The feat was accomplished by the experts spending over 35,000 hours. The jet joined Iran’s Air Force fleet after testing and trial operation
The US technicians used to overhaul the warplanes before the 1979 revolution, but today, the Iranian technicians say, they can successfully do the maintenance without any help from outside.
Local media has termed the overhaul a big step towards self-reliance Iran Air Defence force. It was not immediately clear whether the Islamic Republic produced the parts used in overhaul itself or acquired from abroad.
Iran purchased Tomcat warplanes from the United States before the Islamic revolution.
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Iranian King Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi had convinced Americans to provide his country with aircraft after Iraq received Soviet fighter jets in the 70s and the US Administration agreed, a decision that they would regret later.
In mid-70s Iran became the only country besides the United States to operate The Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
According to reports over 40 Tomcat fighters were in the flyable condition in 2013.
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Quote,” over 40 Tomcat fighters were in the flyable condition in 2013.” out of the seventy-nine F-14 Tomcats sold to Iran during the Carter administration in the 1970’s.
Wonder how they keep the Pratt & Whitney TF-30 engines overhauled? From https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/07/19/terrible-f14-engine-criticized-by-lehman/1fdb76f2-fe8e-44f2-b0d0-61c250e91e64/?utm_term=.3587ad295010 “Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr. charged that the jet engines used in the F14 Tomcat fighters since 1971 are so “terrible” that they have caused 24 accidents” Those engines were a notorious mismatch for the F-14