friggindead Posted November 17, 2021 Posted November 17, 2021 The most recent video I could find of the F-14, posted 11/13/2021- enjoy 2
Top Jockey Posted November 17, 2021 Posted November 17, 2021 Well... the big cat still lives. For me there's kind of 'mixed feelings' seeing the vídeo. As if on the one hand it is sad to see the Tomcat as a mere 'shadow' of what it once was in its prime time... on the other i like to see that the 'legend' lives on. Noteworthy, the F-14A is on Iranian Air Force service at 44 years already... ( Reminds me Agentina Air Force, which kept their Mirage IIIEA's on service for 41 years. ) 1 Jets Helis Maps FC 3 JA 37 Ka-50 Caucasus F-14 A/B MiG-23 Mi-8 MTV2 Nevada F-16 C MiG-29 F/A-18 C Mirage III E MiG-21 bis Mirage 2000 C i7-4790 K , 16 GB DDR3 , GTX 1660 Ti 6GB , Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
Egri_komrade Posted November 17, 2021 Posted November 17, 2021 Keep in mind, the Vietnam war was still going when this thing was born, and that just amazes me. It is so incredible seeing the big cat still hunting.
SgtPappy Posted November 18, 2021 Posted November 18, 2021 20 hours ago, Top Jockey said: Well... the big cat still lives. For me there's kind of 'mixed feelings' seeing the vídeo. As if on the one hand it is sad to see the Tomcat as a mere 'shadow' of what it once was in its prime time... on the other i like to see that the 'legend' lives on. Noteworthy, the F-14A is on Iranian Air Force service at 44 years already... ( Reminds me Agentina Air Force, which kept their Mirage IIIEA's on service for 41 years. ) Feelings are the same on my side - I often wonder what would happen had Iran remained under the power of the Shah. There would probably be more, updated F-14's, maybe better engines would have been equipped sooner, F-16's flying along side the Tomcats... but would it have been better or worse overall for the people of Iran? Who knows!
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