"Hobo" wrote in message
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Some people here have been claiming that the Iranians made effective and
widespread use of the Phoenix missle against Iraq. I have always read
that after the Shah fell US civilian technicians altered the F-14s they
were servicing so that they could never fire the Phoenix. If the
Iranians *did* use the Phoenix, how did they overcome the sabotage?

Hobo,
don't get me wrong, but there is a book that describes it all nicely and to
the last details: http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php

Don't be lazy, but check it there and you'll see that all similar rumors
about the US technicians "sabotaging" Iranian F-14s so these couldn't fire
AIM-54s are actually a complete and utter nonsence.

Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585