June 16, 2025

TWO IRANIAN F-14s PERMANENTLY GROUNDED: In 2022, National Interest reported, “According to a survey by Flight Global, the Iranian air force in 2019 operates around 24 F-14 Tomcats from a batch of 79 of the Grumman-made, swing-wing fighters that Iran acquired in the mid-1970s before the Islamic revolution.” The Iranian air force appears to have lost another two F-14s:

Maverick and Rooster hardest hit.

Posted at 2:22 pm by Ed Driscoll