IRAN: wants its F-14 back

[True_Pakistan_Zindabad]

It is the other way around .. They got 79 of the 80 planes .. So only 1 missing.

Dang looks like you are right. So what's the big fuss over 1 plane for?

 

[forcetrip]

They need the spares .. They have run out of places to buy the engines and dissecting their old planes.. Im not sure if the number of operational F14's is close to 10 or 20 out of 79.

 

[True_Pakistan_Zindabad]

They need the spares .. They have run out of places to buy the engines and dissecting their old planes.. Im not sure if the number of operational F14's is close to 10 or 20 out of 79.

It must be close to a handful of operational frames, my God those F-14 must look like Lego's.

 

[Tayyab1796]

well aren't such purchases suppose to be on credit ... well our history teaches us that when dealing with americans always buy on credit because if u give them the money earlier they might impose some nutty sanctions and eat the money or let it rot in a bank where it keeps piling interest which is taxed and helps US purse.

 

[forcetrip]

Defense products from America are more like crack.. people sell their wifes bangles to get their fix.. and no one sells crack on credit.. at least in my neighborhood.

 

[Donatello]

Iran got robbed 79 F-14 and they waited 30 years to make a squeek about it. Well I don't think US can hear mouse farts and if you give a mouse a cookie, it will ask for milk. I feel bad for them but the Islamic Revolution was a big mistake and made this whole region a worse place to live.

Haha!

Did you mean..."...give them an inch and they will take a mile..."

 

[Guynextdoor]

Well, USA has a long history of such acts.

Take the Pakistani F-16s order.......actually 111 of them......sheesh man. Sometimes when i read back in history i still can't believe that we actually ordered 111 F-16s right when they came out!

And history will tell you what happened next..... I know you'll be pissed but it's a GEM of Indian diplomacy...

 

[Jigs]

It is the other way around .. They got 79 of the 80 planes .. So only 1 missing.

Just noticed that your right. If they cannibalize this new one they might get a few parts on a number of the airframes they have left. Regardless though it is a lost cause their remaining F-14s will die out soon.

 

[Dazzler]

And history will tell you what happened next..... I know you'll be pissed but it's a GEM of Indian diplomacy...

Chankiya Ideology implementation like even the poor guy would have never anticipated.

 

[Imran Khan]

usa alreay give them replacement on contra waipons


August 20, 1985. 96 TOW anti-tank missiles
September 14, 1985. 408 more TOWs
November 24, 1985. 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
February 17, 1986. 500 TOWs
February 27, 1986. 500 TOWs
May 24, 1986. 508 TOWs, 240 Hawk spare parts
August 4, 1986. More Hawk spares
October 28, 1986. 500 TOWs



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair

 

[InPhilTraitor]

That is the reason India is sticking with the Russians for weapons, at least you get what you pay for. The problem with USA is that there are so many moving parts, with a little change in balance of power, there can be sanctions and what not and the buyer is on the highway to eternal mess.

 

[Imran Khan]

That is the reason India is sticking with the Russians for weapons, at least you get what you pay for. The problem with USA is that there are so many moving parts, with a little change in balance of power, there can be sanctions and what not and the buyer is on the highway to eternal mess.

india is not stuck at all these days bro

c-130j
apachi
chinook
mrca
c-17
and much more

 

[InPhilTraitor]

I stand corrected. Yeah, there are many purchases, but at least when it comes to marquee purchases, I think there is a russian preference.

 

[Stealth_fighter]

bhai,beediin lugo ko emman sikana asaan kaam nehi..i dont speak urdu..so please kindly accept any mistake

 

[Thomas]

All mothballed F-14's were shredded a few years ago. Out of concern that parts could end up in Iran. Even the few that were privately held were seized.

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/07/local/me-jets7