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The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic twin-engine two-seat variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy’s Naval Fighter Experimental VFX program following the collapse of the F-111B project. The F-14 was the first of the American teen-series fighters which were designed incorporating the experience of air combat against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War. This specific model kit depicts the F-14A Tomcat variant. The F-14A was the initial two-seat twin-engine all-weather interceptor fighter variant for the U.S. Navy. It first flew on December 21 1970. As a U.S. Navy fighter it fulfilled the dual roles of long range interceptor and air superiority fighter and later bomber. Deployed from 1974 to 2006 it successfully employed a “swing wing” which offered variable sweep. The F-14A which covers most of the early variants was the most prolifically-produced variant of the Tomcat. 79 were exported to Iran before U.S.-Iranian relations began to deteriorate and later took part in the Iran-Iraq War.