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Originally posted by FredT
One othe thing that makes all the more remarkable is that the US technicians took critical parts out of the electronics befre they pulled out with the fall of the Shah. Imagine if they had a full avionics set
Originally posted by WestPoint23
actually before the Us technicians and engineered that helped the Iranians take care of the F-14 were kicked out they sabotaged almost all of the planes so their weapons would not come off or fire. Why do you think the US never took out the F-14 with an Air Strike cuz we did not have to we made them useless .
Also we didn't have military presence in the Gulf at that time anywhere near like what we do now.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
Also we didn't have military presence in the Gulf at that time anywhere near like what we do now.
what is you talking? all we needed to do was send one or two carrier groups in the region and problem solved we would have used our own F-14 in the sir strike backed up by some US cruise missiles.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
what is you talking? all we needed to do was send one or two carrier groups in the region and problem solved we would have used our own F-14 in the sir strike backed up by some US cruise missiles.
Originally posted by zurvan
well this shows that these puppies steal fly in Iran.
F14 crashed in Iran
Can anybody out there please tell me how effictive a tom cat would be against more modern aircarft? do they stand a chance?
ta,
Originally posted by persian
I know they are 30 years old but they are still one of the best planes in the world. It�s radar can track 24 targets at the same time and it has a range of 240 Km. it uses a long range phoenix missile with the range of 150 Km.