Having been exported to Pahlavi Iran under the Western-aligned Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1976, F-14s were used as land-based interceptors by the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force used them during the Iran–Iraq War.
Iran was Western-aligned during the Cold War. When the Shah's authoritarian regime was overthrown in 1979, Iran kept the military hardware that the US supplied the Shah with.
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synapse1278@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Context for the video ? Are these Iranian F14s?
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/breaking-footage-shows-israeli-air-force-destroying-iranian-f-14-tomcat-jets/ar-AA1GQ36a
jaybone@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Question: how did Iran come to obtain F14s?
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
According to Wikipedia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Iran was Western-aligned during the Cold War. When the Shah's authoritarian regime was overthrown in 1979, Iran kept the military hardware that the US supplied the Shah with.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Follow up question: How did they keep the buggers running without OEM parts for nearly 50 years?
BombOmOm@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Mostly through turning others into parts. Their F-14 fleet shrinks every time they put a flight-hour on one.
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Is it necessary to commit blasphemy sometimes?
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Possibly, but this is just Israel being Israel.