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

Are you sure of that? ISTR that they still manage to keep a few flying
these days, according to reports in some of the trade magazines. One
US source indicates about 25 of them may remain operational
(www.afa.org/magazine/Dec2002/1202iran.asp).

Also see:


www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0077.shtml

www.rferl.org/iran-report/1999/09/36-130999.html

Your claim sounds more hopeful than accurate...and why the top
posting?

Brooks


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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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