One less F-14 to worry about.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

So why the American aircraft that they cannot get parts for., and not a Russian or Chinese aircraft that they could?

Is it because old, outdated American hardware is better than new Russian or Chinese hardware?


I thought they were their butt-buddies, shouldn't they at least sell them something decent?

1979? I was born in 1978, your jets are slightly younger than me.

Shame.

Because of the imbargo the Russians and Chinese can't sell them any "offensive" weapons (Bombers, Air to Ground Missiles, Warships over a specific displacement) so the Iranians are basically stuck with North Korean weapons or Shah era weapons for all their major systems.

Basically China sold them this garbage so no one really cared:



The jets they got from Russia (Su-25, MiG-29, Su-24) were flown by defectors from Iraq in 1991. Russia might have sent them some extra air frames and such about the time they got the Kilos because we were kinda friendly to Iran for keeping out of Desert Storm.

Speaking of Su-24s...