Editing Grumman F-14 Tomcat (section)

====United States====
[[File:SnodgrassBananaPass.jpg|thumb|right|Dale "Snort" Snodgrass performing the "banana pass" stunt over the {{USS|America|CV-66|6}} in 1988]]

* [[Scott Altman]] – former [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] and commander of Space Shuttle missions [[STS-109]] (2002) and [[STS-125]] (2009). Altman deployed twice on the {{USS|Carl Vinson}} as an F-14 pilot of VF-51 from 1984 to 1987 and worked as a test pilot for F-14 test programs, including the first deployment of the F-14D variant in 1992, before being selected for the NASA astronaut program. He also participated in the filming of ''Top Gun'' as a stunt pilot, most notably the tower flyby stunt.<ref name="TomcastTopGun">{{cite podcast|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QMAKQkOgUgi92K2ZyXPca?si=e761b4b967364036| title="Top Gun" -- the Movie| website=F-14 Tomcast| publisher=BVR Productions|host1=Craig "Crunch" Snyder|host2=Dave "Bio" Baranek|date=May 2022|access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WATCH: Live from the Flight Deck: The F-14 Tomcat with Scott "Scooter" Altman |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_bD46Vmyac|website=Youtube |publisher=[[Intrepid Museum]] |language=en |format=video |date=May 13, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Walter E. Carter Jr.]] – retired Navy vice admiral, 62nd superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, and current president of the [[Ohio State University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.osu.edu/walter-ted-carter-jr-appointed-by-board-of-trustees-as-17th-president-of-the-ohio-state-university/ | title=Walter "Ted" Carter Jr. Appointed by Board of Trustees as 17th president of the Ohio State University }}</ref> Carter accumulated 6,150 flight hours and 2,016 carrier-arrested landings as a RIO on the F-4, F-14, and F/A-18. He transitioned to the F-14 in 1986 through [[VF-124]] in NAS Miramar while simultaneously taking instructor duty and subsequently deployed with [[VF-21]] on the {{USS|Independence|CV-62|6}} during the Gulf War. He later assumed command of VF-14 in 1998 and led the squadron in the completion of 550 combat missions during [[Operation Allied Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topedge.com/panels/aircraft/sites/vf14/slapshot.html|title=CDR Ted Carter|publisher=VF-14 Top Hatters Home Page|access-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Donnie Cochran]] – first African-American member of the [[Blue Angels]] flight demonstration squadron. Cochran made two deployments on the {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} as an F-14 pilot with [[VFA-213|VF-213]]. He later assumed command of [[Fighter Squadron 1 (United States Navy)|VF-1]] from 1991 until its disestablishment in 1993 and [[VF-111 (1956-1995)|VF-111]] from 1993 to 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/donniecochran|title=Donnie Cochran - CEO - Enhance Performance Consulting, Inc.|publisher=LinkedIn|access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/Operations/Article-View/Article/2687029/captain-donnie-cochran-from-farm-boy-to-blue-angels-flight-leader/|title=Captain Donnie Cochran: From Farm Boy to Blue Angels Flight Leader|author=Abdow, E.|work=The Sextant |publisher= Naval History and Heritage Command|date=July 21, 2021|access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Joe F. Edwards Jr.]] – former NASA astronaut. Edwards was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for landing a heavily damaged F-14 on the {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower}} in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=How F-14 Tomcat pilot with missing radome made an emergency landing|date=June 12, 2018|url=https://fighterjetsworld.com/air/how-f-14-tomcat-pilot-with-missing-radome-made-an-emergency-landing/4466/|publisher=Fighter Jets World|access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Robert L. Gibson|Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson]] – former NASA Astronaut and commander of Space Shuttle missions [[STS-61-C]] (1986), [[STS-27]] (1988), [[STS-47]] (1992) and [[STS-71]] (1995). Gibson was assigned to [[Fighter Squadron 1 (United States Navy)|VF-1]] during the introduction of the F-14 to fleet service between 1972 and 1975. He later was became an F-14A instructor assigned to [[VF-124]] in 1977.<ref>{{Cite book |author=NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/gibson_robert.pdf?emrc=a489ba |title="Biographical Data: ROBERT L. GIBSON (CAPTAIN, USN RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)" |date=September 1997 |publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
* [[Kara Hultgreen]] – one of the first female carrier-based Naval aviators. Hultgreen deployed with VF-213 on the {{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|6}} and became the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. military to die in a crash when her F-14 crashed into the sea on approach to the ''Lincoln'' in 1994.<ref name="Lohrenz"/>
* [[James W. Huston (author)|James W. Huston]] – ''[[New York Times]]'' best-selling author. Huston flew as a RIO in many of the F-14 flight sequences in the 1980 movie ''[[The Final Countdown (film)|The Final Countdown]]'' while touring with [[VF-84 (1955-1995)|VF-84]] on the {{USS|Nimitz}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jameswhuston.com/about/ |title=James W. Huston's biography |date= |accessdate=2010-09-22 |archive-date=2016-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221054514/http://www.jameswhuston.com/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Scott Kelly (astronaut)|Scott Kelly]] – former astronaut who commanded Expeditions [[Expedition 26|26]], [[Expedition 45|45]], and [[Expedition 46|46]] of the [[International Space Station]] (ISS) and Space Shuttle mission [[STS-118]] (2007). Kelly trained on the F-14 with [[VF-101]] and deployed with [[VFA-143|VF-143]] on the USS ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' upon completion of his training in September 1990.<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Kelly| first1 = Scott| last2 = Dean| first2 = Margaret| title =Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery| publisher = Alfred A. Knopf| pages=157–164|date = 2017| location = New York City| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cpv9CwAAQBAJ|isbn = 978-1-5247-3159-5}}</ref> He also proposed a digital flight control system designed to prevent accidents similar to that of Kara Hultgreen's.<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Kelly| first1 = Scott| last2 = Dean| first2 = Margaret| title =Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery| publisher = Alfred A. Knopf| pages=166–170|date = 2017| location = New York City| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cpv9CwAAQBAJ|isbn = 978-1-5247-3159-5}}</ref>
* [[Carey Lohrenz]] – one of the first fully qualified female naval aviators to fly the F-14. Lohrenz deployed with VF-213 on the USS ''Abraham Lincoln'' in the mid-1990s before resigning from the Navy in 1999 and beginning a career as a leadership expert and professional speaker.<ref name="Lohrenz">{{cite web|url=https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/first-female-tomcat-pilot-turns-trials-into-successes/|title=First female Tomcat pilot turns trials into successes|author=Carroll, W.|publisher=We Are The Mighty|date=April 2, 2018|access-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Dale Snodgrass|Dale "Snort" Snodgrass]] – "highest time Tomcat pilot" with more than 4,800 hours and 1,200 carrier landings with the type.<ref name="snortsnodgrass">{{cite news |last1=Gary |first1=Debbie |title=The Real Top Gun – Nobody handled a Tomcat like Snort |url=https://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/the-real-top-gun-32185/?page=2 |access-date=August 11, 2021 |publisher=[[Air & Space Magazine]] |date=July 2010}}</ref>
* [[Robert F. Willard|Robert "Rat" Willard]] – former commander of the [[United States Pacific Fleet|U.S. Pacific Fleet]]. As a Navy pilot, Willard frequently flew F-14s while deployed to the Western Pacific Ocean and North Arabian Sea before heading to the [[United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program|Navy Fighter Weapons School]] (TOPGUN) and serving as the operations officer and executive officer. He also worked on the movie ''[[Top Gun]]'' as an aerial coordinator and later assumed command of VF-51, the squadron that provided F-14s for the movie,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-squadron-vf051.htm|title=VF-51 Screaming Eagles|publisher=HOME OF M.A.T.S. - the most comprehensive Grumman F-14 Reference Work - by Torsten Anft!|access-date=June 21, 2023}}</ref> in the late 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usna.com/events-and-programs-dga-bio-willard|title=ADMIRAL ROBERT F. WILLARD '73, USN (RET.)|publisher=United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation|access-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref>
* [[James A. Winnefeld Jr.]] “Jaws” – former chair of the [[President's Intelligence Advisory Board]]. During his Navy career, Winnefeld deployed on the USS ''Constellation'' with VF-24 and the {{USS|Ranger|CV-61|6}} with VF-1 in the 1980s before becoming the commanding officer (CO) of [[VFA-211 (U.S. Navy)|VF-211]].  Later in his career, he became the CO of the USS ''Enterprise''.  He is also credited as pilot in the movie ''[[Top Gun]]'' as ‘LT. James “Jaws” Winnefeld”.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/f-14-tomcat-sharpens-claws-topgun/|title=The F-14 Tomcat Sharpens Its Claws At Topgun|author=Baranek, D.|publisher=HistoryNet|date=February 6, 2019|access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=From Top Gun Instructor to Four Star Admiral: A Conversation with Sandy "Jaws" Winnefeld|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdC2P6UqEGE|website=Youtube |publisher=Ward Carroll|language=en|format=video |date=March 2, 2022}}</ref>