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Someone posted recent photos of Iran F-14's flying! :shock: :D Cool...
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Iran---A ... 1594297/M/

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I recognize that one - I think I saw it at Chino a few years ago! :?
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SHUUUUUU!!! It's only a model! :lol:

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Fox one, times two!

Way to go, Randy!
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It's the first time I've seen the "fore planes" extended.
Also I like the dedication on the picture. I know that they are the (soon to be) bad guys, but some poor sod's have sweated blood to get those three airborne!

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Nice to see some Tomcats flying somewhere. Hopefully they will wind up safely in a museum someday, and wont have to get on the bad end of Randy's F-15. :wink:

I wonder if they would be up for a Grumman Cat flight. :lol:

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Cking wrote:
It's the first time I've seen the "fore planes" extended.


My understanding is that the glove vanes were deactivated on the US Tomgrapes.
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It's the first time I've seen the "fore planes" extended.


My understanding is that the glove vanes were deactivated on the US Tomgrapes.


Thanks for that mate. They were proberbly more trouble than they were worth.
I notice that your location has changed Randy. Did we upset you or did we throw you out? :D

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the pentagon for some years has stated that the iranian air force fashioned their own spare parts to keep a few of the f-14's still flying that have been in service for 30 years to get around the embargo when the shah was overthrown.

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The US didn't just sell them F-14A's in the 70's, they sold a total infastructure to maintain the aircraft too. It doesn't surprise me at all that they could machine thier own parts. They most likely have the whole aircraft manufacturers drawings on microfilm which the US openly sold to them at the time.

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TAdan wrote:
Nice to see some Tomcats flying somewhere. Hopefully they will wind up safely in a museum someday, and wont have to get on the bad end of Randy's F-15. :wink:

I wonder if they would be up for a Grumman Cat flight. :lol:


Well, if the Iranian people can get rid of Ah'madinnerjacket and his Basiji thugs, we've got a pretty solid chance at seeing that country turn around and rejoin the international community as a member in good standing. It's d@mn sure not for lack of trying on their part, as the riots this summer demonstrated.

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An expensive, manpower intensive aircraft, but if it's the best you have in the inventory, you find a way to keep them up. I would guess their flight hours are VERY restricted to keep the wear and tear down.

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I notice that your location has changed Randy. Did we upset you or did we throw you out? :D

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Hmmmmmm....lush, green English countryside........flat plains of the U.S.

Lots of history, rain, and ocean..........tornados.


Sing it with me.......

Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

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An expensive, manpower intensive aircraft, but if it's the best you have in the inventory, you find a way to keep them up. I would guess their flight hours are VERY restricted to keep the wear and tear down.


Last I was there, they still had a handful of P-3's also that they would send up to play air-to-air chicken with us during our Strait of Hormuz transit.

One thing you can say...regardless of who is flying/maintaining them, American aircraft certainly have impressive longevity!

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