Iranian f-14 still carries AIM-54

>>>Amir killed his own credibility when he uploaded a pic of a US Navy F-14D buzzing troops in Iraq and claimed that it was an Iranian F-14.<<<<<<
Sorry for you bill, you cann't even differ between an Iranian tomcat and a US one.
Hey guys, all you tell about Iran is just your wonders that you have got from your media. IRIAF policy is secrecy and there is a rule in Iran army that they don't show many of their capablities so if they have permitted you to see their Phoenix be sure that they are operational and not for demonstration. Be sure that if they were not operational, US had invaded Iran many years ago. Call your intelligence service and ask them why you don't attack Iran.

Great vid. It's current since they are painted blue/gray. Lots of great info you have here.

Amir killed his own credibility when he uploaded a pic of a US Navy F-14D buzzing troops in Iraq and claimed that it was an Iranian F-14.

Nice legacy footage, that's all it is. I'd like to know who was tanking that Tomcat. Probably footage from a '70s NATO exercise.

Now that I can post :D

Not only does Iran fly the F-14A with functional AIM-54s, but has even reverse engineered the system and made indigenous upgrades to it (not to mention to the AWG-9, including solid state upgrades to replace many of the outdated vacuum tube components). The decision to create an alternative BVR missile in the form of adapting the MIM-23 to air-to-air began in the middle of the Iran-Iraq air war, and stemmed from a lack of functional thermal batteries for the AIM-54s. Subsequently, many thermal batteries were smuggled in from backchannels.

Personally, I think this is more about how the west is unwilling to accept that a "barbaric, backwards, and Islamic" country can effectively operate a western system, let alone reverse engineer it and improve upon it. The irony is, not only did they improve upon a US system, but used it to greater effect than the USN, creating several IRIAF F-14A aces.

My sources come from the book by Austrian aviation author Tom Cooper and Iranian author Farzad bishop titled "Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units In Combat" released by Osprey Publishing in 2004, which includes indepth first hand interviews with pilots, as well as images of the "inoperable and unflyable" IRIAF F-14A and its crews during missions, and gunsight images.

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It's highly unlikey they still have 54A's left as the complex liquid cooling system was maintenance heavy, which led to the US using the solid state 54C's after 1986. Most likey they still have their ATM-54 captive training Pheonix's, which have no motor or warhead, and fly them for appearances. I've heard that they were trying to adapt MIM-24 Hawk SAMs to be fired by the F-14's. If Iran really wants to make a threat out of their F-14A's then they should get their Russian buddies to supply some AF-31 Saturn engines, maybe some licensed models from the Chinese for their Flankers, and try and install a DFCS system like the ones going in the upgraded MiG-29M Fulcrum-E's. That way they would have something similar to the F-14D or the propsed Quickstrike follow up. It doesn't appear they have the TCS or IRIST, maybe install a unit from the MiG-29, you can't thermally or visually hide any plane.

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as u see,it has still AIM-54 and uses them

Bull. Iran ran out of their AIM-54A's 20 years ago.

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keep it by 30 and maybe 10-15 or less fully operational ..you get a much real number , don't forget 79 was delivered abut 30 are lost during the time and war so 40 -50 is highly unlikely.

TOMCATS BABY!

Does anyone know if any of those Iraqi F-1 mirages and others that defected to Iran are operational? Nice video:)

Iran worked with Russian expert to have F-14s operational. It's true.
Also, Russia gave some missiles that can be launched by Tomcats.
So, very nice to see a unique operatinal Tomcat fleet in the galaxy.

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Thats a ridiculous comment. How many F-22's and F-35's have been deployed so far?

MMMMnnnn....Viper target practice.

lovely plane really lovely

iran has 40-50 operational tomcat

this forum is going out of hand amir you seems to be an aviation enthousiast, and thats all we should care about. iranian f 14 are clearly not on the edge anymore, its was even recently the best interception platform in the world, but iranian mght have 10 15 maximum usable, and the new aircraft in the inventory are mig 29 and soon su 30 ( still to be confirmed though)
and snaky dont beleive what the CIA says they only crippled a 12 of them , and the US did ship a lot of spare parts in the 80 to iran ( directly from usn stocks)

It is good that IRAN uses propaganda to collect symphaties and that way avoids USA to attack there maybe, everyone would do the same. Nobody doubts USAs being superior against anybody....but why use the force? its maybe too complicated for you military-fanatics

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that's boeing-707 tanker,iran uses 707 & 747 for refuelling

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my friend ,it seems that you are uconscious of the truth, iran got many kills in iran-iraq war by shooting aim-54s, jalal zandi,the most famous iranian f-14 pilot during war,got 12 air-to air kill,made him the best f-14 pilot,god bless his soul

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In a very short scene in that clip, it shows a tomcat breaking away after getting fuel in flight. What type of plane is giving the fuel??

We all love the Tomcat, but it is an old platform and so far inferior to what the US has in it's arsinal right now. I get the feeling that the Iranians just fly them as a way to throw it in our face. Even if they have a working Aim54 they can't honestly think they would have a chance against something like the F22 or F/A35. BTW- it was confirmed that the CIA had people planted with the US technicians working on getting the Tomcats setup for Iran. It was said that the CIA did not load the software needed for the Aim54 and that the missles were pretty much useless when they left Iran. You can hang anything you want on the rack, but without the software needed to launch them they are worthless.

hebatnya iran......

VIVA Iran! heyl havir shake! you have good force there to prevent US to mess around...US has to seek weaker opponents to mess around and rise its economics

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it's another tomcat,which is taking off

I think, I guess, HOW DO YOU KNOW? Or is it becasue there is some 'influence' involved, say FOX news kind of influence?
I think Amir knows better than any of us 'programmed' citizens, or at least slightly.

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Exactly... I really don't think that Iran have any AIM-54 operationnal.

And I don't think that Iran avec many F-14 able to fly...

and also amir, what plane is that tomcat tanking off of???????

Is it me or is there not one scene in this clip that shows an iranian tomcat 'flying' with aim54 's loaded? All I see is a tomcat taxing around with them on and still pinned. Im sure there are still aim54's laying around iran but I highly doubt any are operational.

yeah,iran has developed its aim-54s