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How did the Iranians get the Phoenix to work?
"Hobo" wrote in message ... 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? They had the maintenance manuals, US-trained technicians, spare parts, and time. |
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"Ragnar" wrote in message ink.net... "Hobo" wrote in message ... 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? They had the maintenance manuals, US-trained technicians, spare parts, and time. They made a homebuilt Phoenix. I went to school with Iranian engineering students at CSUF, they have the skill. |
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"Hobo" wrote in message ... In article , "Tarver Engineering" wrote: They made a homebuilt Phoenix. I went to school with Iranian engineering students at CSUF, they have the skill. I have read that the Grumman techs pulled the daughterboards necessary for firing the Phoenix. That isn't solved by building new phoenii. No, it's solved by working out what those circuit boards did and making replacements. Nick |
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"Hobo" wrote in message ... 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 |
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"Tom Cooper" wrote in message
"Hobo" wrote in message ... 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. Considering that the Iranians are continuing to fly their F14's and indeed *improving* them speaks volumes for their ingenuity. -- http://www.delversdungeon.dragonsfoot.org Remove the X's in my email address to respond. "Damn you Silvey, and your endless fortunes." - Stephen Weir I hate furries. |
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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. Considering that the Iranians are continuing to fly their F14's and indeed *improving* them speaks volumes for their ingenuity. We had some Pre-Revolution Iranian Warrant Officers (is hofmadors the right term?) visit our ground radio shop for familarization for two weeks in circa 78-79. We threw some troubleshooting problems at them which they solved fairly easily. The NCO's in charge of my shop were fairly impressed with them and the Iranians got bored fairly quickly. Both were not thrilled to return to Iran due to the revolution going on at the time. |
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"Homafars" (the NCO Corps of the Imperial Iranian Armed Services ["IIAS" -
this included the IIAF, IIAA, and the IINA]) were - in relation - the best paid and most priviledged personnel of the army, air force, and navy at the time. It's interesting that the only part of the military that joined the riots against the Shah were - nevertheless - some of the Homafars stationed in the Tehran area and quite a few young cadets from the IIAF Academy, which were in the middle of their pilot-training courses, and planned later to fly F-16s. There were lots of claims about the lack of trained personnel in the IIAS at the time, and some of these might also be truth as much as understandable - especially given the fact that only the IIAF grew from 30.000 personnel in 1970 to 100.000 in 1978. However, the people chosen for the Project "Persian King" (as the sale of F-14s to Iran was named), were the best they had; all - including the technical personnel - were trained in the USA, and most had at least one additional tour with the USAF, USN, IDF/AF, Luftwaffe, RAF etc., etc. or at least the PAF. Nobody there had any kind of problems qualifying on Tomcats. The only problems were caused by the fact that the Pentagon was requesting all the maintenance on sensitive pieces of the avionics to be done in the USA - so the Iranians were not trained to do specific works. Given that for this reason a considerable part of the supplied avionics packages was permanently underway somewhere between Khatami AB and Calverton, the result was that quite a part of the Iranian Tomcats were grounded already before the revolution. The other part was grounded for purpose: they intentionaly have purchased more than their units could need, so to have a solid attrition reserve for the years to come (the IIAF standard was 16 planes per squadron, plust two attrition reserves: they bought 80 F-14As for four units). But, they needed not much time to learn about these jobs either. Besides, the USN, just for example, would completely stop their "consultation-activities" for the Iranian F-14-project only in 1983... 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 |
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote: "Ragnar" wrote in message link.net... "Hobo" wrote in message ... 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? They had the maintenance manuals, US-trained technicians, spare parts, and time. They made a homebuilt Phoenix. I went to school with Iranian engineering students at CSUF, they have the skill. Not to mention clandestine US assistance in the early 1980s, plus shipments of -54A missiles when the USN went to the -54C. It appears that they have reverse-engineered the -54A and build an unliscensed version of Phoenix. Posted via www.My-Newsgroups.com - web to news gateway for usenet access! |
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Hobo wrote: In article , "Tarver Engineering" wrote: They made a homebuilt Phoenix. I went to school with Iranian engineering students at CSUF, they have the skill. I have read that the Grumman techs pulled the daughterboards necessary for firing the Phoenix. That isn't solved by building new phoenii. Check the book Iran-Iraq War in the Air-it mentions some 70-90 firings of Phoenix, and 50-70 kills. From MiG-25s to helos, plus Tu-16s and Tu-22s were victims. Posted via www.My-Newsgroups.com - web to news gateway for usenet access! |
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"Matt Wiser" wrote in message news:3f762c9c@bg2.... "Tarver Engineering" wrote: "Ragnar" wrote in message link.net... "Hobo" wrote in message ... 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? They had the maintenance manuals, US-trained technicians, spare parts, and time. They made a homebuilt Phoenix. I went to school with Iranian engineering students at CSUF, they have the skill. Not to mention clandestine US assistance in the early 1980s, plus shipments of -54A missiles when the USN went to the -54C. It appears that they have reverse-engineered the -54A and build an unliscensed version of Phoenix. Not to mention Dr. Liao's IEEE summer intern program at Hugh's LAX. |
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