Two U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A <i>Tomcat</i> from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) "Jolly Rogers" during the filming of the movie "The final Countdown" in 1979. The movie included a dogfight between VF-84 <i>Tomcat</i>s and Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M2 <i>Zero</i> fighters (as shown). However, the <i>Zero</i>s were acutually modified North American T-6 <i>Texan</i> trainers.
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1979
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