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House Backs Ban on F-14 Parts for Iran
Associated Press | May 18, 2007
WASHINGTON - The House took steps Thursday to make it harder for Iran to acquire parts for its aging F-14 fighter jets, voting to ban the Pentagon from selling leftover spares from its retired Tomcat fleet to anyone but museums.
Originally a separate measure called the "Stop Arming Iran Act," the ban was added to a $646 billion bill to fund the military in the budget year that starts Oct. 1. The House approved the legislation Thursday. A Senate vote is still needed.
The proposed ban comes as the Defense Department continues a voluntary review of F-14 parts to determine whether it could sell any on the surplus market without jeopardizing national security. Iran is the only country known to be trying to keep F-14s flyable...
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I say we sell all the spare parts to Iran, and then use the Iranian Tomcats as target drones when they come to Iraq. Extra revenue and save the VQ drones! How proficient could the Iranian airforce really be after all these years?
Associated Press | May 18, 2007
WASHINGTON - The House took steps Thursday to make it harder for Iran to acquire parts for its aging F-14 fighter jets, voting to ban the Pentagon from selling leftover spares from its retired Tomcat fleet to anyone but museums.
Originally a separate measure called the "Stop Arming Iran Act," the ban was added to a $646 billion bill to fund the military in the budget year that starts Oct. 1. The House approved the legislation Thursday. A Senate vote is still needed.
The proposed ban comes as the Defense Department continues a voluntary review of F-14 parts to determine whether it could sell any on the surplus market without jeopardizing national security. Iran is the only country known to be trying to keep F-14s flyable...
in keeping with the copyright rules of the site, the remainder of the article can be viewed at:
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,136240,00.html?ESRC=navy.nl
I say we sell all the spare parts to Iran, and then use the Iranian Tomcats as target drones when they come to Iraq. Extra revenue and save the VQ drones! How proficient could the Iranian airforce really be after all these years?