Penggunanya hanya 2 negara sahaja. Iran dan US. Grumman F-14 Tomcat adalah merupakan sebuah pesawat dua tempat duduk berkelajuan supersonik, berenjin berkembar serta mempunyai sayap geometri boleh ubah. Peranan utama F-14 adalah sebagai platfom pesawat penguasaan udara maritim, pemintas bagi pertahanan angkatan laut dan pengawasan taktikal bagi Tentera Laut A.S dari tahun 1974 sehingga 2006. Pesawat ini juga melaksanakan misi-misi serangan tepat setelah dilengkapi dengan “Sistem Navigasi dan Sasaran Inframerah Aras Rendah pada Waktu Malam” (‘’Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night’’ LANTIRN).F-14 Tomcat dibangunkan selepas kegagalan projek F-111B, dan merupakan pesawat
pejuang pertama dari siri F-1X Amerika Syarikat yang direka dengan mengabungkan pengalaman dari pertempuran udara semasa Perang Vietnam menentang pesawat MiG. Pesawat ini memulakan perkhidmatan dengan Tentera Laut A.S pada 1974 bagi mengantikan pesawat F-4 Phantom II. Pesawat ini juga telah dieksport kepada Tentera Udara Imperial Iran pada 1976. Penggunaan F-14 dalam perkhidmatan Tentera Laut A.S telah dihentikan pada 22 September 2006, dan peranannya telah diambil alih oleh pesawat F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Sehingga tahun 2008, pesawat ini dipercayai masih digunakan oleh Tentera Udara Republik Islam Iran.
Aku sangat suka akan design F14 Tomcat ni...forever!!!
Aku sangat suka akan design F14 Tomcat ni...forever!!!
Actually all the remaining 59 plus F-14A have been upgraded and their air worthiness is now extended for IRIAF beyond 2020. They are also armed with a mix of locally produced AAMs like the Fattar (AIM 9X) to Vympel R-77's. The avionics, ECM and HUD are all new with much longer BVR radars.
Iran shows off upgraded F-14 A fleet with new weapons and avionics
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) says it currently owns a new generation of F-14 fighter aircraft with domestically-built radars and improved engines.
The Iranian fleet of Grumman F-14 Tomcat aircraft was purchased from the United States during the late 1970's. Iran received 79 jets and used them extensively in the war with Iraq, losing only a few and achieving a kill ratio of 1:6. IRIAF started the F-14A upgrade progam in 2002 under project Khorshid. The current fleet with over 50 operational jets boasts Iranian made Fatter (AIM 9X) and Phoenix AIM 54 BVR missiles.
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the US has placed an arms embargo on Iran, which includes the sale of new F-14 aircraft to the country.
Aziz Nasirzadeh, a top IRIAF official, described the current Iranian fleet of F-14 as “completely overhauled” aircraft.
He also said the aircraft have been improved so that they now own a new generation of bombers which could not be installed before. The fleet life has been prolonged to well beyond 2020.
The US announced in January 2007 that sales of spare parts for F-14s would be suspended due to concerns that they could end up in Iran.
Nasirzadeh said Iran was now capable of producing radars for the F-14s and improving the aircraft's engine without dependence on imports.
He added that Iran was now moving on the road to “independence” in producing aircraft parts as the country does not expect foreign countries to provide it with supplies.
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