Erik Leijdens Gaaf he Eelco, ik wil hem ook. Een Irakese MiG-25 in de vitrine klinkt erg goed
24. December 2016 at 20:36:47
Eelco Gregoire Heel vet hè. Er zit ook een Libiër bij zag ik. Dit is net zo een beest als dE mig-31
24. December 2016 at 22:00:03
Erik Leijdens Jep, en veel mooier ook! De 31 laat ik aan me voorbij gaan, was om toen ik ontdekte dat er 2 nieuwe MiG-25s kwamen
24. December 2016 at 22:12:29
Urban Gardini The reason as to why the Shah of Iran bought the Grumman F-14 Tomcat!
24. December 2016 at 22:19:06
Erik Leijdens Nice, das habe ich niet gewusst Urban!
24. December 2016 at 22:23:30
Urban Gardini Yes Erik! The Shah was tired and irritaded over the fact that both Soviet and Iraqi MiG-25 RBT's repeatedly violated Iran's air space at free will without being challenged by Iran's F-4 and F-5 fighters as they just couldn't do so. But when the Shah saw the F-14 at an air show he decided then and there that he in the F-14 had the solution to the problem. My personal belief is that that's the main reason as to why Iran's fleet of F-14 Tomcats only was wired for the AIM-54 and couldn't fire the AIM-7 or AIM-9. It was probably just thought as a one problem solution. Strange though considering that Iran already had both the AIM-7 and AIM-9 system for the F-4 Phantom II.
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