Iran's F14's have been grounded for years and have not flown at all due to
lack of spares etc.

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"phil hunt" wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:38:25 +0100, Big Dave
wrote:
Aaaah but isn't the AIM 54 being retired as the only plane that can carry
it
is the F14 which is also nearing it max flying hours so will also be
retired?

Aparently, Iran (the only F-14 operator apart from the USA) is
building its own copy of the AIM 54.

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