 Pari gbolohun yii: Ni ọdun 1976, awọn oṣiṣẹ lati Imperial Iranian Air Force de lati bẹrẹ ikẹkọ lori F-14 titi di igba ti : ọdún mẹta lẹyìn náà ni wọn ju Ṣáhì sílẹ. Bi ọdun mẹwa tuntun ti bẹrẹ, Ọgagun yan lati ṣe ifẹhinti lẹnu iṣẹ RA-5C Vigilante ati ọkọ ofurufu iṣawari RF-8A ati ipa ti iṣawari ni a ṣafihan si agbegbe F-14 pẹlu Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System TARPS ati VF-124 bẹrẹ lati kọ afẹfẹ ati awọn oṣiṣẹ ilẹ bi o ṣe le ṣiṣẹ TARPS pod. Nipa Kejìlá 1988, VF-124 ti ikẹkọ 1502 aircrew, lori 14,400 itọju osise ati ki o ti fò lori 153,193 flight wakati ati VF-124 tun se aseyori 124 ọjọ lai eyikeyi ajeji Object ibajẹ. VF-124 tesiwaju lati ṣiṣẹ awọn F-14A nigba ti VF-101 bẹrẹ ikẹkọ Atlantic Fleet F-14 crews lori awọn re-engine F-14B Tomcat. 