John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy in the 1980s, told the U.S. Congress that the TF30/F-14 combination was "probably the worst engine/airframe mismatch we have had in years" and that the TF30 was "a terrible engine"; 28% of all F-14 accidents were attributed to the engine.
John Lehman, in den 1980er-Jahren Secretary of the Navy, meinte vor dem Kongress, dass das TF30/F-14-Gespann „wahrscheinlich die schlechteste Triebwerks-Flugzeugzellenkombination seit Jahren“ sei, und dass das TF30 ein „schreckliches Triebwerk“ sei.