Tamiya 1/48 F-14A TOMCAT LATE LAUNCH SET 61122Ready for Take Off! The F 14 Tomcat is a legend of the skies, which served between 1973 and 2006 and with powerful radar and long range missiles was developed for carrier based units. Its most prolifically produced variant was the F 14A, which itself was given a number of upgrades throughout its production; late F 14As (those produced from the late 1980s) featured a more reliable engine design, and notably, the AN AXX 1 TCS camera pod, plus the AN ALQ