitz. Based on the label given, I suspect the Tomcat in Alabama must have had the TARPS LA-61 Pod installed during its service career.
YF-14A 157984
This was the fifth of 12 prototype Tomcats, and the first one to be displayed to the public.
Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024
YF-14A 157990
Eleventh of 12 prototype Tomcats, and one of the prototypes used in carrier suitability testing.
March AFB 2018
F-14A 158985
Yanks Air Museum, Chino 2018
F-14A 159025
Patriots Point 2013
F-14D 159600
Fort Worth Aviation Museum 2024
F-14D 159619
Florida Air Museum 2024
F-14A 159848
Tillamook Air Museum 2021
Tillamook 2024
F-14A 160382
Museum of Flight 2010
Museum of Flight 2023
F-14A 160684
Pima Air Museum 2017
F-14A 160898
Palm Springs Air Museum 2018
F-14A 161134
Valiant Warbirds Museum 2024
F-14D 161159
Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024
F-14B 161426
Some resources have this as originally an F-14A and that it flew TARPS missions.