[sukhoi-30mki]

BRU-32 bomb racks on an Iranian F-14. Photo via the author

[ClearCase_guy]

[quadrant]

I may be mistaken but didn't the US Navy attempt to convert the F14 to an F/A role, but never could make the conversion work.

[The Sons of Liberty]

I guess the obvious question is: Now that the kenyan has paved the way for his muzzie bros too complete their bomb, will a F-14 converted to a bomber be able to reach Israel or any American bases in the mideast?

[schurmann]

“...F-14s As Heavy Bombers”

The author’s thinking is about 70 years behind the times, if he thinks the F-14 is a heavy bomber.

By the latter half of WWII many systems designed before the war were hauling heavier loads. And the B-29 - the largest bomber to see action in that conflict - could lift three times the weight of munitions.

Some individual bombs of the early 1940s were several times as big as the 7,000 pound item touted here.

Of course, just about any aircraft hauls a more impressive warload, when the basis for comparison is tiny little short-range fighters.

[Hulka]

Strapping on ordnance is one thing. . .reprogramming the software to allow weapons delivery, let along ACCURATE weapons delivery, could not happen. . .FMS security deletions would have pulled apart its code like a badly woven rug if tampered with.