https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2052263445551362080
>>65137132Good.More F-14 pieces for Iran.
>>65137135All of their F-14s are gone, bro.
>>65137132can't wait to see the upgrades
I can't wait for it go into danger zone.
>>65137136Trump said that the IRIAF was destroyed, yet just a hours after the ceasefire, F4s were flying above Tehran.I am sure Iran's Tomcats are fine, collecting dust in a mountain bunker.
>>65137141>F-14 gets upgrade just for lulz>Ends up getting an intercept before the F-22
>>65137206Anon... we saw them...
>>65137132Looking on Google maps there are 5 Kitties still in the boneyard in Tucson.
>>65137206Huh. I wonder why they weren't flying above Tehran before the ceasefire.Something to do with how amazingly hard Iran is winning, I'm sure.
>>65137269I think the total at the bone yard is 3 A models 2 B models and 3 D models that where not shredded
>>65137273Firstly, I did not say that Iran was winning, I am just stating the fact that the bombings were not enough to destroy their Airforce and that some Tomcats must have survived.Secondly, 2 F5s bombed a US base, so its not like the IRIAF was hiding, doing nothing.
>>65137302Those F5s did a suicide run at the very start of the war, the IRIAF was raped afterwards
>>65137245Do you know what an intercept is?
>>65137302>wishful thinking
>>65137547Well it certainly doesn't involve a balloon!
>>65137564intercept ≠ shootdownIntercepts happen frequently involving shadowing aircraft away from your airspace. F22's have a myriad of these under their belt as shown by previous picrelhttps://www.airforcetimes.com/flashpoints/2017/12/14/us-f-22s-intercept-russian-fighter-jets-fire-warning-flares/>On December 13, two Russian Su-25s flew into coordinated Coalition airspace on the east side of the Euphrates River near Abu Kamal, Syria, and were promptly intercepted by two F-22A Raptors providing air cover for partner ground forces conducting operations to defeat ISIS,” said Lt. Col. Damien Pickart, a spokesman for U.S. Air Forces Central Command. >The incident lasted nearly 40 minutes and the Russian aircraft eventually flew back to the west side of the river. Although your response was in jest.
>>65137273They're not losing either. Iran plays the long game while Trump changes objectives every literal day. Look at who is the loudest asking for a truce. You don't do that if you're winning.
Needs a F-14XSingle seater, no more chud passengerFlying missile/bomb truckImproved and advanced avionics and systemsLe semi-stealth capabilitiesCan control dronesCheaper than the Super Hornet
>Cheney dies>Iran's get smacked on the ground>Okay it's safe to get some flying again
>>65137132It'd be expensive as all hell given the wingboxes were all torn up. those were made of titanium, and tooling up to produce a bespoke batch of them would not be easy
>>65138294>Cheaper than the Super Hornet
>>65137564By definition that was an intercept you fucking dipshit
>>65138294The Non Flying Officer is pretty essential especially for dip shit hillbilly stick shakers who cannot be comprehended by actual humans on 243.
>>65137132I sincerely doubt we will be able to restore any F-14 to flyable condition. It was a major hanger queen even in its heyday and all the spare parts were destroyed at the behest of God's chosen greatest ally. Not to mention all the mechanics and designers are either dead or retired.Best way to get an F-14 flying is to unironically ask the Iranians for help.>Despite Iran’s efforts in securing spares and maintaining its Tomcat fleet to the best of its abilities, the IRIAF F-14 MC at Isfahan needed on average some 40,000-man hours to restore and overhaul the ‘hangar queens’ and long-stored examples back to operational status. In one case, it took more than 42,000 man hours between 2012 and 2017 to return 3-6010 to operational status. In another case, 3-6072, which had been kept in storage for several years, was restored, overhauled and upgraded in just three years between 2015 and 2018 after some 35,000 hours of work.>Of the 60 Tomcats currently in air force service, 16 are reportedly airworthy, nine are under maintenance and 11 are waiting for spares to be eligible for PDM. Given the funding, it is reported that IACI could bring at least eight more jets to FMC in just three years. With the majority of the flyable Tomcats FMC, three continue to maintain QRA at Isfahan armed with AIM-9J and AIM-7E AAMs, while the rest are spread across the resident 81st TFS and 83rd TTS.https://www.key.aero/article/how-iran-manages-keep-its-f-14-tomcats-flying
>>65137206Ahh yes 50+ year old airframes without steady supplies of replacement parts, famous for their functionality
>>65137273>Huh. I wonder why they weren't flying above Tehran before the ceasefire.Because they would be targeted, and Iran doesn't have a military just to oppose the US and Israel.>Something to do with how amazingly hard Iran is winning, I'm sure.No, it's completely unrelated. Iran is winning by default, and they don't need planes in order to achieve that.I know you're baiting, but in case some other /pol/tard reads your post: please consider that winning a war is about politics as much as it's about military action. War is, after all, an extension of politics. And the US has never been as weak politically as it is in right now.
>>65137273F-14s are the most valuable plane in the IRIAF's inventory so there's no point risking them in a propaganda stunt. Considering Iran's extensive use of decoys, and considering how obviously signaled America's attack was, its pretty safe to assume that the majority of their airworthy fleet survived the war with little to no damage.
>>65137132I love this, but there's a point where you have to accept reality. Swept wings were a fad before they started , and they have come and gone.There are no roles that the F-14 fills that the F-15EX, F-18, or F-35 can also fill in a more effective and efficient matter. OP is a nostalgic faggot. Israel is a safe haven for pedophiles, as well as having nuclear weapons. You will learn these truths slowly.
>>65138628>/pol/tards are anti-IranlolwutGet the fuck back to your containment board, you mincing lala bacha bazi boy.
>>65138633what's the point of having an airforce if you keep the planes locked away in a bunker when war breaks out?exactly at what point does it make sense for them to fly interceptors? when the war is over and the americans have left?i already know the answer but im curious to read what kind of bullshit you'll come up with
>>65138609It had availability rates for the F-14d similar to those of the F-15e, which as you may know, does not have to operate off aircraft carriers. Also VF squadrons were operating A/B/D simultaneously and they are functionally entirely different airplanes on the avionics and propulsion side but had the same number of maintainers as a single frame squadron. So basically everything you said is wrong, you're fat, gay, retarded and your parents hate you
>>65138656>bacha baziThat's an Afghan thing, not an Iranian one. Not to mention one Americans were indulging in.It's okay to be a faggot, just please don't fuck kids even if your commander says it's okay to.
When are they going to restore the F111s and replace the Dogshit-10
>>65138654This act is for restoring them into museum condition with hopefully getting one frame into flying condition, not for a return to duty.
>>65137245kek>>65137132>> inb4 they get Tiny Tom Cruise to fly it
>>65138747I had a fun discussion with chat GPT about the feasibility of a F-111EX in today's world. Going on the assumption the aircraft was never retired and properly updated, it would have made a wonderful AIM120 missle boat. Chat GPT disagreed with the idea of the F-111EX being used for air superiority, but agreed that the F-111EX would have been better suited than the F-15EX.
>>65138654What part of 'for display' is breaking your brain
>>65139060>I had a fun discussion with chat GPT
>>65138707Well considering an F-5 literally dropped gravity bombs on a US base, its safe to say that Iran was using their airforce.
>>65137306Iran is a nation of faggots. What you call being raped was part of their plan. You are losing this fight to a people you dont understand in ways you dont understand.
Imagine if we get an upgraded F-14EXPut the F-22 engines into the F-14And we get thrust vectoring into the F-14
>>65138724True, but back then we had the benefit of plentiful spare parts and a large well trained workforce that knew how keep the Tomcat flying. But now all those spare parts were destroyed on the order of our greatest ally and everyone who worked on a Tomcat is either retired or dead.
>>65139161Not gonna happen boom boom. Your' plane retired, and so should you, quit clogging up the leadership positions so we can finally start to unfuck things.
Why was the plane so short lived. It’s not any older than a F-16 or F-15. Why did the F-18 replace it so quickly. I’m sure you could shove an AESA radar in there and upgrade it to shoot the newest missiles.
>>65140525>Guys why did the plane we built specifically to kill Soviet bombers and their air-launched cruise missiles retire after the fall of the Soviet Union????No one knows.
>>65139060Don't taint the CHADvark by associating it with that glorified Markov chain generator.
>>65140543Stand off weapons aren’t anything knew, the chinamen have them too. If anything you just made the case for keeping them.
>>65140525As the other Anon said, its primary purpose didn't exist anymore and it required double or even triple the amount of money/man hours to keep flying.Nowadays we're just slapping SM-6s onto F-18s and calling it a day.
>>65140525>too difficult and expensive to repair>ww3 never happened>spare parts could end up in Iran's hands
>>65140551>1991>USSR is kill>China is too busy taking manufacturing jobs away from the west to be a threat to Taiwan>Libs think the world peace is finally here>Every western country cuts back on military spending>Tomcat is very expensive>Tomcat needs a lot of maintenance>Tomcat is the oldest "modern" jet>Tomcat is made in New York>Fuck New YorkTomcat was doomed. It's double-doomed nowadays, since the Super Hornet can carry the AIM-174.
>>65138294>swing wing>cheaper than the Super HornetTrolling used to be a art.
I didn't realize Tom Cruise had that much influence
>>65140549Stop calling it the Aardvark. We already had this discussion in the F-111 thread a month or two ago. It was always called the 'One-Eleven' by its crews.
>>65140566That Rhino is in pain carrying that loadout.
>>65139164Tell that to the Canucks trying to build a 60% scale Arrow, and, eventually, since the NRC had the goddamn plans on microfilm all this time, a 100% scale Mk. II complete with Iroquois engines.>I for one, would love to see a Phantom with dual Iroquois.>Hell, the design could be modernized with today's alloys and FADEC.
>>65137257we saw them...flying over Tehran. Yes, we did. https://www.eurasiantimes.com/irans-f-4-phantom-escorts-asim-munir-to-tehran-relic-aircraft-once-used-by-u-s-air-force-as-target-drone/Israel can't eliminate the tunnels in Lebanon after a decade of unrestricted bombing. Iran has had 40 years with unlimited manpower, funds and materials to dig. I know it's hard for you to think, but try.
>>65139060Don't feed AI
>>65141013That's a repro, not restoring an existing frame to flyable condition. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if God's chosen made us destroy all of the F-14s design documentation and blueprints as well.The only way America is getting a flying F-14 is if we buy one from Iran.
>>65140551At the time everyone (neolibs and neocons) fully bought in to the "end of history" idea that peer and near peer conflicts were over, globalism would turn everyone in to a western style democracy because literally all that matters is "make money", and all future conflicts will be insurgencies. GWOT didn't help.Military and political planners as well as academics literally thought China would be a liberal democracy by 2020.
>>65137132Wait a sec, I thought we shredded the last Tomcats nearly 20 years ago?
>>65141685Some hid in museums.
>>65141685The three that were called out were sitting in a forgotten corner of the Boneyard I believe
>>65141685There's also a few of them rotting in the boneyard in Arizona along with other aircraft. They did restore a B1 to fly condition after it's been rotting there for 5 years.
