Grumman F-14A Tomcat Iranian Airforce IRIAF Iran 2014 Hobby Master 1:72 Diecast

The sole foreign customer for the Tomcat was the Imperial Iranian Air Force during the reign of the last Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the early 1970s the Imperial Iranian Air Force IIAF was searching for an advanced fighter specifically one capable of intercepting Soviet MiG-25 reconnaissance flights. After a visit of U.S. President Richard Nixon to Iran in 1972 during which Iran was offered the latest in American military technology the IIAF selected and initiated acquisition of the F-14 Tomcat but offered McDonnell Douglas the chance to demonstrate its F-15 Eagle. The US Navy and Grumman Corporation arranged competitive demonstrations of the Eagle and the Tomcat at Andrews AFB for the Shah and high-ranking officers and in January 1974 Iran placed an order for 30 F-14s and 424 AIM-54 Phoenix missiles initiating Project Persian King worth US300 million. A few months later this order was increased to a total of 80 Tomcats and 714 Phoenix missiles as well as spare parts and replacement engines for 10 years complete armament package and support infrastructure including construction of the Khatami Air Base near Isfahan. The first F-14 arrived in January 1976 modified only by the removal of classified avionics components but fitted with the TF-30-414 engines. The following year 12 more were delivered. Meanwhile training of the first groups of Iranian crews by the U.S. Navy was underway in the US one of these conducted a successful shoot-down with a Phoenix missile of a target drone flying at 50000 ft 15 km Seen here is the Grumman F-14A Tomcat IRIAF aircraft 160347 Iran 2014. It is a great looking diecast model by Hobby Master in 1:72nd scale. Great detail and fantastic paintwork really help this one stand out. Thank you as usual for checking out our video we appreciate it immensely. I hope you found it helpful in some way and if so please throw us a like or even subscribe if you wish to be kept up to date with our latest releases heavymetaldiecast Thanks again and have a great rest of your day. Cheers diecast f14tomcat jetfighter f14 iranairforce hobbymaster model review,

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