A Grisly Death

[Proton Fox]

The horror, the horror...

http://en.sevenload.com/videos/ZgEywUz/20070702F14vsMonster

[Maple1]

Proton Fox wrote:
> The horror, the horror...
>
> http://en.sevenload.com/videos/ZgEywUz/20070702F14vsMonster
>
>
>


A huge shame when Iran has a bunch of slaves making parts by hand we do
this to a classic Jet should have flown them to area 51 for storage.

[miket6065]

What else could be done? They are obsolete in design and combat use. The
Navy no longer needs a long range anti-air platform, the phoenix missile has
no targets in the world. The military is scrapping everything of no use and
making the money for fund operations to defend us from islam wackos. The
Tomcat is once again defending us.

[Scubabix]

"Maple1" > wrote in message
news:B_tyi.75547$rX4.66011@pd7urf2no...
> Proton Fox wrote:
>> The horror, the horror...
>>
>> http://en.sevenload.com/videos/ZgEywUz/20070702F14vsMonster
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> A huge shame when Iran has a bunch of slaves making parts by hand we do
> this to a classic Jet should have flown them to area 51 for storage.
>
There are so many F-14's in storage that will never be used again. I hate
to see them go too, but with the high demand for black market parts for the
Iranian aircraft, they say this is the best way to prevent the Iranians
getting them.
Rob

[redc1c4]

Scubabix wrote:
>
> "Maple1" > wrote in message
> news:B_tyi.75547$rX4.66011@pd7urf2no...
> > Proton Fox wrote:
> >> The horror, the horror...
> >>
> >> http://en.sevenload.com/videos/ZgEywUz/20070702F14vsMonster
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > A huge shame when Iran has a bunch of slaves making parts by hand we do
> > this to a classic Jet should have flown them to area 51 for storage.
> >
> There are so many F-14's in storage that will never be used again. I hate
> to see them go too, but with the high demand for black market parts for the
> Iranian aircraft, they say this is the best way to prevent the Iranians
> getting them.
> Rob

a few Tomahawks to the right airfields would severely reduce the market, and
then we could save a few for gate guards.....

redc1c4,
(just being practical. %-)
--
"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

[K Horner]

Once upon a time, some Navy folks were saying that battleships would never
be needed. They tied a bunch up to a dock in Hawaii. They were wrong.
Older aircraft should be properly mothballed. Or heck, use them as
"Weasels" like they did with F-105's and F-4's. Or just for the hell of it,
pull the weapons, and sell them cheap to US citizens. Wouldn't be hard to
keep track of them.

"miket6065" > wrote in message
et...
> What else could be done? They are obsolete in design and combat use.
> The Navy no longer needs a long range anti-air platform, the phoenix
> missile has no targets in the world. The military is scrapping everything
> of no use and making the money for fund operations to defend us from islam
> wackos. The Tomcat is once again defending us.
>

[Joe]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:20:20 GMT, Proton Fox wrote:

> The horror, the horror...
>
> http://en.sevenload.com/videos/ZgEywUz/20070702F14vsMonster

Doesn't it scare the heck out of you that a simple rule like ( dont touch
these parts) cant be enforced in our supposedly great country. No lets
destroy 3 billion in irreplaceable back up aircraft instead.(aircraft whose
capabilities are still unmatched in current inventory) Sounds to me like
somebody in the Arizona scrap metal business has some important friends.

We should have shipped them to any backwards little country in the world
where common sense still prevails and pay them three mules a year and they
could probably keep anyones hands of those parts...but not the
USA....something is very fishy with this whole thing.

[Alan[_1_]]

"Joe" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:20:20 GMT, Proton Fox wrote:
>
> > The horror, the horror...
> >
> > http://en.sevenload.com/videos/ZgEywUz/20070702F14vsMonster
>
> Doesn't it scare the heck out of you that a simple rule like ( dont touch
> these parts) cant be enforced in our supposedly great country. No lets
> destroy 3 billion in irreplaceable back up aircraft instead.(aircraft
whose
> capabilities are still unmatched in current inventory) Sounds to me like
> somebody in the Arizona scrap metal business has some important friends.
>
> We should have shipped them to any backwards little country in the world
> where common sense still prevails and pay them three mules a year and they
> could probably keep anyones hands of those parts...but not the
> USA....something is very fishy with this whole thing.

Rationalize it this way. How many folks do you think there are that toss a
perfectly good TV to make room for that $4000 Plasma job? Or send the old
1.2 GHz Pentium 4 to recycle to get the new 3.2 GHz P-4 that has PCI-Express
slots and a TV tuner to boot? (you can hook it up to the new Plasma TV !!)
Only Uncle Sam does it on a grander scale. Lockheed, GE, Raytheon and L-3
need the business to pay those corporate boardroom and union wages.

[John Meyer]

In article >,
Joe > wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:20:20 GMT, Proton Fox wrote:
>
> > The horror, the horror...
> >
> > http://en.sevenload.com/videos/ZgEywUz/20070702F14vsMonster
>
> Doesn't it scare the heck out of you that a simple rule like ( dont touch
> these parts) cant be enforced in our supposedly great country. No lets
> destroy 3 billion in irreplaceable back up aircraft instead.(aircraft whose
> capabilities are still unmatched in current inventory) Sounds to me like
> somebody in the Arizona scrap metal business has some important friends.
>
> We should have shipped them to any backwards little country in the world
> where common sense still prevails and pay them three mules a year and they
> could probably keep anyones hands of those parts...but not the
> USA....something is very fishy with this whole thing.

Joe, you've got your tinfoil hat on a little too tight.

The F-14s were retired because they're worn out. From
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,88041,00.html?ESRC=navy.nl:

"The decision to incorporate the Super Hornet and decommission the F-14
is mainly due to high amount of maintenance required to keep the Tomcats
operational. On average, an F-14 requires nearly 50 maintenance hours
for every flight hour, while the Super Hornet requires five to 10
maintenance hours for every flight hour."

When military aircraft are retired, most of them are scrapped. So it is
with the F-14. There are plenty preserved in museums and there are
dozens still parked here at AMARC.

--
One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others can
not grasp. - Ed Wood

[John C. Edmundson[_2_]]

Don't we have enough problems without ****ing off a few million more
lunatics?

JCE~
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally
treasonable to the American public.

"redc1c4" > wrote in message
...
> Scubabix wrote:
>>
>> "Maple1" > wrote in message
>> news:B_tyi.75547$rX4.66011@pd7urf2no...
>> > Proton Fox wrote:
>> >> The horror, the horror...
>> >>
>> >> http://en.sevenload.com/videos/ZgEywUz/20070702F14vsMonster
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > A huge shame when Iran has a bunch of slaves making parts by hand we do
>> > this to a classic Jet should have flown them to area 51 for storage.
>> >
>> There are so many F-14's in storage that will never be used again. I
>> hate
>> to see them go too, but with the high demand for black market parts for
>> the
>> Iranian aircraft, they say this is the best way to prevent the Iranians
>> getting them.
>> Rob
>
> a few Tomahawks to the right airfields would severely reduce the market,
> and
> then we could save a few for gate guards.....
>
> redc1c4,
> (just being practical. %-)
> --
> "Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
> considerable watching."
>
> Army Officer's Guide

[Clairbear]

Proton Fox > wrote in news:URsyi.24466$t9.18777
@bignews7.bellsouth.net:

> http://en.sevenload.com/videos/ZgEywUz/20070702F14vsMonster

Sad end for a great old warrior
The machine kind of remind of vultures devouring a deer carcass.