F-14A Tomcat VF 213 "Black Lions" CVW 11 USS Kitty Hawk Prints
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After their last Vietnam cruise in F-4J’s, VF 213’s Black Lions transitioned to the F-14A. Part of Carrier Air Wing Eleven, their initial Tomcat cruise was aboard USS Kitty Hawk.
To commemorate the Tomcat transition, the squadron’s Black Lion mascot gained a second tail boldly blazoned across the outside of each vertical stabilizer. Still wearing the high visibility paint schemes, their jets also carried bright blue rudders with gold stars.
NH 210 is shown chained to the deck ready for her crew to fly an Combat Air Patrol sortie with a maximum flexibility load out of 2 x AIM-54 long range active radar missiles, 2 x AIM-7 medium range semi-active radar missiles, and 2 x AIM-9 short range missiles.
Any Fighter Studios print can be customized with different squadron marking, different store configurations, names on the nose or canopy rail. To get yours started, click Personalized Print for more information or click Email with questions.
Images are reduced fidelity for copyright protection.
After their last Vietnam cruise in F-4J’s, VF 213’s Black Lions transitioned to the F-14A. Part of Carrier Air Wing Eleven, their initial Tomcat cruise was aboard USS Kitty Hawk.
To commemorate the Tomcat transition, the squadron’s Black Lion mascot gained a second tail boldly blazoned across the outside of each vertical stabilizer. Still wearing the high visibility paint schemes, their jets also carried bright blue rudders with gold stars.
NH 210 is shown chained to the deck ready for her crew to fly an Combat Air Patrol sortie with a maximum flexibility load out of 2 x AIM-54 long range active radar missiles, 2 x AIM-7 medium range semi-active radar missiles, and 2 x AIM-9 short range missiles.
Any Fighter Studios print can be customized with different squadron marking, different store configurations, names on the nose or canopy rail. To get yours started, click Personalized Print for more information or click Email with questions.