USN  VF-11 "RED RIPPERS"  F-14B TOMCAT - 75TH ANNIVERSARY

Category: MODERN US MILITARY AIRCRAFT

This model features the VF-11 Red Rippers serving aboard the carrier USS John F Kennedy. This scale model fighter is superbly detailed, with accurate dimensions and finely molded components. Its payload includes not only AIM-9L missiles, but also AIM-7s, making this a truly formidable piece of military hardware. This model aircraft features a wild boar caricature on the tail, and is resplendent in the colorful markings of VF-11

Scale:  1:72
Box Size: 10.2"x 10.2"x 3.1"

Item Number:  DRW50233                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Price:  $44.95

Main Features:
- Working "Variable Sweep" wings! NEW
- 1/72 Authentic Scale
- Accurate F-14B mold approved by Northrop Grumman
- High quality diecast metal
- Historically accurate
- Removable missiles
- Detailed cockpit
- Opening canopy
- Moveable flight control surfaces
- Engraved panel lines
- Ready for display
- Display in flight or in landing mode (stand included)
- Approximate dimensions: 10.3"L x 10.7"W (unswept) x 6.3"W (swept) x 2.7"H

About VF-11:
“To intercept and destroy enemy aircraft in all weather conditions, establish and maintain all local air superiority, and deliver ordnance on target, on time, first pass.” This is the official mission of VF-11, the “Red Rippers” fighter squadron of the U.S. Navy. And what better way to carry out that mission than with the F-14 Tomcat?

VF-11 was established as VF-43 on 1 September 1950, and redesignated VF-11 on 16 February 1959. VF-11 adopted the insignia used by the previous VF-11 which had been disestablished on 15 February 1959. The new VF-11 (redesignated from VF-43 on 16 Feb 1959) carried on the insignia and traditions of the old Red Ripper squadron but its lineage and history do not date back to the old VF-11.