Carrying the same uprated engines as the F-14B and packing a full avionics upgrade with the Hughes APG-71 radar and an infrared tracking system, the F-14D is the embodiment of what the original Tomcat designers had in mind: fast, powerful, and lethal at all ranges. Only 37 'D' model Tomcats have been authorized, due to economic constraints. [See also F-14B]
