How Iran strapped SAMs to F-14 Tomcats
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- During the Iran-Iraq War, the F-14 was used by Iran to control the air. However a shortage of air to air missiles meant that Iranian engineers had to turn to the only other alternative they could find; Raytheon HAWK surface to air missiles. They would attempt to fire these from the Tomcats.
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As Arabian, we study history Persians are the most intelligent people we have ever met they added a lot to science in old Islamic civilization
Thanks bro 🤗😍🙏
Yeah Persia was smart till they messed with greece, then it all came tumbling down. Don't worry I'm sure the yanks will make a similar mistake.
And they were n still are black
Persians are* ...
@@eliassolomou980 In 480 BC, Xerxes personally led the second Persian invasion of Greece with one of the largest ancient armies ever assembled. Victory over the allied Greek states at the famous Battle of Thermopylae allowed the Persians to torch an evacuated Athens and overrun most of Greece. lol
Iranian pilots were the best US trained fighter jet pilots in 70ies - 80ies who earned a lot of military respect during the 8 years Iran/Iraq war.
And out of the blue,there is bad blood between US-Iran...
Iranian pilots and Israeli pilots, both were very good.
@@NickThePilotUSA isreali pilots were mainly bankrolled and did not go into combat without the US help.
@@riza4086 that’s ridiculous. In 1967 they weren’t even an American ally and they beat the Arab league in 6 days.
@@NickThePilotUSA after reveloution and forced iraq iran war he meant
I love the fact that there seems to be a deeply ingrained need in fighter pilots to wear the most badass shades available to them irrespective of nation or background.
It’s the sun.
You should make a video about "Operation H3"
Considered as the greatest aviation operation in history also done by Iranian pilots.
Finally, a program that calls it like it was: "Iraq attacked Iran" and "externive use of chemical weapons by Iraq." Thank you.
With go ahead from the amerikans 😅
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@@redbaron9029 Facts
@@redbaron9029 ... Americans*
@@bat4019 My government is not mine.
I do not give permission by voting to a criminal org...
We have lot of love for F-14 tomcats in Iran, the best and most good looking Fighterjet ever built. 🦅
Yes and it’s nearly as old as the Persian empire haha. We are in the 21st century
your mig you were using just a few years ago were as old as Russian empire Lmao@@Dahblackrussian
I agree 100% plus IRANIAN Tomcats shot down approximately 180 Iraqi aircaft while losing only 4 Tomcats . Yet US Tomcat pilots to this day insist that Iran could not operate this magnificent fighter ---- WHAT RUBBISH!!!
They really did the "I'm gonna do something that's called a pro gamer move" 😂❤
Great video an great talents and courage of Iranians
A missing thing here is Adeli engagement with a Mig-29 in 1988, where he hit the Mig with Sedjil and got hit by the Mig, yet he managed to RTB in Hamedan without nose! But since F-14 presence there was super concerning, he was forced to bring that partially hit F-14 to its actual base, at night with NO LIGHT on the runway and on the aircraft!
I thought he downed it with Sedjil without being hit, and that the first one missed but the second hit… am I mixing him up with Mr. Fereidoun?
Mixing up
Mixing up
@@NickThePilotUSA yes the truth is that colonel Adeli engaged with 2 Mig-29 and shot down one of them by Hawk missile but another Mig-29 launched a missile which is hit to nose antenna of his F-14
If it wasn't for the pure dedication, bravery and skill of these Iranian airforce pilots the outcome of that treacherous war combined with all the imposed sanctions would have been very different. I salute these great men.
Somehow like the British pilots in WWII
They just copy already existing platforms
a non white nation how dare they
dont they need a revoultion
human rights
why you view them in a positive light
Incredible story. It's pretty neat how they overcame the engineering challenges of the hawk missile's rader incompatibility and damage to the air-frame by dropping it first and syncing the two systems radars together. Pretty neat.
a non white nation how dare they
dont they need a revoultion
human rights
why you view them in a positive light
Out of 80 F-14 orders by IIAF only 1 F-14 never deliver to Iran. The massive order was F-16, and the total order was 160 F-16 never reached Iran due to Revolution 79, supposed to reach Iran by mid 1979. However, ground equipment already reached Iran and was later sold to Pakistan.
Israel thanks Iran to this day because those F-16's were diverted to the IAF.
Ironically the Same F16 Iranians had ordered and where ready to be shipped to Iran were actually delivered to Israel and still in use.
THe IRAF was the biggest sanctioned force due to over capabilities in very limited means scoring the highest kills with their dumbed down 1st gen F 14s and F4s
It is by now established by publicly available documentation that those Iranian Tomcats were not "dumped down" or any 1st generation airframes. They were / are regular Block-90 / -95 F-14As similar to the blocks the US Navy received between '76 -'80. In fact the IRIAF (at that time still the IIAF) received the newer, somewhat more resilient P414 iterations of the TF30 engines even before the US Navy did, as the Shah essentially paid the TF30 upgrade. The only things different in these Iranian F-14As were that the APX-81-M1E IFF interrogator could only interrogate Soviet built aircraft, The AN/ARA-62 ILS system was left out (just needed for carrier landings and only works there actually (doesn't read civilian or land based ILS)), the KIT-1A, KIR-1A and KY-28 Secure Voice system was left off (again, only a US Navy specific system). There was one ECM suite left off but at that time the Israelies (which were on very good terms with the Shah during delivery time in the 70s before the revolution) took care of that and had that covered for Iran rather quickly. Apart from that, Iranian F-14As are the same as the US airframes - weapons equipment, missile guidance systems, AWG-9 radar system incl. the firing solution modes, main ECM equipment, avionics etc. - all the same. No dumping down there.
very 1st generation with engine problems and lack of short range missiles.also the big consensus of such high orders for the US NAVY as the result in its purchase by Iran@@alexanderbreunig7016
@@alexanderbreunig7016 Did Iranian F-14 have same Landing Gear as U.S. Navy F-14. Iranian F-14 doesn't land or take off from Air Craft Carrier. I could be wrong but I when saw pictures of Iranian Version F-14 the Front landing Gear looked Smaller and Lighter
Iranians did absolutely amazing during the war, they were heavily sanctioned and attacked by Iraq that was aided by US and so many more countries.
The Iranians shot down two Iraqi fighters with a Phoenix missile at the same time, the Iranian pilots were smart×+
3 fighters
In fact likely those were three,when he shoots his missile,there were three fighters and the radar told him two fighters exploded and number three of them disappointed or disappeared and tomorrow news write it that one fighter,collapsed near Turkey border after that the fighter goes crossing Russia border to fear from f14 was behind him and his fighter oil finished because his way gets long ,even some news according,he makes wrong to find his route way
During an air patrol by Capt. Asadullah Adeli over the Persian Gulf, his Tomcat radar detects three Iraqi MiG-23 BN aircraft as they fly close together. He carefully targets the middle plane with an AIM-54 Phoenix missile, and when it hits, the shrapnel from the explosion causes the two planes around it to fall.
F-14 was developed to Fire 6 missiles at 6 planes in Different locations in the Sky and Destroy them that was pure Purpose of the F-14 the U.S. Navy Wanted that's why it's Interceptor/Fighter and later Attack Plane.
It's a myth. It never happened.
As a military expert, I can tell you that despite decades of sanctions, Iran has become very powerful from a military point of view. The important point is that it makes most of its own weapons and is not dependent on any country, and keep in mind that today, measuring countries using the classical method of comparison is obsolete. What is important in military power today is combined wars, of which Iran's military power is the best example in the world. This point has created a strong deterrent against America.
a non white nation how dare they
dont they need a revoultion
human rights
why you view them in a positive light
between their drone capability and their Airforce once they recieve the 25 Su-35s from Russia they will be on Par with Israel and the Saudi militaries as far as conventional forces. They definately should be respected! Also their n*ke program is nearing 91% completion. Within a year or so with the Russians help, they will likely be a regional superpower.
@@themetalprincess but they aren't pursuing nukes. American intelligence agencies have concluded that. Plus there is a fatwa by Ayatollah Khamenei against nukes which is taken seriously in that part of the world.
@@aprendoespanol6833 Yes, very true, but they do already have a limited n*** capabilty. This is well known by MI-6 and the Israel Mossad. Iran is no threat, they are a peaceful nation and just wish to be respected and left alone. Of all of the nations in the middle east they are the ones that the U.S should actually be allies with. If the U.S can be allies with SaudiArabia, and Israel why not accept Iran? Very soon they will be a regional super power so re-establishing good relations now like in the 70's might be a good idea.
The Iranians have a Fighting experience of 2500years,No wonder they could upgrade , upgrade the Tomcats.
The F-14 is the most beautiful plane ever designed in history
True, its a beautiful fighter.
@@guleiro u dont get it. Its not just a beautiful fighter.. its the most beautiful fighter
@@xxx-fv8jt
😆 I'm willing to agree with you.
F-14 and Sukhoi 33 are my favourite fighters.
@@xxx-fv8jt its Sexiest Bad Ass Interceptor/Fighter/ Attack Plane made Grumman F-14 Tomcat
With All due respect I prefer SR-71 the most beautiful plane ever made
What a fascinating snippet of a dirty, yet often forgotten War.
only some wars matter
All wars dirty
@@Eric-kn4yn all dirty wars are done to maintain the empire there is no moral thing to it you just kill ants because you want peace in your living area and the rest hell
*Fun fact today iran produces their own air to air missiles*
Usa doing that for 70years
@@Eric-kn4yn yeah well they ain't under international sanctions are they
@@Eric-kn4ynHard times create Strong Man
Shows
"necessity is the mother of invention"
Loving your content keep up the great work.
Let's face it, the Tomcat was thoroughly badass no matter if it was crewed by the USN or IIAF. Anytime, baby!
Pretty iconic jet. Bad ass name too. Iranians love this jet. Always had our backs
Yet the US did not use the Tomcat because of design problems and unnecessary cost. Iran was asked to buy it to ensure the builder would not go out of business. US turned to F16.
@@pouyabahrami7669didn’t use it? Check your history
@@pouyabahrami7669 It was in use until 9/22/06.
@@newbeginning1510 I think the Iranians renamed them desert cats, after the last upgrade
The Hawk missiles must have had amazing flight characteristics compared to the Phoenix. SAM missiles get much more powerful engines and fuel capacity than AAM. SAMs have to accelerate like a bat out of hell while plowing through thick low altitude atmosphere. Designed for terrestrial ground launch, an air launched Hawk must have been an incredible oversized AAM!
Their engineers must have wrecked their hands high fiving each other with every successful demo and their first shootdown.
@@HK-fz5rn I don't know about the guidance end as I am not familiar with how the Hawk gets it's guidance. I was mostly pointing out how SAMs generally have a whole lot more "rocket" to them than AAMs. If the guidance problem was solved well, I bet the Hawk must have made a monster of an AAM.
@@carlchong7592 hawk was designed in 1950s. unlikely to have had very sophisticated electronics. probably just a matter of correct freq to bounce of the target and it would chase it. but yea the iraqis would have had no idea whats being fired at them
What a way to get bounced! Just when you thought SAM's could not reach you, you get hit with a C4 Packed Volkswagon.
range of SAM in upper atmosphere would be a great deal longer too.
@@nickl5658 I wonder how well it performed. Seems rather awesome to take a SAM up to Mach1 and launch it at 35kft.
Wow... a missle that went full circle... started on ground to air then went AIR TO AIR then came back as airto ground.
Actually it was Surface to Air at first. Then they made it Air to Air, and later turned it into Air to Ground.
That’s what he said
Iranian Sedjil program reminds me Argentina’s efforts to couple Exocet missiles to Super Étendards aircraft. The military junta purchased the missiles and French technicians were already working on arming these aircrafts with Exocets when the junta sent troops to occupy the islands and France declared an embargo on French arms sales and assistance to Argentina. Still, a Dassault team remained in Argentina throughout the conflict and it seems they provided material support to the Argentines engineers, identifying and fixing faults in Exocet missile launchers. France was considered one of UK greatest allies, yet, once more, it was proved how blurry can be trust and loyalty boundaries during war times.
england and france is allies,yes. but have their own national priorities. those missile tech, they have plausible excuse..we are prisoner,we are forced to work.. but imagine how many order of exocet they got from sinking that british ship... all third world dictator that cant get us,ussr top weapon, if they have the cash can still get french weapon..and imagining themself can threaten US Navy if they have to.
They still didn’t supply Argentina with weapons like they promised and they give weapons to Armenia now after a signing of surrendering to Azerbaijan… they are obviously arming Armenia up to start a new world war that’s coming soon
They were all us train pilot and some the best in the world ,.Thank you for the great video .Beautiful work
زر میزنی به فارسی زر بزن.
i cant idiot...;) joakiong ,i really cant@@Set_Get
The f14 would never be invented without Iran's budget and u expected Americans don't provide the training?!!!
i didnt say i didnt expect american to dont train them@@Pace18692
Tomcats were Iran's most important weapon in the war with Iraq and stabilized Iran's oil exports
Still is Bad Ass Threat to any Modern Plane comes across. Depends Pilots Experience and having Surprise First Advantage Position taking down Enemy Plane.
After reading Tom Cooper's book "Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat", I think the Tomcat can be considered crucial in writing the nation's history. Maybe not a war-winning weapon, but one can always imagine the outcome if there was no F-14.
It did not stabilise anything, iran suffered heavily due to the tanker wars.
For once, i saw a some kind of positive program about Iran. Don't ever underestimate Iranian❤❤❤
If they say the truth about iran , automatically would be positive
حواسشون نبوده از دستشون در رفته 😂
💪🇮🇷👊✌️❤️
Australia
@@zizigulu واقعا درست گفتی ههههههههههههههههه ههههههههههههههههه
Positive about Iran😅
Like positive about BinLaden, Hizbolla, Hamas, AlQaeda, ...
Those f14 were sold to a Shah who grew in Europe. He had even the least similarity to you Iranians.
We always understimate the believers of honey rivers and virgins😉
By the way, are you still prosecuting girls without Hijab?🙂
Dont ever understimate😒
برو یقهٔ جمهوری اسلامی را بگیر که جز اخبار اعدام و شکنجه و حجاب اجباری و تروریسم چیز دیگری تولید نمیکنه!. مثلأ اخبار از سومالی باید چه باشه جز دزدی دریایی؟!
That was pretty friggin incredible
Rest in Peace "General Mansour Sattari"
It was a very accurate and detailed video. I was wondering how on earth did you have access to such detailed resources, especially because I assume a good part of them must be in persian.
Even though the war ended in ceasefire, everyone still remembers Iranian ingenuity during times of betrayal, resource depravation, un organization, and chaos.
There’s a tiny confusion in this Video but the right narration is as follow according to the pilots themselves: 1- Colonel Adeli shut down 3 Mig23s with one Phoenix in 1986. 2- Mazandarani fired the first ever Hawk missile from a F14 in real combat situation and it killed a Mirage F1 in 1987. 3- Adeli fired a Hawk missile from his F14 and shut down a Mig29. It was in 1988 while Iran and Iraq had agreed a cease fire but Iraqi air force was backing up the MKO offensive at the Iranian borders.
These was no claim that Adeli shut down two Iraqi fighters with one Hawk missile.
The "triple kill" is a complete myth. It never happened. It's a lie that is perpetuated by the US cos they want their equipment to look good.
In reality the F14 was highly ineffective in the Iran/Iraq war because the US sabotaged the crap out of it. Remember, they were enemies of Iran and did everything to stop Iran from succeeding.
No mig 29 was shot down, where tf do u get these sources?
The split between Iran and the United States was one of the greatest political tragedies for both peoples, but the inheritors of the Iranian F14's used them well and respected them.
Viva iran ❤
که چه مثلأ؟ خسته نشدید با این مرحبا و آفرین گفتنها به خودمون؟! مشک آنست که خود ببوید/ نه آنکه عطار بگوید. بذار دیگران از ما تعریف کنند اگه چیز خوبی داریم، اگر هم نداریم که سکوت طلاست.
@@danielosdinia4258 من در ٱلمان هستم تمام دنیا از ما حساب میبره آلمان و اروپا میگن دلیل اصلی شکست ناتو در سوریه لبنان و عراق همچنین یمن و اوکراین ایران 🇮🇷 هست .
حالا من جی بگم
@@danielosdinia4258جون مادرت خفه شو
مجبوری مگه😅
@@danielosdinia4258 عزیزان اوکراینی که همه مثل سگ فرار کردن آمدن آلمان
iran is a much bigger than what we can undrestand. iran today is a small piece of the great empire of iran before 90% of the world's most developed countries were created.
Iranian air defense is very formidable and plentiful. They have managed to produce a clone of Russian S-400 which they claim has longer range than S-400.
they were also first to install and use AGM MAVERIC on there SUPER COBRA ,,,
Yes but it was abandoned due to damage to fuselage.
... use AGM Mavericks* on their* (!) Super Cobras.
Great job
Brilliant Engineering
SAM into a FUCKING interceptor. DAMN
It kills me to know that the F14 is only still flying in enemy hands but in my aviation loving heart of hearts deep down it makes me happy that those beautiful aircraft are still flying. I just wish they were on our side.
It still would if the Americans weren’t so two faced
It will be once the Iranian revolution reaches fruition and this disgusting government in Iran is sent packing. Iran USA relationship will flourish again, Once the mullahs are sent to the dustbins of history. Woman, Life, Liberty!!!
Iran never called me a racist , Iran didn’t inflate my dollar and make my basic bag of groceries cost over 80$ , Iran isn’t contributing to the dwindling of the middle class in my republic 🇺🇸
What enemy ?
YOUR ENEMY 👉 not mines bud
As an Iranian citizen, we the people of Iran are not enemies with any country, the government of Iran is our enemy and you, the American people. We Iranian people love America
@@lokiamir5029 this guy is part of iranian goverment dont listen to this guy
This is worthy of becoming a movie
US should have keep the F14 tomcat in service the best design fighter jet
Not stealth and more
... should have kept* ... The F-14 became too expensive to maintain and operate. Great Looks are not a military priority.
The F18 and F15 are far BETTER aircraft !
@@RJM1011 Su35, Su57, Su27, Mig29, Mig31 are the best and fastest fighter jets
I knew I would eventually see these lame uneducated Comments about F-14 all in one bunch I hit the mother load of Jack Pot Tards. Lol 😆
Good one.
this whole thing sounds like a crazy sci fi movie or tv show,where something would go wrong somewhere or part of their equipment or ship systems got damaged or destroyed and they rigged up some sort of crazy hair brained solution that was borderline insane or genius,destroyed the enemy and managed to get home safely....
you should also watch (in english subtitles) -
czcams.com/video/Nyc5z6SHQLM/video.html
This is all accurately based on true events. Better than any Tom Cruise movie. Thank me later.
The grate Persian old civilisation!
necessity is the mother of all invention.
I don’t know what that war result could be Without the army shah had created especially the airforce
10:09 single missle destorying 3 migs ? the pilot must have glitched the system, not even ace comabt video game have though of this idea.
The migs was fly in close formation so
The phonex missile shoot the middle mig and that led the fragmentations hit the other 2 migs
It was lucky shut
love this country
Nice story👌
lesson learned: never buy anything made in U.S.A
no
I would also like to add, the idea of American engineers sabotaging Iranian F-14 equipment is not true at all. I believe on the Fighter Pilot Podcast or on the Tomcast they had interviewed an Iranian pilot who had refuted this claim. He said before all the engineers left they were properly inspected for any kind of sabotage and the were all clean
Proud of Iran ❤
No body respect Iranian regime
Go live there
viva iran
fu... to Khamenei and Khomeini
Thanks from iranian
@@mamurshed1 it was the Islamic Republic that fought against Iraq not agents on the internet!
If the stories were right, to counter the sanction, Iranians build the cottage-like industry for their western made weaponry to keep them operational.
Perhaps they might mastered the technological immitation and modification.
Iranians are resourceful specialy when under pressure. ❤❤❤
Factual error in this video: The US no longer supplies parts and support for Phoenix missiles, but the Iranians used them many times successfully in combat. Also, the film implies that the Phoenix missile was shot off the rails whereas the Hawk was dropped before ignition. The Phoenix missile was also dropped from its launch rail prior o its rocket motor's ignition.
It seems like a no brainer, large missile with huge range fired from the air
They also USED Standard missile of Navy on there F4s ...and Cancel MIG 25 mission..they didnt gave much info about it ,but is Amazing ...Today they Have much more capable air to air missiles..also advance hawks with scan array radar
persians are very smart people... look at the parsi community in india they are outstanding.
if only iran is ruled by non-religious, liberal minded people now, it would be one of the world's great economic and technological powers!!
👍
interesting
Need is the mother of invention.
ACTUALLY THREE. THREE MIG 23'S flying very close to eachother. I saw the pilot himself telling the story. The Phoenix missile successfully had locked on the plane on the edge by the F14 system. He manually reprogrammed it to hit the one in the middle in hope the shrapnels from the plane splashing damaging the other two Migs. In fact it did, he downed Three mig 23s flying in formation with One single Phoenix missile. It's credited as the most kills by single missile. The also have Jalil Zandi as the most successful F14 Ace with 12 Confirmed hits by Americans , according to Iranians he shot down 23 aircrafts , and hitting even more but not resulting in a kill. Zandi Could have even more kills , but hecwas imprisoned by the goverment itself questioning his loyalty to the goverment. Hecwas later released under the pressure of other Iranian pilots, and returned to war in the last year of the Iran-Iraq war and managed to down a Mig25 flying at 70,000 ft with a phoenix missile fired from F14 at 40,000 ft. Mig 25 still to date is known to be very notorious and feared , capable of flying at very high altitude @ close to Mach 4. Very difficult to hit by any means. Unfortunatey after war he was forced retired. And the. Later was killed in car accident travelling to North of Iran. How tragic that can be for an Ace to be killed in a car accident ?!
Video starts by staging US as an nutral player here, US was the planner and founder of this war, not China and Russia.
True
did US also plan saddam's invasion of kuwait?? did US also plan the mongol, arab and alexander conquest of iran ??? israel should have let saddam to build his nukes. persians never comprehend gratitude
Which is why Iraq demand to be allowed to invade Kuwait... Poor Iraqis
... as a* neutral* player ...
I love my country Iran, West have done so much damage to this ancient beautiful country.
How has "the West" damaged Iran? Sanctions?
No they have done the damage to them, stop blaming the west.
Blame yourself.
@@luisllorens70agreed...only themselves to blame
Watch now you're gonna grovel and beg for russia to control your country now. Your government is literally sending suicide drones to kill Ukrainians.
Most of it is true, only the part where you said Iran ask Israel for help, I am not sure, because in first second Iranian revolution started, the leader of Iran was very against Israel and banned any activity with Israel, so I am not sure about that part you said.
Iranians are too smart
U.S. made a wrong bet and lost
As simple as that 😂
General #FereydounAliMazandarani is my friend, he is real man, with most calm and patient
RIO is the term used by the US navy the USAF use the term WSO.
Those generation of pilots were legends because they were trained in the USA Today we have no one like those men
Don't count yourself short.
Both training in the US and being Iranian are the important cause of success.
That's not true, alot of military ranks specifically pilots fled iran post '79. The majority of the pilots in the iran Iraq war are trained in iran and Pakistan, some by older pilots who were originally trained by the US.
they chose to mount them on the aim7 hardpoints and not the larger center points that the 4 aim 54s would mount, thats an odd choice
8:30 Imagine his annoyance seeing that his first missile was a dud.
Still a beautiful bird
And mirage F1’s were brought in specifically to go head to head with irani F-14’s and they succeeded in shooting them down.
Isn’t there a movie about this? Not sure 🤔
Why cudnt they install a cable linking the jet and missile.
F14 is King of the Air. Still after fifty years.
Sam’s? The F14 is already pretty badass it has the radar guided aim54 Phoenix and the tomcat in general has a very powerful radar.
Word of day, SANCTIONS
@@williambillybutcher4374 I know about the sanctions they still had those missiles
@@wisam111 yes but not many because they only wanted used the remaining for special situations. they couldnt just blast off all they had. it was a long war
it's interesting! First, Video pointed out that Iraq used chemical bombs against Iran, and then the whole world sanctioned Iran! How oppressed Iran was in this war, they only defended their land, human rights are funny!
7:56 anyone knows from which film/video is this taken from?
I was thinking about the same thing. As far as I could tell none of the footages used here are taken from the movies. Apart from some pictures, it seems that all the footages were recorded before the revolution to use them maybe in a documentary/propaganda piece which was never made or for educational purposes. Or maybe they were simply recorded by the Americans. I say that based on how the Iranian technecians look (clean shaved, wearing navy blue and light blue) and presence of the American technicians in footages which implies they have been recorded before revolution.
من یک ایرانی هستم نظرات رو که مشاهده کردم به ایرانی بودن خود افتخار میکنم❤
It’s a fascinating story and a testament to the skill and ingenuity of the Iranian technicians to come up with an excellent solution! I respect people like that
This reminds me of my job. Except much higher stakes.
Interesting! Can you tell us about it?
They are best of the best / now is called a persian TOMCAT
Noice!
Is this a re-upload?
Yes - an error was pointed out to us so we fixed it.
Who are these underground suppliers?
Long live IRAN
At 0:40, that Iranian F-14 on the carrier, is that a real image?
Yes, when the newly built Iranian Tomcats were being ferried to Iran, American pilots launched some off of aircraft carriers and flew them to Iran and would be given them afterwards. Basically all Iranian F-14s were carrier capable but of course their pilots weren’t trained in carrier operations
wow @@eggnugget575
@@eggnugget575 Yes, that's right. However, the Shah had placed orders for 2 aircraft carriers that were supposed to be delivered in early 80s. Obviously, with the overthrow of the Shah in 1979, that plan never materialized and Iranians never received an aircraft carrier.
@@martink7609 Thanks for the information, I did not know that. They did seem to try and modernize their navy by ordering modified Spruance class destroyers aswell
US should have protected the shaw
😮😮😮
I wonder if Iran recognised Isreal & patchs up ties with US, what would happen
👍❤️💪🇮🇷👊✌️
Can’t believe they can still keep those planes airborne. We’re there’s a will I guess
They are still flying baby.
Yes
Mirage f1
Mig_29
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Persian tomcat
Admitting the uniqueness of Iranian pilots and the best friend or ace of F-14 pilots Fereydoun Ali Mazandarani and the F-14 fighters themselves with their long-range radar and Phoenix missiles, but there are facts about their purchase and use that are rarely discussed in such documentaries. . 1- From a commercial point of view, each of these F-14 aircrafts was purchased more expensively by ten million dollars compared to the most expensive F-35 due to the financial corruption of the Shah of Iran, and the Shah of Iran received hundreds of millions of dollars in commissions in his bank accounts in Switzerland.
2- The F-14 fighter is a sea-based fighter to counter With the MiG-31 fighters, they carried Soviet nuclear missiles and had no use for the Iranian Air Force, so Iran was the only country that was willing to buy them, instead of Israel, Turkey, they bought F-15 and F-16.
3- The purchase of F-14 by the Shah of Iran was accompanied by the opposition of the commanders of the Iranian Air Force.
4- The engines of this aircraft were the same engines as the F-111, which later the American Air /Navy Forces were forced to replace with engines proposed by GE.
5- One of the reasons for the early retirement of F-14 fighters was the collapse of the communist Soviet Union, the last of which occurred in 2006, while the F-15, F-16 and then F-18 Hornet fighters are still in service.
6- The maintenance costs and the cost per flight hour of the F-14 were the most expensive costs of a fighter at the time.
7- Fereydoun Ali Mazandarani, the leader of the F-14 modification team, not only replaced the Hawk missiles with the expensive Phoenix missiles, but also turned this fighter jet into a bomber by installing the bomb guidance system on the launcher.
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