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A cat from the ”dark side”

JensOle

JensOle

SOH-CM-2023
The irony of history has made <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region></st1:place> the last user of the mighty F-14 Tomcat. Iran is actually the last user of any Grumman fighter jet.
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The Iranians should get credit for having managed to keep some of their old cats in flying conditions for over 30 years without US support, including almost an decade of heavy fighting with Iraq in the 1980’s. Very few would have bet any money on that in 1979.
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I do not know to what extend they are combat capable at this time, but at least they have managed to keep a number of them in flying condition. They have even got a new low vis scheme in the new millennium.
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I have updated my IRIAF “2005” repaint to be FSX capable and I have also used the chance to do some rework to make the textures more realistic (included the Arab numbers). The Iranian training <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Phoenix</st1:City></st1:place> round has also been painted after real pictures.

Grumman F-14A Tomcat "3-6024" of the 82nd TFS/8.TFB, IRIAF 2005
 
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