Tomcats in Vietnam

[mlenoch]

Is there any history/record of F-14 Tomcat operations in Vietnam?
(Similar to F8F Bearcats being too late in the Pacific?)
Thx in advance.
VL

[Enemy Ace]

Didn't VF-1 and VF-2 cover the fall of Saigon?

[mustangdriver]

The F-14 came to late for the Vietnam war and only one deployment about USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) with CVW-14 was made from 17 September 1974 to 20 May 1975. Even though VF-1 and VF-2 Tomcats flew combat air patrols over South Vietnam as part of Operation Frequent Wind, F-14s didn't score any MiG kill. The following squadrons belonged to Carrier Air Wing 14:
VF-1 F-14A VF-2 F-14A
VA-27 A-7E VA-97 A-7E
VA-196 A-6A, KA-6D VAQ-137 EA-6B
HS-2 SH-3D VAW-113 E-2B
RVAH-12 RA-5C VQ-l Det 65 EA-3B
On 29 April 1975, Commander Task Force 76 received the order to execute Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of U.S. personnel and Vietnamese who might suffer as a result of their past service to the allied effort. Later that day, many evacuees had been cleared from the U.S. Defense Attache Office and the U.S. Embassy. This aerial exodus was paralleled by an outgoing tide of junks, sampans, and small craft of all types bearing a large number of the fleeing population. On the afternoon of 30 April, Task Force 76 moved away from the coast. This ended the U.S. Navy's role in the 25-year American effort to aid the Republic of Vietnam in its fight for survival.

This is from the F-14 Tomcat Associations site. So it does look like they were there at the very end.