Simviation Forum - F-14s... Not USAF and not brown

Nov 19^th, 2007 at 8:59am

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these are RECENT shots... 4 blue F-14s taxiing in a row

http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/amirtomcat/2808/

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http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/amirtomcat/2797/

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Reply #1 - Nov 19^th, 2007 at 4:10pm

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Fantastic video...Iran has quite a few Tomcats at its disposal then... Cool

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Reply #2 - Nov 19^th, 2007 at 4:55pm

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The ones that are shown had a D-check and are basically new... And in the process they got a new paint

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Reply #3 - Nov 19^th, 2007 at 5:41pm

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Ivan wrote on Nov 19^th, 2007 at 4:55pm:

The ones that are shown had a D-check and are basically new... And in the process they got a new paint

Its interesting though, I read that no more spare parts are being manufactured for the F-14's in the US in case they may get shipped to Iran...I heard that all existing F-14's has been scrapped too...I have no idea as to how true that is...Do you know Ivan? Wink

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Reply #4 - Nov 20^th, 2007 at 6:42am

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Ashar all the F-14's in the US have been scrapped.

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Reply #5 - Nov 20^th, 2007 at 9:01am

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Nice one! Out of 60-70 birds bought from the US there aint too many left flying. Most of them have been raped for parts to keep the few they have left airworthy. Amazing how times change! Iranian pilots due to fly the Tomcat went to the US for training on how to fly these to their full capacity.

Any case the Super Hornet will leave these standing. Roll Eyes

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fighter25 wrote on Nov 20^th, 2007 at 6:42am:

Ashar all the F-14's in the US have been scrapped.

Ah...That's what I thought...There is not even 1 left? For like a museum or something? Undecided

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Reply #7 - Nov 20^th, 2007 at 1:46pm

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Ashar wrote on Nov 20^th, 2007 at 11:14am:

fighter25 wrote on Nov 20^th, 2007 at 6:42am:

Ashar all the F-14's in the US have been scrapped.

Ah...That's what I thought...There is not even 1 left? For like a museum or something? Undecided

They were until a few months ago... now no museum is allowed to have a tomcat in their collection.

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Its interesting though, I read that no more spare parts are being manufactured for the F-14's in the US in case they may get shipped to Iran...I heard that all existing F-14's has been scrapped too...I have no idea as to how true that is...Do you know Ivan?

They probably sent one or two to russia in the 80's in exchange for parts and to get hold of any type of tools that they didnt got with the package...
I have the idea that they have made themselves a rebuilding rig for the main chassis (titanium) and got hold of some russian Ti welding equipment.

Instead of waiting for someone to provide them with new or upgraded combat aircraft they made the smart move to try to do it whitout europe, russia, china or USA... The results arent that bad

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Reply #8 - Nov 20^th, 2007 at 7:19pm

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hehehe and all the while my CAF museum keeps our cat Cheesy

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Reply #9 - Nov 20^th, 2007 at 8:04pm

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Ashar wrote on Nov 19^th, 2007 at 5:41pm:

Ivan wrote on Nov 19^th, 2007 at 4:55pm:

The ones that are shown had a D-check and are basically new... And in the process they got a new paint

Its interesting though, I read that no more spare parts are being manufactured for the F-14's in the US in case they may get shipped to Iran...

Reverse engineering?

As for the thread title - did the USAF ever operate the Tomcat? Wink

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Reply #10 - Nov 21^st, 2007 at 2:12am

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Charlie wrote on Nov 20^th, 2007 at 8:04pm:

Ashar wrote on Nov 19^th, 2007 at 5:41pm:

Ivan wrote on Nov 19^th, 2007 at 4:55pm:

The ones that are shown had a D-check and are basically new... And in the process they got a new paint

Its interesting though, I read that no more spare parts are being manufactured for the F-14's in the US in case they may get shipped to Iran...

Reverse engineering?

Reverse engineering that is slowly evolving in an indigenous aircraft production program. They can make most mid-sized parts of the A300 and A310 like the cargo doors, and they have made a few new AH-1J helicopters (easy to recognise as they put the 'new' canopy on them instead of the old one).
And their love relationship with anything JT9D powered (A300, A310, 747SP and 747-200) has a reason: they can make a lot of the parts themselves.

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As for the thread title - did the USAF ever operate the Tomcat? Wink

Yeah... my fault

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Reply #11 - Nov 23^rd, 2007 at 12:04pm

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There are approximately 60 F-14's left in the USA, not counting those on display at various museums, military installations, etc.

They are maintained at Davis Motham AFB as reserves in case they should decide to bring the Tomcat back.

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