But the leaders worked hard to save the Navy's F-14 Tomcat fighter and the Marine Corps' V-22 Osprey transport.
In no time flat, Tomcat fighters had taken off from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga.
Mr. Cheney has also proposed eliminating a new version of the Navy's F-14 Tomcat fighter.
The President is still considering lifting us out of here with a Navy chopper supported by Tomcat fighters.
And quickly, the first F-14 Tomcat supersonic fighter was positioned on the number-one catapult.
On January 29, 1996, a United States Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter crashed shortly after takeoff.
Aft a helicopter was revving its engines, and a Tomcat fighter was taxiing towards a midships catapult.
They have four of the six Tomcat fighters with them for air cover; the other two Tomcats landed in Indonesia with the medevac helicopters.
Grumman delivers the last of 712 Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighters produced to the United States Navy.
F-14:The Tomcat fighter - a two-seat supersonic interceptor with 'attack capability'.