Keywords: US Navy 020930-N-6817C-003 A Sailor installs the engine on an F-14D ^ldquo,Tomcat.^rdquo.jpg en At sea aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 Sep 30 2002 -- Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Thuan Nguyen from New York N Y installs the engine on an F-14D Tomcat The Tomcat is a supersonic twin-engine variable sweep wing two-place strike fighter The F-14D is a major upgrade with F-110 engines new APG-71 radar system Airborne Self Protection Jammer ASPJ Joint Tactical Information Distribution System JTIDS and Infrared Search and Track IRST Additionally all F-14 variants were given precision strike capability using the LANTIRN targeting system night vision compatibility new defensive countermeasures systems and a new digital flight control system Abraham Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen CVW-14 are on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tyler Clements RELEASED 2002-09-30 020930-N-6817C-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2842 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tyler Clements PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 F-14 Tomcat maintenance |