US Navy officially retires the F-14 Tomcat.
 

Friday, September 22nd, 2006, marked the final flight of the US Navy's F-14 Tomcat(featured in Top Gun).

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News Story:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...4-tomcat_x.htm

Tribute to the F-14:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...48842128183770

nice jet!

They will be sold to China :1orglaugh

:1orglaugh

The only other country flying F-14s after today will be Iran, Pike says. Starved for spare parts, the Iranians struggle to keep the jets in flight.

Smuggled parts will be even harder to come by after the Navy retires the Tomcat.

"Nobody will be sorrier to see them go than the ayatollahs," says John Pike, a military analyst at GlobalSecurity, a think tank based in Alexandria, Va

Forgive my ignorance... but what do they fly now primarily?

the F-18, which is a much superior aircraft