Anytime, Baby! (F-14 Tribute) 

Wow the year I was born 83

We have no Coast anymore

It may not be modern though as a Superiority Fighter The F-14 Would still give today's Fighters a run for their money and supersede them in other area's.

You had one of the best jobs in the world. Special people fly those beasts. Thank you!

TF30 was ok for F-111 but not the F-14.

@@briancooper2112 they also don't auto inject randomly lmao 🤣😂 big plus for a fighter jet lol

@@briancooper2112 f1-11 aardvark heard good and bad heavy but great wing spand though tf30,p,412a intakes were too small , but got job done

@@demonsmasheroni7354 wtf?

@@briancooper2112 f the what sorry?

Dogfighting and ACM, yes. She had quite a few tricks up her sleeve. However it’d would need to be modernized for AMRAAMs to stay competitive in BVR fights. Fox-1s such as the Sparrow and early versions of the Phoenix require the aircraft to maintain lock with its target for missile guidance. Fox-3s like the AMRAAM can be fired and the aircraft can go cold while the missile’s guidance system takes over. Wish the Super Tomcat program saw the light of day. Would’ve been an amazing aircraft.

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It's not like there weren't plans to do so. Dick Cheney really was a dick.

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Tomcat’s avionics are largely incompatible with newer tech. This was the first plane with a microprocessor built into it and interfaces with a mechanical computer for its fire control system since it came in before the integration of GPS onto military aircraft. Compared to a Super Hornet where an avionics upgrade can be done with a toolbox and a laptop, you’d have to essentially gut a Tomcat and drop that massive INS out to even work on its avionics. High maintenance even by US standards and difficulty to retrofit due to the above reasons played rather significant roles in retiring it, and that’s why I find it highly unlikely Iran will ever retrofit their existing fleet. It’d be cheaper in the short and long term to just buy newer, more capable aircraft if the option ever becomes available. The Tomcat might be their best fighter at the moment, but its era in modern air combat is long gone. Regarding why Iran has them, the Shah’s government collapsed more or less overnight to the Iranian government we know today. American engineers and whatever flight crews were around had to be evacuated out of the country asap. They had managed to sabotage a handful of AIM-54s before they left, but unfortunately everything else had to be left behind. A handful of F-14As that had not yet been delivered to Iran were seized by the US and later transferred into the fleet.