The Tomcats also saw some active action during Operation Desert Storm providing CAP (Combat Air Patrol) for bombers and other aircraft, and also performing TARPS (Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System) missions. One F-14 Tomcat was shot down by ground fire, but no other Tomcats were lost.  Only one combat kill was credited to the Tomcat using the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile to down an Iraqi Mil Mi-8 "Hip", a Soviet-made transport helicopter.

The only Known kill made by an F-14 Tomcat was on December 8, 1990, when an F-14 piloted by Lt. Stuart "Meat" Broce from the USS Ranger (CVW-2, VF-1), was redirected by an Air Force AWACS aircraft (BOEING E-3 Sentry) to the suspected bandit.  The visual range confirmed it as a Russian built MIL Mi-8 Iraqi Helicopter.  The F-14 fired an AIM-9 Sidewinder, blowing the Mi-8 out of the sky.  

The Tomcat also suffered a loss during the Gulf War, the F-14 was shot down by an Iraqi SAM.  Both men ejected safely.  It was the only F-14 loss during the War.