diff --git a/game/db.py b/game/db.py
index 7e1fccc7..f76bbb42 100644
--- a/game/db.py
+++ b/game/db.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from dcs.planes import (
     B_17G,
     FA_18C_hornet,
     F_16C_50,
+    F_14A,
     Ju_88A4,
     P_51D_30_NA,
     plane_map,
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ is livery name as found in mission editor.
 """
 PLANE_LIVERY_OVERRIDES: dict[Type[FlyingType], str] = {
     FA_18C_hornet: "VFA-34",  # default livery for the hornet is blue angels one
+    F_14A: "vf-142 `ghost riders`",  # default livery for the AI F-14A is the black demo scheme
 }
 
 """
diff --git a/game/missiongenerator/aircraft/flightgroupspawner.py b/game/missiongenerator/aircraft/flightgroupspawner.py
index 720795e4..217069d6 100644
--- a/game/missiongenerator/aircraft/flightgroupspawner.py
+++ b/game/missiongenerator/aircraft/flightgroupspawner.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from typing import Any, Union
 from dcs import Mission, Point
 from dcs.country import Country
 from dcs.mission import StartType as DcsStartType
-from dcs.planes import Su_33
+from dcs.planes import Su_33, F_14A
 from dcs.point import PointAction
 from dcs.ships import KUZNECOW
 from dcs.terrain import Airport, NoParkingSlotError
@@ -251,7 +251,9 @@ class FlightGroupSpawner:
         # Setting Su-33s starting from the non-supercarrier Kuznetsov to take off from
         # runway to work around a DCS AI issue preventing Su-33s from taking off when
         # set to "Takeoff from ramp" (#1352)
-        if (
+        # Also setting the F-14A AI variant to start from cats since they are reported
+        # to have severe pathfinding problems when doing ramp starts (#1927)
+        if self.flight.unit_type.dcs_unit_type == F_14A or (
             self.flight.unit_type.dcs_unit_type == Su_33
             and group_units[0] is not None
             and group_units[0].type == KUZNECOW.id
diff --git a/gen/flights/ai_flight_planner_db.py b/gen/flights/ai_flight_planner_db.py
index 75e3522a..14abf2ec 100644
--- a/gen/flights/ai_flight_planner_db.py
+++ b/gen/flights/ai_flight_planner_db.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ from dcs.planes import (
     FW_190A8,
     FW_190D9,
     F_117A,
+    F_14A,
     F_14A_135_GR,
     F_14B,
     F_15C,
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ CAP_CAPABLE = [
     F_15C,
     F_14B,
     F_14A_135_GR,
+    F_14A,
     Su_33,
     J_11A,
     Su_30,
diff --git a/resources/customized_payloads/F-14A.lua b/resources/customized_payloads/F-14A.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4b3dae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/customized_payloads/F-14A.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+local unitPayloads = {
+	["name"] = "F-14A",
+	["payloads"] = {
+		[1] = {
+			["name"] = "CAP",
+			["pylons"] = {
+				[1] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{6CEB49FC-DED8-4DED-B053-E1F033FF72D3}",
+					["num"] = 1,
+				},
+				[2] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{8D399DDA-FF81-4F14-904D-099B34FE7918}",
+					["num"] = 2,
+				},
+				[3] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{7575BA0B-7294-4844-857B-031A144B2595}",
+					["num"] = 4,
+				},
+				[4] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{7575BA0B-7294-4844-857B-031A144B2595}",
+					["num"] = 5,
+				},
+				[5] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{7575BA0B-7294-4844-857B-031A144B2595}",
+					["num"] = 8,
+				},
+				[6] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{7575BA0B-7294-4844-857B-031A144B2595}",
+					["num"] = 9,
+				},
+				[7] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{8D399DDA-FF81-4F14-904D-099B34FE7918}",
+					["num"] = 11,
+				},
+				[8] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{6CEB49FC-DED8-4DED-B053-E1F033FF72D3}",
+					["num"] = 12,
+				},
+				[9] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{82364E69-5564-4043-A866-E13032926C3E}",
+					["num"] = 10,
+				},
+				[10] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{82364E69-5564-4043-A866-E13032926C3E}",
+					["num"] = 3,
+				},
+			},
+			["tasks"] = {
+				[1] = 10,
+			},
+		},
+	},
+	["unitType"] = "F-14A",
+}
+return unitPayloads
diff --git a/resources/factions/NATO_Desert_Storm.json b/resources/factions/NATO_Desert_Storm.json
index 47c6fb1b..a6cdcc54 100644
--- a/resources/factions/NATO_Desert_Storm.json
+++ b/resources/factions/NATO_Desert_Storm.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "C-130",
     "C-130J-30 Super Hercules",
     "F-117A Nighthawk",
+    "F-14A Tomcat (AI)",
     "F-14A Tomcat (Block 135-GR Late)",
     "F-14B Tomcat",
     "F-15C Eagle",
diff --git a/resources/factions/NATO_OIF.json b/resources/factions/NATO_OIF.json
index 975b3c8d..bb1a3063 100644
--- a/resources/factions/NATO_OIF.json
+++ b/resources/factions/NATO_OIF.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "C-130",
     "C-130J-30 Super Hercules",
     "F-117A Nighthawk",
+    "F-14A Tomcat (AI)",
     "F-14A Tomcat (Block 135-GR Late)",
     "F-14B Tomcat",
     "F-15C Eagle",
diff --git a/resources/factions/bluefor_coldwar.json b/resources/factions/bluefor_coldwar.json
index 50e97b5d..27d7815c 100644
--- a/resources/factions/bluefor_coldwar.json
+++ b/resources/factions/bluefor_coldwar.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "B-52H Stratofortress",
     "C-130",
     "C-130J-30 Super Hercules",
+    "F-14A Tomcat (AI)",
     "F-14A Tomcat (Block 135-GR Late)",
     "F-14B Tomcat",
     "F-4E Phantom II",
diff --git a/resources/factions/iran_1988.json b/resources/factions/iran_1988.json
index 159d328d..54590869 100644
--- a/resources/factions/iran_1988.json
+++ b/resources/factions/iran_1988.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   ],
   "aircrafts": [
     "AH-1J SeaCobra",
+    "F-14A Tomcat (AI)",
     "F-14A Tomcat (Block 135-GR Late)",
     "F-4E Phantom II",
     "F-5E Tiger II",
diff --git a/resources/factions/iran_2015.json b/resources/factions/iran_2015.json
index 9bef9922..d41119f5 100644
--- a/resources/factions/iran_2015.json
+++ b/resources/factions/iran_2015.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "fa_IR"
   ],
   "aircrafts": [
+    "F-14A Tomcat (AI)",
     "F-14A Tomcat (Block 135-GR Late)",
     "F-4E Phantom II",
     "F-5E Tiger II",
diff --git a/resources/factions/usa_1975.json b/resources/factions/usa_1975.json
index 3ca253a3..5299e209 100644
--- a/resources/factions/usa_1975.json
+++ b/resources/factions/usa_1975.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "C-130",
     "CH-47D",
     "CH-53E",
+    "F-14A Tomcat (AI)",
     "F-14A Tomcat (Block 135-GR Late)",
     "F-4E Phantom II",
     "F-5E Tiger II",
diff --git a/resources/factions/usa_1990.json b/resources/factions/usa_1990.json
index deda3324..17e12a36 100644
--- a/resources/factions/usa_1990.json
+++ b/resources/factions/usa_1990.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "CH-47D",
     "CH-53E",
     "F-117A Nighthawk",
+    "F-14A Tomcat (AI)",
     "F-14A Tomcat (Block 135-GR Late)",
     "F-14B Tomcat",
     "F-15C Eagle",
diff --git a/resources/factions/usn_1985.json b/resources/factions/usn_1985.json
index 435c9567..bb3d446c 100644
--- a/resources/factions/usn_1985.json
+++ b/resources/factions/usn_1985.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "aircrafts": [
     "AH-1W SuperCobra",
     "A-4E Skyhawk",
+    "F-14A Tomcat (AI)",
     "F-14A Tomcat (Block 135-GR Late)",
     "F-14B Tomcat",
     "F-4E Phantom II",
diff --git a/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/banners/F-14A_24.jpg b/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/banners/F-14A_24.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61ddecfb
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diff --git a/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/icons/F-14A-135-GR_24.jpg b/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/icons/F-14A-135-GR_24.jpg
index 6ff978cb..6e41dcab 100644
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diff --git a/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/icons/F-14A_24.jpg b/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/icons/F-14A_24.jpg
index 6ff978cb..af92fe9c 100644
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diff --git a/resources/units/aircraft/F-14A.yaml b/resources/units/aircraft/F-14A.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c85d08bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/units/aircraft/F-14A.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+carrier_capable: true
+description:
+  "The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a two-crew, variable wing-geometry, maritime\
+  \ air superiority fighter that served with the US Navy for 32 years and continues\
+  \ to serve with the IRIAF in Iran. The F-14 was the US Navy's frontline fighter\
+  \ from the 1970s to the mid-2000s. Over the course of its long service it also became\
+  \ the US Navy\u2019s lone airborne reconnaissance asset.\n\n\
+  \ Noteworthy features of the Tomcat are its swing-wing\
+  \ configuration, two-man crew, and the powerful AN/AWG-9 Weapons Control System\
+  \ (WCS) and radar. The AWG-9 allows employment of the long-range AIM-54 Phoenix\
+  \ air-to-air missile. The F-14 Tomcat was present in several historic events\
+  \ that include the two Gulf of Sidra incidents, Operations Desert Storm Iraqi Freedom,\
+  \ the Yugoslavian conflict, and Operation Enduring Freedom over Afghanistan. It\
+  \ was also immortalized in the iconic motion picture, Top Gun, and starred in several\
+  \ other feature films including The Final Countdown, Executive Decision, and others.\n\
+  \nThe Tomcat was also played a vital role in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, where\
+  \ is flew for the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force."
+introduced: 1974
+manufacturer: Grumman
+origin: USA
+price: 20
+role: Carrier-based Air-Superiority Fighter/Fighter Bomber
+max_range: 350
+variants:
+  F-14A Tomcat (AI): {}
\ No newline at end of file