Iranian F-14 Tomcat passing over usa troops in iraq

[SkateZillaHD]

@asg631 oops, yeah, thats what I meant.

iranians arent even operating the TF30 engines that were shipped with the F-14As they had so...

[BetterBeautiful]

Hope for peace and friendship between ppl of USA and IR. We have always loved America.

[SkateZillaHD]

the afterburner's look like the original TF30s at Dusk.

the fact that he buzzes and american base, zone 5's and pulls out, he was prolly show boating, a Heat Seaking SAM would have ended his life w/ no problems.

F-14D w/ TF30 Engines, that fact that someone with a camera knew he was coming, Departure Flyby from Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.

[asg631]

@SkateZillaHD Actually, the F-14D was equipped with GE F110-400 engines. The F-14A was the only model to have the TF-30's.

[brellnob]

how do we know it's Iranian? We don't know when the video was made, we just know it was posted in 2009. The F-14 was retired by the USA in 2005 or 2006.

[brtshstel]

Sad thing is, though, it's pretty much a Flanker in an F-14 shell thanks to the embargo after the Iranian Revolution. It is rumored to have the old TF-30s replaced with Chinese-built copies of AL-31 engines and either the old original radars or reverse-engineered Soviet radar. Considering that the aircraft delivered are roughly 30 years old or more, you do what you have to do.

[hundvonkrieg]

Yup, that's an F-14...and those look like American tents.If that's way in the east of Iraq, it's possible that he can in fucking fast and low and jamming for all he was worth. He could be in and out before A2A assets got on station, F-14s are still faster than 16s and strike eagles.

[MynameisElliott]

IRONY!

[TheJeffNasty]

Who cares who has more kills with the F14.

USA still made it.

We win

[MOJONIXION]

Q: why cant Iran design and build there own planes?

A: They arn't smart enough, Too much time spent in madrasah instead of learning math and sciences or something useful.

[SuperFinnish]

@MOJONIXION They are building their own fighter/trainers, how many countries are there that can produce combat worthy fighters anyway? 6?

[MOJONIXION]

@SuperFinnish Time will tell how good their aircraft are.

[hundvonkrieg]

@SuperFinnish 7ish...then again you're putting their jets in the same category as F-16s, F-2s, Mirages, rafales, etc...

[SuperFinnish]

@hundvonkrieg Iranian jets are worthy as trainers or CAS aircraft, they have their MIG-29s and F-14s with some upgrades for air to air role, they can still go against some of their neighbours but not Israeli or US airforces.

[itom95]

@SuperFinnish you nuts? i say F-14 is one of the reasons why the US didn't support Israel's plan to attack Iran.

it's upgraded AIM-54 missile could whoop 6 Falcons/6 Strike Eagles asses 180km away simultaneously, easily. if it can detect a small air-to-air missile, maybe it also capable to detect a freaking F-35.

and these new modified radars they are using maybe much more powerful than existing 'second most powerful aircraft radar', the AN/AWG-9 / AN/APG-71.

[geoago]

The world is changed: The more beautiful U.S. planes built...... are iranians.

[homoKaliptus]

that will make usa troops remember Maverick

[1SFODdelta]

@Read2Rock When IRIAF did get those F-14s?

BTW count just U.S.Navy's A-A kills, haha.

[1SFODdelta]

@Read2Rock It's only one question.

WHEN did they do those kills? haha suck it.

[TheCoyW]

Needless to say though, very cool video. I was in the area in 07', and we saw a couple reports of IRIAF Tomcats overflying the Iran/Iraq border, but I was in Al Anbar. Wish I could have seen it.

[TheCoyW]

And for the "Top-Gun" comment, American A-to-A doctrine is to try to shoot down BVR, with actual dogfighting as a last resort. This isn't cowboys and indians.

[TheCoyW]

And the real joke is the guy saying that the F-22's, F-35's, with AESA radar wouldn't see, or couldn't fight the Alicat is idiotic. The F-22 doesn't only rely on it's own radar, but data links from other A/C, reliable AWACS that don't fall out of the sky, and it's very own advanced radar. That is when it can actually fly, haha.

[TheCoyW]

But to say that as some kid of slight to American pilots, which are some of the best trained pilots in the world, with A/C that have gained years of actual technological advancement (F-14A+, F-14B, F-14D, and F-14DR) with tons of CAS, and A-to-A systems, is nonsense. If the American Tomcat pilots were in their situation they would undoubtedly have more a-to-a kills.

[TheCoyW]

Iranians touting the fact, which it is a fact, that they have more a-to-a kills with the Tomcat as some intimidation ploy is laughable. They are flying around 70's era early lot number planes against coutries who can/could barely maintain the late 60's, early 70's tech, with the occasional Mig-29 thrown in. The Iranian pilots also are some of the best trained in the region, besides the Isreali's

[TheCoyW]

Iranian F-14's "have more kills" than American F-14's because they have one thing the American Tomcats didn't: the opportunity.

The F-14 came out after Vietnam, and the US canoe clubs trip to Iraq in 91' was the American Tomcats only hostile mostly A-to-A experience. The air war was controlled by the USAF, so F-15's recieved a large majority of the A-to-A missions. OIF and OEF were mostly CAS since Iraq's air force was done.

[BobbyUSN]

Hey Desertstorm991,

Tom Cooper is a guest writer for Jane's and Air Forces Magazine...he is known to be very thorough and detailed.

Additionally, we regards to the Phoenix use by Iranian Tomcats...some of my Navy colleagues who served aboard Aegis warships personally witnessed and recorded AWG-9 emissions, AIM-54 Phoenix signals and usage against Iraqi warplanes.

Furthermore the AIM-54A is still on the NATO threat list. We should always assume the worst and be prepared for all contingenci

[psycho2596]

does anybody know when this video was actually filmed

[tarmac2001]

It may be an F-14 Tomcat, but I don't think it'd be Iranian if it flew over U.S. ground forces like that. Just look at the shit fit that happened in the "2008 straight of Hormuz incident" where an Iranian speed boat came within a 1/4 mile of a U.S. naval war ship.

The F-14's that Iran has are definately precious assests and I don't think they'd want to use them to stir-up any more international political controversy than they already have with such an asset as the F-14.

[VEVAK007]

@DarkstarNV

I truly hope the U.S. & Iran set aside their differences & improve relations

But if there is war I truly doubt many of Iran's F-14's would even survive the 1st initial U.S. cruise Missile attacks because they would most likely be one of the 1st targets to go

So I doubt Iranian F-14's would even have a chance to go up against "American" F-22's &/or F-35's

& Iran will mainly use Ground based Missiles to respond to an American attack & not it's Air Force

[superman6327]

@VEVAK007 iranian are not stupid they never come fight f-14 vs f-22 or f-35 they have s-300 system and tehy have nebu anti stealth radar system so they shoot down f-22 or f-35 they never come like crazy play dog fight! this is not like top gun movies

[DeisisAndDrosera]

*This is a digital video so this was taken in the last 8 years since we have been in Iraq.

*Wouldn't surprise me if this is actually a USA FOB being buzzed by the Iranian's. They are known to do some bold shit. I see no proof of this base being American in the first place except for the TEMPER tents and the AC units but still might be a Iranian base.

* The USA just can't go and shoot down a jet out of the blue. It would be escorted out and warned. Iran is pretty strong and war wouldn't be good

[thinkslaughter]

LMFAO! This is NOT an Iranian aircraft or it would have been a crumpled pile burning on the desert floor.

[FearTactician]

@thinkslaughter Yeah dude you're right, an American F14 did a low altitude fly-by to his own troops....

[SlamDuncDrummer]

The U.S. flew F-14's in Iraq until the late (October) 2006 time period.

[SchneiderVesperine]

that F-14 goes supersonic after reached the base

[SchneiderVesperine]

lucky troops..that tomcat might equipped with bomb..

[YZach]

How do we know this was Iranian? Seems the US would have taken it down if there was an Iranian aircraft that close to US troops. All logical signs point to this being a US Navy F-14.

[Rami2k9]

@YZach taken it down.. with what??! these guys are probably in a small camp or a checkpoint.. they dont have AA and they wouldnt fire even if they had... you cant fire unless your fired upon

[YZach]

@Rami2k9 Not the guys at the camp. But during the war there were numerous US aircraft patrolling Iraq. If they saw an enemy signature in their airspace, you can bet it would have been destroyed. My dad was a MC F/A-18F pilot during Iraqi Freedom, there was no way any enemy aircraft could have operated over Iraq during the time of the war.

[Rami2k9]

@YZach i see but they still wouldnt fire.. they would escort it out of iraqi air space.. destroying it would provoke a war. your dad is a f-18 pilot? thats so cool im a F-16 fighter pilot to be and my grandfather was a mig-21 pilot its in my familys blood but my eyesight is going to let me down.. only luck will get me into the f-16 cockpit :l

[YZach]

@Rami2k9 Doesn't require luck, get good grades in school and get into the airforce academy and work your ass off, you will become a fighter pilot.

[Rami2k9]

@YZach i did get good grades in school and i got an interview next month in baghdad for the air force academy i we'll see how it goes

[zaffe93]

@YZach

lol

usa didn't use f-14 in Iraq

also, Iran does this shit all time bro.

jews and americans not welcome !!

[YZach]

@zaffe93 LOL, the F-14 WAS USED IN IRAQ and Afghanistan. Try to know what you are talking about next time.

[immortal4942]

@YZach Actually US Navy F-14D Tomcats were used in Afghanistan but i am not sure about iraq.

[YZach]

@immortal4942 You are not sure, but I am. They were used in Iraq.

[SchneiderVesperine]

@YZach and no..that doesn't use F-14 in iraq.

[YZach]

@SchneiderVesperine Yes, they did use F-14's in both Iraq wars, do some research.

[milvipes]

@immortal4942 They were used, with one shameful fratricide incident against Marines & Kurdish allies. An inglorious swan song for a great fighter.

[ahriman46]

wooooooooooow

[dhampex]

It Has been known that Federal agents tried to stop the smuggling of embargoed military hardware to Iran have arrested a Long Island man after they said he tried to ship F-14 engine parts.The man, Parviz Lavi, 65, who is Iranian but has been in the United States for many years, helped arrange the sale of the F-14 fighter jets to the Shah of Iran before diplomatic relations between the countries broke down in 1979.

[dhampex]

US has estimated the number of operational Iranian F-14s at any given time at 15 to 20, and sometimes less than 10, due to the cannibalization of other planes to keep a few flying. Iran claims a much higher number, of course, and was indeed able to assemble 25 aircraft for a flyby over Teheran on 11 February 1985. By whatever means, Iran has been able to maintain a steady supply of spare parts for its F-14s, F-4s, and F-5s in spite of the embargo.

[dhampex]

The Iranian F-14 force saw much more combat than their US brothers. During the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war IRIAF F-14 drivers claimed some 100~ confirmed victories over Saddam Hussein’s air force. It is known that only 5 of the Iranian F-14s were lost in air to air combat during the war, giving them a very respectable kill ratio of some 20:1. Their victims included both older MiG-21 and 23 series aircraft but also the more advanced Mirage F1 and the vaunted MiG-25.

[VEVAK007]

Actually Iranian F-14's have more Air to Air Kills than American F-14's

[callofdutyguy9]

@VEVAK007 thats cause we retired early and we have not been in many wars with air to air

[Kapitanleutnant0083]

@VEVAK007

much!!!

[desertstorm991]

@VEVAK007 Just 3 confirmed kills. 2 Mirages F-1Q and 1 Mig-21.

[VEVAK007]

@desertstorm991

O yea say's who?

between September 1980 - December 1981 alone Iranian F-14's had over 50 Confirmed Air to Air Kills

& overall Iranian F-14's have had well over 120 CONFIRMED Air to Air Kills & many more claimed & unconfirmed

Iran had Air Superiority during the entire Iran-Iraq war that went on for 8 years

& when Saddam tried to hid his Air Force at his H-3 Air base on the other side of Iraq, Iran's Air Force did a record breaking +3000km rout to attack it...

[desertstorm991]

@VEVAK007 If you are talking from the perspective of the Iranian propaganda, then it is another issue. If you want to go after the truth, check wikipedia and unbiased sources in the internet. Unbiased sources mean neither from Iran nor Iraq. The superiority of the Iranian air force was in the first 2 years only, and most kills were using F-4s and F-5s.

[VEVAK007]

@desertstorm991

LOL! If you get your facts from Wikipeida then that answers a lot

Tom Copper wrote a book about Iran's Air Force I suggest you go read it

Most of Iran's Air to Air Kills was in the 1st 2 years but Iran had Air Superiority threw out that entire war & even Wikipidia doesn't deny that fact

& Iranian F-14's had +120 Confirmed Kills & a lot more claimed

[desertstorm991]

@VEVAK007 Tom Copper wrote his books based on stories of Iranian pilots and not on reliable sources. Iranian pilots said what the Iranian government wanted to say. All neutral sources say that Iranian F-14s had been used as mini AWAKS and no single AIM-54 Phoenix missile had been fired. The Iranian government claimed that hundreds of these missiles had been fired. Don't you see the tolerance between neutral sources and Iranian sources is huge. Then someone is lying.

[Zartan1357]

@VEVAK007 Yeah, the highest score was achieved by an Iranian.

[1SFODdelta]

@VEVAK007 If you count kills of flies.

[DNIHelixUSN]

@VEVAK007 thats because iran is a loose cannon. their days are numbered as are n. korea's.

[racerxr2]

or maybe the iranian pilot spoke to the US troops on the radio and told them to get their camera out. Remember a lot of the Iranian F-14 pilots trained with US pilots.

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

Thats the sound of fucking glory.....better than the Hornet any day

[harris3693]

@xTomcatsForeverVF84x totally agree with you bro!!! Plus, if the IRIAF makes home made versions of it, that would be even better as the would sell for a fourth of the price of the american versions, possibly a civilian version might come out if enough are made!!!!!

[MustangsCanTurnToo]

@harris3693 Iran cannot build F-14's, yet alone maintain the ones they already have.

[harris3693]

@MustangsCanTurnToo You never know, we thought that the Russians couldn't build a 5th gen fighter, but they still managed to do so. Plus Iran has the support of Russia and syria, so parts won't be the problem. The problem would be to make it mechanically identical to the american f-14's, in terms of engines, which they can alter by using russian engines instead. True, but Iran has full components for the F-404 engines so maintenance wouldn't be a problem either.

[VEVAK007]

@harris3693

what are you talking abou???t Iran has operational American built F-14's

you don't believe me youtube it

[MustangsCanTurnToo]

@harris3693 Russians built a prototype 5th generation fighter which has not proven anything other than they can build an airplane.

Engine swaps in jets isn't like throwing a V8 in a Miata and weapon system compatibility is another issue. Shelf life of Sidewinders, Sparrows, and Phoenix missiles is long past and converting an american jet to fire chinese or russian missiles takes more than a software upgrade or an adaptor plug.

[dhampex]

@harris3693 The last shah of Iran placed a $2 Billion order for the most advanced combat aircraft the world in 1974, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. The order contained an airbase, a huge parts store, 80 F-14A fighters and nearly 714 of its unique AIM-54 Phoenix missile-the only one capable of knocking down an airborne target 100 miles away. Deliveries to the IIAF, Imperial Iran Air Force, began in 1975 from Grumman’s Calverton, NY plant with airframe BuNo 160299.

[VEVAK007]

@MustangsCanTurnToo

LOL!

Iran not only overhauls but upgrades it's own F-14's

The F-14 is an extremely high maintenance aircraft & that's exactly why the U.S. Navy retired it's own fleet (FYI the F-14D is far superior than the Super hornet in speed, range & BVR capability)

so if Iran couldn't even maintain it's own F-14's then not a single one would be flying today yet they are & in fact the F-14 is "the best" maintained Aircraft in Iran

[MustangsCanTurnToo]

@VEVAK007 Cannibalization of parts and performing regular maintenance are different. Saying the F-14 is the best maintained airplane in Iran is like saying you have the least smelly sh*t in the outhouse.

Lots of things are far superior to the F/A-18, but readiness, availability, and training make it one of the best figthers/attack aircraft in the world. The most advanced 4th and 5th gen fighters are useless if they can't take off or generate an effective number of sorties.

[VEVAK007]

1. it's a digital camera & its not from the early 90's

2. If this is an Iranian F-14 flying over U.S. troops it's most likely by the Iran-Iraq Border

this type of low flybys are done by both sides and its not as hard as most of u think

It's not like Iran has no radars... an Iranian F-14 on boarder patrol can easily enter Iraqi Air Space do a low flyby & get out ...

this is nothing

Iranian UAV's fly over U.S. carriers

April 21 Iranian surveillance jet buzzed the USS Eisenhower...

[MustangsCanTurnToo]

@VEVAK007 An F-14 on border patrol? You vastly over estimate Iran's capabilities. There is nothing they can do "easily."

[VEVAK007]

@MustangsCanTurnToo

LOL i'm pretty sure that its you thats underestimating them

They flew UAV's & other recon aircraft over American Aircraft Carriers what some ppl call the most secure peace of American real estate in the world

they have shot down American Drones

They have taken American Solders & British solders that entered their waters

one US solder actually wet himself

so think what you want

[MustangsCanTurnToo]

@VEVAK007 OMG! Are you serious!?!? Iran has advanced their technology to the point where they can fly radio controlled planes?! Hobbyshops around the world are rejoicing at potential overseas sales!!

[Berey23]

This is F-14 for sure. several things:

1. The F-14 is flying very low with its wings being close (super sonic mode), hard for radar to detect it.?

2. US troops can't attack the F-14 maybe because the F-14 is in Iranian air space?.

3. this could be the footage of second Persian gulf war( operation Desert storm)?

[r1cw]

Lets just assume that it is and Iranian F 14 overflying U.S. troops. So there just happen to be someone with a camera to catch the F 14 perfectly in frame doing this pass at serious speed. I don't think so... this is either an older shot of a U.S. pilot flying over U.S. troops or an Iranian F-14 overflying Iranian troops.

[zoeyvoey]

@r1cw

First of all does it really even matter? Secondly thats impossible because the US has decommissioned this jet, and stopped producing spare parts so that Iran may not get hold of the spare parts and continue flying these jets, even with their old age these jets can achieve things that the current F-35 has been especially made for , for example a long range interceptor. according to some sources Iran has completely reverse engineered the Jets and has even updated them.

[r1cw]

@zoeyvoey First of all I was responding to someone elses post dude. Read the one above mine. And it's not impossible for it to be a U.S. jet because I said "an older shot of a u.s. plane" As in first or second gulf war. Why are you talking about the f-35? Reading comprehension isn't your best attribute is it.

[zoeyvoey]

@r1cw Your comment on the video page wasn't posted along with with the post to which you were replying. Anyway yeah sure that's possible. As for the f-35, I thought you were bringing up something a lot of other people bring about about this subject, and calm down dude no need to get all offensive... peace out ;)

[IamJacksColon4]

@r1cw

obviously he was filming something else and saw the f14 and filmed it. you know that videos can be edited right?

[abnoxiux]

Isn't that SEXY or what? :D

[ehsang8866]

Of course it can happen without media frenzy. Incidents such as these happen often in tense militarized zones, and not all of them are reported. Both sides don't report these incidents to save face and prevent any response. If news is leaked to media, then American military has to take a retaliatory action which means escalation. Americans have done the same with their F-15s over Iranian air space for years.

[OmerBaj]

WOW!!!!!!

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

ASHRF1979, when was this video recorded?

[AtheistOrphan]

Sorry but is NO WAY an Iranian a/c would overfly Iraqi airspace, let alone over US troops!

This is an american a/c.

If it were true it would have caused a major international incident which would have made world news.

[nemephis]

@AtheistOrphan

The American F-14 Tomcats aren't in use anymore... and the only other country in the world with Tomcats is Iran.

[AtheistOrphan]

@nemephis This was obviously shot before the americans retired the F-14.

Just think about it - Iran is an 'enemy' of the U.S, no Iranian arircraft would get anywhere near the combat troops without detection and subsequent interception.

OR - Are the yanks simply so dumb as to not notice a combat aircraft heading out from Iran towards them?

[nemephis]

@AtheistOrphan

We could both be right since we don't know if this was recorded recently...

[alikamkarian]

@AtheistOrphan

What are you talking about?

Iran attacks Iraqi and Kurdish troops almost every week!!!

Iran attacked and captured an Iraqi oil field; now what does US have to say about that?

[peterpanself]

Damn, how nuts are you?

[Warrantofficer13]

Damn, this is sweet, where in Iraq was this?