F-14 Playboy VX-4Grumman F 14 Tomcat VX 4 airplane model. The Grumman F 14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin engine, two seat, variable geometry wing aircraft. During its active service in the United States Navy (1972 2006) the F 14 Tomcat was the Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter and tactical reconnaissance platform. It later performed precision strike missions once it was integrated with LANTIRN.[2] It was developed after the collapse of the F 111B project