iriaf f-14 tomcat

Holger Kranich
I hope that this wonderful birds will stay very long in service! Thanks for the pix!

Vorya hidaryan
tanx holger.those cats are heros of iran.

Holger Kranich
I can imagine that! They are powerful and beauty´s!

Vorya hidaryan
tanx michael i hope you build iriaf tomcat.the picture 4 is poster if anyone wants print the picture.

Vorya hidaryan
i cant Waiting for your iriaf Project😉

Es-haq Khosravi
Excellent photos! Thanks for sharing!

Holger Kranich
An IRIAF Tomcat is on my to-do- list, but I don't have the right decals. I even got the squadron "F-14A in Iranian service" book!

Vorya hidaryan
thanks Es-haq. Holger you can find nice decals in here (model-making.eu).

Marek Swiderski
Thanks for sharing, it is the most beautiful aircraft [jet fighter].

Holger Kranich
I agree with you, Marek!

Duncan Cook
Very nice, it's on my todo list too.

Vorya hidaryan
I agree with Holger and Marek too.Duncan good luck with that🙂

Dirk Heyer
very atmospheric pictures!!
Thx for sharing!
What type are those cats??
Txpe B???

Holger Kranich
Hi Dirk, they must be A´s as far as i know.

Dirk Heyer
Thx Holger!!

Es-haq Khosravi
Type A Dirk, Iran have bought 80 Type A Tomcats, but only 79 Were delivered.

Holger Kranich
Had a quick look in my Osprey book about Iranian Tomcats. Yes they where A´s and after the Shah retreated, all upgrade packs for becoming B´s was not send to Iran.

Dirk Heyer
Thx for your informations,mates!
I did learning some lessons about the F-14 types, couple of minutes ago with a pot of hot an black coffe!
Now I can say, this must be early type A`s! This type is equipped with retractable wing glove vanes. These canards were deactivated and locked shut on the A and completely deleted on B and D.

Dirk Heyer
A nice close up picture is the poster, picture No.4. There you can see them directly beside the air intakes in the leading edge of the wing.

Es-haq Khosravi
Exactly Michael, Iranian F-14s have the record of longest insant flight due to being used as AWACSs.11:36 refueled several times a flight. So Iraqi pilots mostly did blind bombing and returen home as soon as they could.

Es-haq Khosravi
 I bet most people don't know that Grumman and McDonnell Douglas Had a serious competition to sell their F-14s or F-15s to iran. It was vital for Grumman to sell its Tomcats because of the lack of budget. And finally they win it! If Iran hadn't bought F-14, it may be remain as a prototype!I'm so happy that this bird came to reality! 🙂

Vorya hidaryan
after first Overhaul of iriaf tomcats change the
camouflage to blue and gray and upgrade some ability like body refuelling,drop guided bomb,firing
russian air to air missile and became to A+.

Holger Kranich
An F-14 with Apex or Aphid missles would be cool!

Duncan Cook
How about iranian Top Gun?😢

Dimitris P.K.
These pics rock!!! An IRIAF F-14A its in my top-5 todo list. And I had in mind of the Russian ordnance certification, but I nee to get info of which missiles are certified. The ICM Air-to-X ordnance kits are gonna look awesome on the Academy F-14A kit I have in stock!!!
Btw, any reference of the new grey-blue scheme? Either in Tamiya or Gunze would be nice 🙂
Cheers

Sebastijan Videc
very nice Cat shots!

This photo might be of help: [img1]

Vorya hidaryan
iriaf f-14 can Carrier R-27 missile also can fire hawak missile.i upload pics soon.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Wow, great and inspiring pictures! Thank you very much for sharing this extraordinary views!

Dimitris P.K.
Sebastjian and Vorya, thanks a lot. As for the Hawk SAM, when I saw the pic of an F-14 loaded with it, at first I though it was photoshop. Who was crazy enough do try something like this. Saying that as I spent months of my military service in one of the Hawk Batteries in Greece.
🙂

Vorya hidaryan
tanx Dimitris and Roland