Tehran's Top Guns How Iran's Old School F14 Tomcats Stay in the Air The National Interest


Iran's Aging Fleet Of U.S.Made Fighter Planes

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is one of the United States' most iconic military fighter aircraft. It served with the US Navy from the 1960s up to 2006, and was of course immortalized in the 1986.


Why Iran And America Love the Old F14 Tomcat (Iran Still Flies Them) The National Interest

The F-14 was the platform piloted by Jalil Zandi during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War. He is credited with doing 11 Iraqi aircraft, making him Iran's Ace of Aces — and the most successful.


Iran Took an Old F14 and Transformed It Into a Super 'Tomcat' The National Interest

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy 's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.


Iran’s JuryRigged F14s Saved the Day Against Iraq The National Interest

The F-14 was the king of the air in the extreme combat of the Iran-Iraq War. Around 180 Iraqi aircraft fell to Grumman's deadly Tomcat, of these kills, sixte.


The F14 Tomcat Might Just Be Iran's Best Fighter Jet 19FortyFive

The Iranian Air Force is the last operator of the legendary F-14 Tomcat. The photos in this article were recently released by FARS News Agency. They show some Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F.


Check out This Amazing Video of an Iranian F14 Firing a Fakour90 AirToAir Missile The

Military Aviation The Spies and Arms Smugglers Who Kept Iran's F-14 Tomcats Flying The U.S. sold Iran dozens of its most capable jet—then spent decades chasing the spies and arms dealers.


Iran Still Flies America’s Feared Cold War F14 Interceptor. Here’s Why. The National Interest

IRIAF F-14 performing a high-speed pass. All images credit: Leszek Kujawski/FoxTwo.pl. Persian Tomcat aside, other highlights of the show included the Iranian Navy's (IRIN) SH-3D Sea King.


Iran's F14A (American Made) Tomcats Have a Missile Problem The National Interest

Military Aviation IRIAF HAS UPGRADED AN F-14 TOMCAT By Dario Leone Feb 10 2018 The process to upgrade the F-14 fighter jet began in February 2017. The Tomcat has now joined Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F-14's fleet Iran says it has succeeded in upgrading a Grumman F-14 Tomcat and return it to service.


Have Iranian F14s Faced Off against UFOs? The National Interest

Iranians Still Sourced F-14 Parts From US This, in turn, might be affecting the training and piloting skills of IRIAF aviators, tipping the scales in core airpower firmly in Israel's favor. Indeed, an Iranian F-14 can outpace and outmaneuver an Israeli F-35, but the latter won't get to that stage.


Cómo lucharon los F14 de Irán en la guerra contra Irak

According to a survey by Flight Global, the Iranian air force in 2019 operates around 24 F-14 Tomcats from a batch of 79 of the Grumman-made, swing-wing fighters that Iran acquired in the.


Did an American Drone Shoot Down an Iranian F14 Tomcat? The National Interest

R December 4, 2020 Topic: Security Region: Middle East Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: Iran F-14 Tomcat Phoenix Missile Iran-Iraq War Iran Nuclear Deal After 45 Years, Iran's F-14.


The F14 Was America's Most Advanced Jet. Now Only Iran Uses Them. The National Interest

Iran's inability to prevent overflights by Soviet MiG-25Rs is said by many Western observers to have been one of the main reasons why the country acquired the Grumman F-14. The truth is slightly different, however.


Tehran's Top Guns How Iran's Old School F14 Tomcats Stay in the Air The National Interest

Even given these limits, the continued presence of Iranian F-14s does present a pressing and credible threat to the region, particularly Israel, depending upon the number of operational F-35 variants Israel has. However, while an F-35 is undoubtedly superior in many respects to an F-14, it is actually not as fast.


Iran's F14 Tomcats Were Built in the 1970s. How Are They Still Flying? The National Interest

The F-14 fighter jet was the ideal aircraft for Iranian pilots, as it effectively challenged the Soviet MiG-25R Foxbat jets over Iranian territory. The Tomcat was the equivalent to the F-22 today, the most superior and advanced aircraft in the sky. F-14: Aging in the Air


How Iran Went to War Using an F14 Tomcat (Yes, the Fighter in Top Gun) The National Interest

Iran is the only country that continues to fly the F-14 and it is unclear how many are still operable. Iran only had 79 operational F-14s when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah in 1979. Over the decades, the number of Iranian F-14s has dwindled because of accidents and the need to cannibalize some aircraft for spare parts to.


Former F14 pilot named new Iran air force chief The Times of Israel

Persian Cats How Iranian air crews, cut off from U.S. technical support, used the F-14 against Iraqi attackers. Tom Cooper September 2006