25 Most Expensive Fighter Jets

12. $63.9 million – F-14 Tomcat

A Grumman F-14A Tomcat (BuNo 160391) of fighter squadron VF-84 Jolly Rogers, Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8). VF-84 flew the F-14A from 1976 until the squadron was disestablished on 01 Oct 1995. From December 1977 to July 1987 VF-84 was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68). The paint scheme displayed by the F-14A was typical of the 1970s. VF-84 also became famous when its Tomcats appeared in the movie The Final Countdown ([1]) (released 1980). It had been filmed on the Nimitz with CVW-8 during the first half of 1979 in the Caribbean.

This two-seat, twin-engine fighter aircraft capable of long distance interception was designed to be the U.S. Navy’s premier Fleet Air Defense (FAD). The F-14 Tomcat entered service in 1974 and retired in 2006 as the U.S. military’s fighter jet prowess grew exponentially (one of the most expensive fighter jets was also the aircraft used in ‘Top Gun’). Two General Electric F110-GE-400 after burning turbofans propel the F-14 Tomcat to a max speed of Mach 2.3. This list most expensive military jets in the world is compiled by Military Machine.

F-14 Cost: $63.9 million