The F-14A++ Super Tomcat is a U.N. Spacy variant of the old Grumman F-14 Tomcat American fighter jet that was used by the U.N. Forces during the wars of unification depicted in the OVA Macross Zero.
Characteristics[]
The F-14++ variant has been retrofitted with overtechnology avionics and new radar systems, as well as GE F110-GE-400 afterburning turbofans (although it does retain the cockpit scheme of the original F-14A/B).
Using more of the overtechnology obtained from the SDF-1 Macross, it was later upgraded into the first ever variable fighter, the VF-0 Phoenix.
Appearances[]
A variant of the F-14 Tomcat, the F-14 Kai (a reference to the F-4EJ Kai Phantom II, the Japanese upgrade of the second most-produced Western jet fighter) appears in the beginning of Macross Zero, in order to give viewers a chance to compare designs, and to understand the design limitations of 'simple' conventional combat jets in comparison with the far more advanced variable fighter mecha.
| Macross Zero Mechanics | |
|---|---|
| U.N. Spacy | |
| Mecha | |
| Variable Fighter VF-0A Phoenix | VF-0A Phoenix "Angel" | VF-0D Phoenix | VF-0S Phoenix | VF-0S Phoenix "Angel" | VF-0S Phoenix Reactive Armor | |
| Vehicles, Destroids and Support Units Arleigh Burke-class | CVN-99 Asuka II | F-14A+Kai Super Tomcat | F-117A Nighthawk | Kitty Hawk class (Illustria) | M1A1 Abrams | QF-2200D-A Ghost | QF-2200D-B Ghost | HWR-00-Mk IP Monster | |
| Anti-U.N. Forces | |
| Variable Fighter Octos | SV-51α | SV-51γ | |
| Vehicles and Support Units Auerstädt | MiG-29 Fulcrum | |