Are we going to sell them to another country or scrap them?
2006-09-21 08:36:19 · 11 answers · asked by jnm34 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Based on what was done with other obsolete military aircraft in the past, it will be sold to the air forces or navies of interested foreign nations and the remainder will be sent to AMARC, the US military's long-term aircraft storage and maintenance facility in the Arizona desert. Naturally, there will be a handful with airframes that are too damaged or fatigued by service wear and tear to be salvaged. The airframe will likely be scrapped and its usable components such as the electronic systems and engines will be used as spares for other aircraft.
By no means does this mean the end of the line for the aircraft. Other aircraft sent to AMARC have been revived to fight or serve again (e.g. Vietnam-era planes such as the B-52, which simply refuses to go away, and the F-4 Phantom, which is now used as airborne missile target practice for Air Force pilots - some call it the ultimate radio control airplane). The last time I visited AMARC a few years ago, I even saw some F-18's being held in reserve.
The F-14, like its other AMARC cousins, will be well-preserved as its fluids are drained and a protective coating is applied to its more vulnerable surfaces and openings to shield it from the hot sun. The lack of humidity in the arid desert will keep it from deteriorating as it sits awaiting its next assignment. A fitting pause for such a long-serving and beautiful aircraft.
2006-09-21 09:00:51 · answer #1 · answered by 3kewenay3 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Strip them, drain them, wrap em in plastic and store them in Arizona until Congress permits their destruction.
I highly DOUBT that any allied nation would be interested in purchasing a 34 yr old aircraft when they can purchase the F-16 or F/A-18.
Iran was the only other nation to have the F-14... we sold them in the years preceding the fall of the Shah, as well as C-130 Hercules and P-3 Orion (very nice paint job).
Crying over the last of the Tomcats
2006-09-21 11:52:53 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will probably give them to an Air Force special ops unit like they did the C47, and the B26, and the T28s during the Vietnam war. ;) They are good a making something out of nothing LOL
F14s would look good with a howetzer mounted to their bellies.
2006-09-21 11:18:16 · answer #3 · answered by tom l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some will end up in museums, the rest either scrapped or sent to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB.
NONE will be sold to foreign customers.
2006-09-21 10:20:50 · answer #4 · answered by PaulHolloway1973 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sell them to allies if we can find them, but if not, they will probly be mothballed and put in a warehouse somewhere in case of emergency like all the other old military equipment.
2006-09-21 08:43:58 · answer #5 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE F-14 IS GOING TO BE RETIRED FROM DUTY. IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE MORE ADVANCED F-18 THIS IS FOR THE NAVY. THE AIR FORCES NEW JET IS THE FA-22 OR F-22 , BUT THIS IS THE BEST FIGHTER ATTACK JET IN THE WORLD
2006-09-21 08:42:20 · answer #6 · answered by anthony s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Foreign Military Sales to Iran - Just Joking Maybe Yemen Stop me before I speak again.
2006-09-21 08:39:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bound's hubby here:
According to CNN, the F-14s are going to be put in a bone-yard.
2006-09-21 08:58:37 · answer #8 · answered by gonefornow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they will use them in flight shows, training and sell them. Those near thier life expectency will probably be used as drones.
2006-09-21 08:41:49 · answer #9 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some sold to allies. to museums and scrapped.
2006-09-21 10:47:01 · answer #10 · answered by Rusty Shackleford 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋