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Many an hour spent on those FRED's! Travis Tragedy. Fly into Dover a break before crossing the Atlantic. Ours were Dover Disasters to Travis!
 
9 August 1983: A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262) lands to drop off Marines from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, during a combat readiness evaluation exercise.

 
Capt. Vick said:
Wonder how the F-14 would have done in the Vietnam War?
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Unfortunately do to the rules of engagement, the primary weapon on the Tomcat would have been negated. But far more maneuverable than the Phantom and a gun gives it a leg up. Still a very large aircraft is a drawback but it smokes far less than the Phantom. But it's early on in the Tomcats life and without many of the upgrades she would receive though out her life, one can only guess not much better than anything else.
 
Capt. Vick said:
Wonder how the F-14 would have done in the Vietnam War?
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Well technically it did well. The Tomcat made its combat debut during Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of American citizens from Saigon, in April 1975. F-14As from VF-1and V—2, operating from USS Enterprise, flew combat air patrols over South Vietnam to provide fighter cover for the evacuation route.
 
I guess not quite the same point of view. It did not engage nor escort bombers up north like the Phantom, so my reading of the question would have been pre 75, for that matter 73!
 
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