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Worth noting, most of the F-14 kills and F-14 Aces belong to the Iranian Air Force.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Iranian_aerial_victori...

The US refused to export the TomCat to any other country and they destroyed all remaining TomCats after retiring them to prevent Iran from accessing spare parts, vs just having them parked in bone yards like other fighter jets.



You can actually see them taxi-ing around on Bing maps at a few Iranian airbases, they've still got a few left.

https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=5e448196-42ac-41ba-81b8-b7272...

3 of them visible here, in various states of wing sweep.

I read that they want to buy Flankers, but I would assume that western coverage of Iranian military strategy probably isn't particularly accurate.


Well a few were not destroyed since they are currently in museums. The ones I’ve personally seen are in Palm Springs and on the Intrepid in NYC.


There's one in Titusville, FL, at the Warbird Air Museum[0] just a few miles from Kennedy Space Center. Well worth a visit for the F-14 alone, it's an awesome sight, but they've also got loads of other great aircraft and knowledgeable staff to help provide insight.

If you're a flight and space geek like me, you'll spend a day or two at KSC and then a full day at the warbird museum. Whenever I find myself in Florida I try to make my way out there, can't recommend it enough!

[0]: https://www.valiantaircommand.com/


Thanks! I am sure those atleast will be under intense security and they probably gutted the important bits.




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