Fate of the F-14s

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Dang, that is painful to watch.

I sure hope they keep a few of them around for private collections. It sure
is nice to be able to see a F-4 at an air show, and the private owners are
the only way to make that happen.

I hope that my grandkids can see a F-14 flying, in 15 years, but if they
crunch them all up, that won't happen.

I realize there is concern about them falling into enemy hands. Couldn't
they just put a self destruct on them, so they could blow them up if the
enemy got ahold of one? g
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Jim in NC

I sure hope they keep a few of them around for private collections. It sure
is nice to be able to see a F-4 at an air show, and the private owners are
the only way to make that happen.

It may be too difficult to keep the highly computerized fighters
flying for private citizens. I would hope not, but it seems unlikely
that we will see these in private hands.

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I sure hope they keep a few of them around for private collections. It
sure
is nice to be able to see a F-4 at an air show, and the private owners
are
the only way to make that happen.

It may be too difficult to keep the highly computerized fighters
flying for private citizens. I would hope not, but it seems unlikely
that we will see these in private hands.

There are a LOT of people out there, military and civilian, that have spent
several years of their life working on, and maintaining these computerized
beasts. It seems likely that there would be a large enough talent pool to
keep them flying. If parts are needed, that would be more difficult, but
not an insurmountable problem, I would think.
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Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
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I sure hope they keep a few of them around for private collections. It
sure
is nice to be able to see a F-4 at an air show, and the private owners
are
the only way to make that happen.

It may be too difficult to keep the highly computerized fighters
flying for private citizens. I would hope not, but it seems unlikely
that we will see these in private hands.

There are a LOT of people out there, military and civilian, that have
spent
several years of their life working on, and maintaining these computerized
beasts. It seems likely that there would be a large enough talent pool to
keep them flying. If parts are needed, that would be more difficult, but
not an insurmountable problem, I would think.


The real issue is that if these planes are so dangerous then why did we stop
using them? Or, conversly, why are we scared of them? Are a few
operational planes that big of a threat?

"Tom Conner" wrote in message nk.net...


The real issue is that if these planes are so dangerous then why did we stop
using them? Or, conversly, why are we scared of them? Are a few
operational planes that big of a threat?



Apparently Iran still has quite a few operational F-14s with all the goodies.

"Tom Conner" wrote

The real issue is that if these planes are so dangerous then why did we
stop
using them? Or, conversly, why are we scared of them? Are a few
operational planes that big of a threat?

Because they are EXPENSIVE to maintain. The huge plane to fly the huge
radar is not needed for air superiority. The Super F-18 can do the job for
much less.
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Jim in NC

On 2007-07-02, Morgans wrote:
Dang, that is painful to watch.

The machines sort of made me think of those scenes in the desert in
natural history programmes, with the lions tearing apart a zebra that
they've caught.

I hope that my grandkids can see a F-14 flying, in 15 years, but if they
crunch them all up, that won't happen.

It's highly unlikely - at least, for an ex US F-14 (or US ally), since
they must all be made unairworthy. There may be a few static display.

The irony of the situation is the warbird of tomorrow's airshows will
be mostly ex-Soviet or British, with very little US hardware. It'll look
almost like the Soviets won the cold war to the airshow atendee of the
future.

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Dylan Smith wrote:

The irony of the situation is the warbird of tomorrow's airshows will
be mostly ex-Soviet or British, with very little US hardware. It'll look
almost like the Soviets won the cold war to the airshow atendee of the
future.


I think the real irony is that these airplanes are still capable of such
a serious threat that they have to be trashed. That speaks volumes
about retired hardware. G

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