F 14A Tomcat II and Su 27 Flanker from Russian Knights

http://globalmilitaryreview.blogspot.com/2012/01/iranian-fighter-aircrafts-escorting.html

The team’s demonstration Russian Knights from Air Force Russian equipped with Su 27 Flanker were escorted during their journey through Iran toward the Bahrain International Airshow 2012 event by interceptors F 14A Tomcat II belonging to the Air Force of Iran.
The Iranian Air Force has indicated by some estimates with 25 F 14A Tomcat II in operation today of the 77 had received from USA before the 1979 revolution in Iran. The F 14A Tomcat II interceptors are still more powerful than Iran has in its inventory even 32 years after its delivery that began in 1975.
The supply of F 14A Tomcat II to Iran was criticized in debates of USA Congress, but the decision to provide this advanced fighter at the time was motivated by the mission of the MiG 25RB Foxbat from Soviet Union on the border with Iran, in which F 4E Phamton of Iran were not able to intercept.

LEVSHA your question about whether the F 4E Phantom II from Isarel or even the USA would not be enough, the answer to the case of the MiG 25RB Foxbat is not, as these aircraft were using the missiles of medium range AIM 7E Sparrow that had demonstrated before the conflict of 1973 and during the war Iran / Iraq had no capabilities to intercept the MiG 25 when they flew at maximum altitude and speed. Only when it appeared AIM 7F Sparrow version that was first used by Israel in 1981 was able to achieve the MiG 25 Foxbat.The AIM 7F Sparrow had a new digital electronics circuits more compact and because this the rocket motor with more powerful that doubled the range in relation to AIM 7E.
Until this time only the AIM 54A Phoenix missile that had been equipped the F 14A Tomcat II, and the AIM 54A weren’t available to F 4E Phantom II due the restrains of the fire control system of this fighter. The AIM 54A had range of t 160Km and maximum climbing of 30.000 m could intercept the MiG 25RB Foxbat in its maximum altitude and speed.

PHAID the source I have is not bibliographic, is based on other sources.
Your information is correct, but these are information officers, and the presence of F 14A Tomcat II in an Air Force base in Israel is not official, the little I know they were not involved in the conflict, and only performed training missions over the Mediterranean sea in routes used by transport aircraft at all times during the night.

The alleged air base of the Israel Air Force that it the F 14A were sent belongs to Israel but the presence of U.S. aircraft and personnel were constant , since even before the 1973 war the U.S.A had much concern about weapons systems such as surface-air missiles and its alert and fire control radars of Soviet origin that had been operated by Egypt and Syria . Due to the Soviets programs as Tu 22M Backfire and MiG 25 P / RB Foxbat the U.S. had accelerated the program F 14A Tomcat II beyond the disclosed because of its urgency since it was a highly complex aircraft in several ways, but still went into operation before F15A Eagle that were less complex than the F 14A.

The F 14A probably had arrived after the beginning of the conflict with the operation Nickel Glass, as the Egyptians hasn’t in fact the MiG 25 Foxbat in secret, and also because of this had not been used in attacks against the Operation Nickel Glass, the F 14A were maintained in shelters during the day and were protected by U.S. troops in uniform of Israel as well as all others involved in this operation. This installations as far I known are isolated from the rest of the base.

As for anyone not knowing this haven’t been correct to affirm, the correct is that nobody was crazy enough to say this before with no proof to show as e.g as pictures.

Thanks SENS for the high quality information’s and congratulations for not believing before checking the information from other sources, once you have found out doubts.

How do you even had found out the MiG 25RB Foxbat were in fact at the end of the war of October 1973. This fact were known to both sides (USSR and USA) and admitted this. However on the F14A Tomcat II were kept in secret to protect the Nickel Grass Operation performed by transport aircraft from USA at most, which due to the prestige of this superpower wouldn’t admit that it was necessary to use a fighter still in the initial phase of operation for this purpose.

While the USSR to demonstrate the MiG 25 Foxbat and its supposed ability to intercept the SR 71 Blackbird was a priority from USSR.

The October War in 1973 may could be a limited conflict, but had a great geopolitical impact once caused the first oil crisis which affected much the USA economy and its allies during the Cold War.

The text dropped into this thread is intended to present the full text of the links in this case for who does not want to follow a link that is still under construction, and worse, and my first and last. Links in the other chapters are in full mode with images and gif’s once its not possible dropped here. This thread is the chapter 2 and the total will be 7. The goal is to share information’s and receive new information’s and to be criticize, that is through these that it becomes possible to do something better.

1) Why YF 14A?

Good question, I was afraid someone would ask me about why YF 14A Tomcat II instead of F 14A Tomcat. As this mission was not public knowledge, the little information I have much the fighter, pilots and crew were sent and those with more hours flew because the reliability of systems and high experience. In any case the fact would be more correct to refer to it as F 14A Tomcat II instead of YF 14A.

2) There are many reasons why countries and people to war, but most of these reasons can be interpreted, however in all wars is hard to find intelligence in its purpose.
The October War in 1973 that had its origins in the nations involved was also a battle of the Cold War by observing the actions of the superpowers, and the MiG 25 Thread RB X F 14 A and a possible interpretation of this clash between the superpowers (USA X USSR ).

Chapter 2 – MiG 25 RB Foxbat X YF 14A Tomcat II in The Yom Kippur War

The chapter 1 has been placed in the Modern Aviation Forum with Thread: SR 71 Against Moscow – Judged by Murphy Law.

Now I’ve realized the obvious that I should have put the thread SR 71 Against Moscow in the Historical forum instead of Modern Aviation forum. After an error like this I wonder what other mistakes have not done when I was preparing the 07 Chapters of this matter.
My mistake has a small justification, always I had made mistakes I have found out justification, that I was trying to analyze a historical issue from the perspective of this present day, in order to portray the influence on projects of current fighters of 5th generation in some cases are still being in prototype phase.
So when you upgrade to the second chapter will do in Historical forum.

I had seen many years ago a documentary in Discovery Channel about a C 5 Galaxy (transport airplane) from USA launched an ICBM (InterContinental Ballistic Missile) Minuteman III in high altitude. There wasn’t loaded with nukes because I am live today, it was a trial to create a system to launch missiles from the air. The video was very interesting because shows the Minuteman had been ejected from the cargo bay through the rear cargo door pulled by parachute. After the missile left the cargo bay it’s started a free fall in the vertical plane attached with parachute, then the parachute was released and the rocket motor of the first stage started.
The test was successful, but the concept of launching Ballistic Missiles from the air never was implemented (officially?), and the launching rockets with satellites using this concept never were tested so far I have known.

Minuteman III Specifications:
Weight 79,432 lb (36,030 kg)
Length 59.9 ft (18 m)
Diameter 5.5 feet (1.67 m)