My Uncle works at NAVAIR at PAX NAS here in Maryland so I can tell you this about the F-14. No more upgrades on any systems will continue. It is being phased out and should be fully retired to reserve squadrons within the next 2-3 years. In Naval flight training, to choose the aircraft you WANT to fly you have to score above 90 on the final testing. Below that to about 75 I THINK the Navy chooses the aircraft you fly. Below 75 and you are washed out to go back into flight training, or you become a surface/subsurface warfare officer.