i know and even a guy that is pro iranian and pro f-14 like cooper in his book says that the iranian f-14A activity over the gulf dropped significantly with the arrival of the Mirage F-1EQ that in 1986 onwards till 1988 F-14 appearances over the gulf or deep inside iran where my squandron was assigned you are likly to be faced with a f-4 PROPABLY DUE TO SPARES PROBLEMS? OR the iranians are saving the tomcats for a more prolonged war?
i have never come across the f-14 since i started on the 21mf and later maybe its as good as you say it is i cant say for sure?

i never knew that the iranians were ofeered the f-15,,certianly at that time except for isreal they were no eagles in the middle east,,the saudi f-15 followed

oh yes,,,think of it that way:
let give an example new falkland war uk sends 2 carriers with f-35’s plus other fleet assests,,argentina has flankers,,your f-35 are stealthy but your fleet is not and at some point they have to protect the fleet in close air to air combat

who u think will win?

sir,,,,,you are so wrong the mig-25 can easily achieve above mach 2 at 1000 meters,,i have done it so has all IRAF mig 25 pilots ans the soviet pilots too, i suggest you go read about it more,,and get some flying time on a kite before claiming i am not a pilot,,,if what your saying is true then buildeing 25 is pointless! dont you agree?

thanks flex,,to be honest due to superior radar and AIR-AIR capability the swing in air superiority to iraq happned after the arrival of the F-1EQ,,EVEN the iranians recognized that and all the successful tanker war,/ exocet via super frelon helicopters were top side cover with 2 F1EQ……
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE FLOWN IT BUT I STICK TO MY RB!

as i said this forum is racist and i will not write in it anymore

This “absolute bull” is confirmed by hundreds of books written on Arab-Israel wars both by the Israeli/western authors and Arab authors.With how many arabs pilots have you happend to work or train with? My friend’s dad retired as Colonel from USAF. He was a decorated officer and served both in Korea and Vietnam. He himself told me his experience about Jordanian pilots who were trained in US. These pilots were more interested in non-professional activities than in their training. You have choice to ignore what ever you want but dont go into denial. Dont argue that training and professionalism have nothing to do with overall performance of an aircraft or any other machine.

what are you taking about i graduated in 1981-1982 and flew 6 years of combat in the iran-iraq war till the rank of brigad. mig-21 from 1982-1986 and mig-25 both PD AND RB 1986-1988 with 3 kills 1 hilo in the battle for basrah 1982 with a 21MF and f-5 over kirkuk 1984 with mig 21mf and F-4E over the arabian gulf 1987 with a mig-25 it is amazing how people who get thier information from books and articles claim to be experts.
we and the iranian airforce were very advanced airforces in battle for 8 years,,,,what do you know about arab pilots,,go and read israeli pilot acount on arab pilots then come to talk here this forum is racist and does not deserve experts writing in it