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Iran Overhauls F-14 Fighter Jets
FARS News agency ^
| 27 Rajab 1429 / Wednesday 30 Jul 2008 / 09 Mordad 1387
Posted on 07/29/2008 6:04:34 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
Actually, I believe Iran on this one.
Despite Saddam having much of the latest from the US and the USSR in the Iran/Iraq war, the Iranians cleared the skies of the Iraqi air force and completely controlled the sky.
And anyone here who thinks that the F14 is an obsolete platform that cannot stand up to most more modern designs had best think again
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posted on
07/29/2008 6:36:31 PM PDT
by
bill1952
(Obama-the only one who can make me vote McCain McCain-the only one who can make me stay at home)
To: Perdogg
Uh...two-seater F-5's? That was the hottest thing in the Chilean Air Force thirty years ago. The Confederate Air Force might want to hire these guys for antique restoration. Now, the F-14 was a great plane, but then so was the Spad.
Death traps. The Iranians are way behind the power curve with respect to air assets and are scrambling to catch up. They've tried to cut deals for Su-30, Chinese J-10, and upgrades to the MiG-29, all apparently without much success. That's going to be a problem if they decide to strap on the IAF.
To: Perdogg
Iran plane taking off.
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posted on
07/29/2008 6:48:17 PM PDT
by
gpapa
(Give to FR 'til it hurts!)
To: bill1952
To: gpapa
That is very funny....ROFLMAO
To: bill1952
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posted on
07/29/2008 6:54:45 PM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush
Actually, from my readings, Iraq had air superiority over Iran.Sure it did. - Untill the Iranians wiped them from the battlefield skies.
The Iraqi invasion soon encountered unexpected resistance, however, and around March 1981 it stalled.
A preemptive strike executed by the Iraqi Air Force on the first day of the war successfully destroyed parts of Iran's airbase infrastructure, but failed to destroy a significant number of aircraft.
The IRaF was only able to strike in depth with a few MiG-23BN, Tu-22 and Su-20 aircraft, ineffective in a country as large as Iran.
When three MiG-23BN's flew over Tehran, they attacked its airport but damaged only a few aircraft.
Over the next day dozens of Iranian F-4s attacked Iraqi targets, and in a few days the IRIAF gained air superiority over IQAF, allowing them to conduct ground attack missions with fighter-bombers and helicopters....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Iraq_War
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posted on
07/29/2008 6:56:10 PM PDT
by
bill1952
(Obama-the only one who can make me vote McCain McCain-the only one who can make me stay at home)
To: bill1952
No I meant the F14 is a worn out obsolete platform.
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posted on
07/29/2008 6:58:39 PM PDT
by
valkyry1
"We have upgraded our air force fleet, state-of-the-art radar-systems, and rocket launchers over the past few years, with invaluable assistance from our Soviet friends and traitorous comrades living in the den of the Great Satan" Brig. Gen. Miqani said.
To: Perdogg
where do they get the spare parts for the planes? they are 25+ years old.
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posted on
07/29/2008 7:04:53 PM PDT
by
austrian
To: Eric in the Ozarks
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posted on
07/29/2008 7:09:50 PM PDT
by
squirt
(POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED, FOR THE SAME REASON)
To: Billthedrill
Uh...two-seater F-5's? That was the hottest thing in the Chilean Air Force thirty years ago. In the hands of a good pilot an F-5 is still a formidable adversary as the pilots at VMFT-401 and VFC-13 will atest to, as will their opponents.
To: Perdogg
This is a bunch of horse crap. Iran can’t overhaul a pig head in a mosque.
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posted on
07/29/2008 7:20:58 PM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
( OBAMA/HUCKABEE '08)
To: austrian
The Iranians had a hard time maintaining the F-14’s after the Grumman techs left. I'm not too sure that they can even maintain trucks in that country. A lot of bluster coming from that “nut job”, I say that we call his bluff and kick the shit out of Iran too!! BG
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posted on
07/29/2008 7:26:51 PM PDT
by
BatGuano
(We're not playing Tidally Winks here!)
To: Perdogg
If this is true then the Pope is indeed Jewish!
Iran has fed the world its bluster before, but their credibility is the same as that of Al Gore. All it ever does is get more intense and outrageous.
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posted on
07/29/2008 7:34:52 PM PDT
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: BatGuano
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posted on
07/29/2008 7:52:54 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
To: valkyry1
Well they cant overhaul the center wing box on the F14, and eventually (if not sooner) the birds will start falling out of the sky.
Yeah, but how much life expectency does that particular part have ... being made from a solid block of milled titanium?
IIRC the rest of the entire plane will fall apart before that piece of it does.
To: bill1952
And anyone here who thinks that the F14 is an obsolete platform that cannot stand up to most more modern designs had best think againMore important than the platform are the weapons you are hanging on it. What is the quality and how do they stack up to what your opponent will be throwing at you?
Even more important is the quality of joy stick actuator you will be installing.
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posted on
07/29/2008 8:07:10 PM PDT
by
magslinger
(Infidel, American type, quantity one (1) each.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
When I was at Basic Training at Lackland AFB in 1977, there was always a group of Iranian Air Force troops training there. Our TI called them “Pringle Hats.”
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posted on
07/29/2008 8:22:13 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
To: Perdogg
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posted on
07/29/2008 8:58:11 PM PDT
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BatGuano
(We're not playing Tidally Winks here!)
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