Not a Stealth Dart. The RAM, or Radar Absorbent Material is applied to lessen the radar return of the QF-106 when testing a radar pod mounted under the wing. This airframe was expended on 05 September 1997.
VF-24 F-14A, NG205. One of the last photos of this aircraft before it was lost in a mishap 19 Dec 1981. Photographer (Bio) ejected from this aircraft in that mishap.
An F-14A Tomcat from US Navy Fighter Squadron TWENTY FOUR (VF-24) refuels from a KA-6 Intruder from VA-165 off the coast of California during workup training aboard USS Constellation (CV-64).