Product Introduction
Fine Molds 1/72 Aircraft Series U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat Gulf War Plastic Model FP53
When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, the U.S. Navy responded by deploying its Carrier Task Force to the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
F-14 fighter jets, in addition to their primary role of fleet air defense, also served as attack aircraft escorts. However, Iraqi aircraft, severely damaged by Iranian Air Force F-14s during the Iran-Iraq War, fled without taking any hostile action upon hearing the radar sounds of U.S. Navy F-14s. As a result, U.S. Navy F-14s were unable to achieve significant success in the Gulf War.
The decals include one each of VF-32 "Swordsmen" and VF-102 "Diamondbacks" that participated in the Gulf War, as well as markings for an aircraft that shot down a Libyan MiG-23 during the Gulf of Sidra Incident (1989), an earlier battle between the U.S. Navy and the Libyan Air Force.
This product is a plastic model kit that requires assembly and painting.
Assembly and painting require the use of adhesives, tools, paints, etc.
"Plastic Model" is a registered trademark of the Japan Plastic Model Industrial Cooperative.
This product does not include adhesives, paints, tools, batteries, etc.
Safety Warning
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This is a plastic model kit that requires assembly and painting. Separate adhesives, tools, paints, etc. are required.
1/72 scale unpainted plastic assembly kit. Decals for one aircraft each from the VF-32 Swordsmen and VF-102 Diamondbacks. Includes markings for the aircraft that shot down the Libyan MiG-23.
