Black Lion 207 comes overhead at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport

Tomcat breaking left for a second pass. Her final flight was nonstop from St. Louis to Charlotte

Touching down on a touch-and-go

Touch and Go. The crew had been in St. Louis to preview their new F/A-18F Super Hornets

F-14D Tomcat BuNo 161166 makes its final landing

A water cannon salute................

..... from the Charlotte Fire Department

The Tomcat taxis to its new home

First stop is the NC Air National Guard

At the NCANG, the Tomcat will be prepped for museum display

AJ-207 recently returned from a six-month deployment on the USS Roosevelt

This aircraft flew numerous combat sorties over Iraq

Among the missions flown, was the last operational mission featuring F-14 Tomcats

The Blacklions returned home to NAS Oceana on March 10, 2006

Taxiing to a stop in Charlotte

....and she takes her final bow

Her engines go quiet for the final time - they will be removed as part of the conversion to a museum-piece

VF-213 CO CDR Dan Cave and pilot LCDR Tom Wagener

Shawn Dorsch from the Carolinas Aviation Museum chats with pilot , LCDR Tom "Sac" Wagener

Museum founder Floyd Wilson

Shawn Dorsch checks out the cockpit

Floyd Wilson presents CDR Dan "Slave Boy" Cave with a plaque commerating the last flight of this Tomcat