The Last days of a legend

[Souichiro]

So.....An MP flight?

[KDSM]

With 30 or so still flying in iran not exactly 'last days' but i think the author of that article is right in one thing: these aren't really the original Grumman F-14's anymore...

So formidable an opponent did the Iraqi airforce consider the F-14 that during the Iran-Iraq war, they ordered their pilots not to engage F-14s and the presence of one in an area was usually enough to empty it of Iraqi aircraft. Officially losses where tiny; only one F-14 was lost in aerial combat (to a MiG-21), one to a control problem and one downed by a ground-to-air missile. This book looks at the F-14