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gimpy117 · 01-26-12, 10:54 PM

I can bet that Iran will see more and more of these crashes. Lets face it, those F-14 Air frames are old, and there is an inverse bell curve of air frame age and failures....those air frames are very old, even a civil aircraft of that age would be close to retirement (FedEx gave WMU a FREE 727 because it was old) and a military air frame of this age without major, major overhaul is very prone to just this kind of thing. I bet we can discount the F-14's Iran has soon.

01-26-12, 10:54 PM	#16
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	I can bet that Iran will see more and more of these crashes. Lets face it, those F-14 Air frames are old, and there is an inverse bell curve of air frame age and failures....those air frames are very old, even a civil aircraft of that age would be close to retirement (FedEx gave WMU a FREE 727 because it was old) and a military air frame of this age without major, major overhaul is very prone to just this kind of thing. I bet we can discount the F-14's Iran has soon. __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army