bies Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Did Iranian F-14A, F-4E, F-5E use original english cockpits or their native iranian versions? I'm asking about the Cold War era - 1970s pre-revolutionary Shah Iran and 1980s revolutionary Iran during Iraq-Iran war. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temetre Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Afaik the cockpit language of those planes is all english. But im not 100% on that^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quid Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 It appears the IRIAF (former IIAF) F-14 cockpit is in English. There is a YouTube video showing a variety of HUD modes in the plane from an Iranian channel, which also shows the HSD, VDI, and ACM Panel, and all of the lettering is in English and appears the same as for a USN Tomcat. It can be found here: There's also a picture of an IRIAF F-14 front seat cockpit in Cooper and Bishop's "Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat," and while the picture is relatively low resolution, one can make out larger print lettering, such as "ACM" next to the ACM switch, "ALT" on the altimeter, "FUEL" and "QTY" on the fuel gauge, and for the smaller lettering, although it isn't as readable, it appears very similar to what we see in Navy F-14As. Considering this and the video evidence, I'd say with some degree of confidence that Iranian F-14s got delivered with English cockpits and continue to use them to this day. While I'd assume the same for the F-4 and F-5, I'd have to look around for evidence. 4 1 Rig: i9 10900KF @5.3GHz | 64GB G.Skill DDR4 3600MHz | ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3090 24GB OC | ASUS Maximus XII Formula | 2x 2TB Intel SSD6 NVMe M.2 | VKB F-14CG on Gunfighter III Base | TM Warthog HOTAS | TM Rudder Pedals | HP Reverb G2 Hangar: FC3 | F-86F | F-4E [Pre-Ordered] | F-5E | F-14A/B | F-15E | F-16C | F/A-18C | Mirage 2000C | JF-17 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19P | MiG-21bis | AJS-37 | AV-8B | L39 | C-101 | A-10C/CII | Yak-52 | P-51D | P-47D | Fw 190 A-8/D-9 | Bf 109 | Spitfire | I-16 | UH-1 Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raviar Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 It is all in English, same as manual, which are same as American version except F-14 Tactical pocket checklist which is IIAF version and different from US Navy, but the language is English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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