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#4549337 - 12/21/20 08:39 PM Happy 50th Birthday!  
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Happy 50th birthday to the F-14 Tomcat whose first flight was 50 years ago today!

Tomcat Forever, Baby...!

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#4549340 - 12/21/20 09:13 PM Re: Happy 50th Birthday! [Re: bones]  
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#4549355 - 12/22/20 12:44 AM Re: Happy 50th Birthday! [Re: bones]  
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Wow... tomcat

I am OLD!

Ahhhh well, beats the alternative.


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#4549387 - 12/22/20 11:42 AM Re: Happy 50th Birthday! [Re: bones]  
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Happy birthday. This means that the F-14 was already 16 years old when Top Gun came out in theaters.


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#4550157 - 12/30/20 01:54 AM Re: Happy 50th Birthday! [Re: bones]  
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Hope it was a great day!


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