Modern Marvels: F-14
The F-14 Tomcat is the most lethal combat aircraft: no other jet has its special combination of weapons and technology.
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The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic twin-engine fighter jet, and two-seater with a variable geometry wing. Developed in the United States of America in the late sixties, the plane came in response to the program of the United States Navy Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) that followed the collapse of the project, General Dynamics / Grumman F-111B.
The F-14 flew for the first time in December 1970 and became operational in 1974 with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), replacing the F-4 Phantom II. The F-14 operated by the U.S. Navy as the primary air superiority fighter, interceptor for fleet defense and tactical reconnaissance platform. In the nineties he was adding the ability to take on the pod Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) and began operating as a strike aircraft to suolo.L 'F-14 was retired from active service by the U.S. on September 22 2006 and was replaced by the F / A-18E / F Super Hornet.Al 2010, the F-14 is operating only with Havayi Niru-ye-ye-e Artesh Jomhuri-ye Eslami-e Iran, Iran Air Force, where it was exported in 1976 when that country had more favorable diplomatic relations with the United States.
In January 2007, was announced by the U.S. Department of Defense, that any sale of spare parts for F-14 would have been suspended because of concerns they could end up in Iran. The announcement was reported that the decision was taken "in view of the current situation in Iran." On July 2, 2007, the remaining F-14 U.S., were demolished to prevent the parts end up being bought by governments hostile to the Americans. Yes estimate that Iran has 44 F-14, including 20 operational in 2009.
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