F14 Tomcats?

[jonathan_power]

The US has decommisioned these havent they?

Alot of them arent really old and parts would be easy to come buy with all the US stocks

Has Canada thought of these as another plane for the Air Force?

 

[HItorMiss]

Why?

 

[jonathan_power]

more air support for the boys on the ground right?

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

Still have to get training on them, still have to have people trained on them, still have to buy them. Why do that when we are having issues doing the same with the CF18?

 

[jonathan_power]

i guess when you put it that way

 

[aesop081]

more air support for the boys on the ground right?

30 year old airplane............nuff said

 

[Good2Golf]

...and would you want to be mistaken for the Iranian Air Force? 

 

[SupersonicMax]

30 years old plane (don't we have enough issues with a 25 years old one).  Old technology.  Plus, they are all destroyed, aren't they?

 

[Jammer]

A good many of them are still in AMARC in Arizona.

 

[Good2Golf]

30 years old plane (don't we have enough issues with a 25 years old one).  Old technology.  Plus, they are all destroyed, aren't they?

No...throw N28° 56' 26.88", E050° 51' 34.20" into Google Maps/Google Earth... 

 

[CougarKing]

more air support for the boys on the ground right?

An F14 is not exactly something that comes to mind when one thinks of a good CAS platform. You could have thought of a something that was a DEDICATED CAS platform, such as the A10 Warthog even if the US was not going to sell them anytime soon.

 

[Jammer]

Hanging bombs on the "Bombcat" was a stop gap measure by the US Navy to address a shortfall in resources.
I suspect Iran has been doing it a bit longer.

 

[Good2Golf]

....An F14 is not exactly something that comes to mind when one thinks of a good CAS platform....

Nor is a B-52 or B-1B, but they have JDAMs a-plenty!

 

[evil drunken-fool]

30 year old airplane............nuff said

Just because a plane is 30 years old doesn't mean it shouldn't be flying.  There are lots of Air Forces using planes even older then this, look at the B52.  Plus, the F14D is only about half of that age.

Also, lot's of countries buy used planes to supply there Air Force.  The issue is that we already have a plane that is fairly similar and we have no need for a plane such as this.  Also, add the logistics of bringing in a new to us plane, and this topic should just be locked up.  There is already enough ones about what planes we should buy.

 

[aesop081]

Nor is a B-52 or B-1B, but they have JDAMs a-plenty!

And not just JDAM........why else would a B-52 have one of these :

 

[aesop081]

Just because a plane is 30 years old doesn't mean it shouldn't be flying.  Also, lot's of countries buy used planes to supply there Air Force. 

Yeah. My airplane is only 28 years old so i dont know the deal with old airplanes....what was i thinking.

As beat up as a B-52 is at its age...it has not taken the beating that an F-14 with 30+ years of salt water corosion and deck landings has taken, hands down.

 

[Jammer]

...craziness I tell you.

Ergo...if you hang a designator on and Aurora you could drop....

 

[evil drunken-fool]

Yeah. My airplane is only 28 years old so i dont know the deal with old airplanes....what was i thinking.

As beat up as a B-52 is at its age...it has not taken the beating that an F-14 with 30+ years of salt water corosion and deck landings has taken, hands down.

Ah, your just cherry picking at what I was saying.  If you read it, I agree with what your saying.  Just expand your point, as you have done now.

 

[aesop081]

Ergo...if you hang a designator on and Aurora you could drop....

Careful now.....dont want the NDP and Lieberals to hear you. Designators use lasers after all.......

 

[CougarKing]

Careful now.....dont want the NDP and Lieberals to hear you. Designators use lasers after all.......

Like Dr. Evil's sharks???