Zaggy Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 That is a VERY cool pic, Tom...D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Iranian F14A, Still looking good. Net Photos The most glaring error on these pictures ar the ridiculously thick vertical tail stiffener plates, which the Iranian Tomcats never had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Do Iranian Tomcats now have their AAR probes fixed? Most pictures of them seem to show them deployed, even on the ground. Some fantastic pictures of them out in Google land, stuff you could only dream of a few years back! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pervis Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) Scanned material deleted Edited August 29, 2016 by Greg B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pervis Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) Do Iranian Tomcats now have their AAR probes fixed? Most pictures of them seem to show them deployed, even on the ground. Some fantastic pictures of them out in Google land, stuff you could only dream of a few years back! I think your answer is in this pictures. Edited August 28, 2016 by pervis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pervis Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Scanned material deleted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Hi Pervis, Please be aware of the need to post links only to airliners.net, not actual photos, so you will need to edit your post above... http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234948023-airlinersnet-and-copyright/ Thanks Neil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Sotiropoulos Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Hi guys I know is old post but I'm looking to find photos from Iranian F-14 cockpit.I want to find out if they been painted like the US grey with black switch panels or they are entirely black. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 June issue of 'Combat Aircraft' has an interesting article on them. Some recent in flight photos with the probe retracted (for @71chally's info) although most show them extended. No cockpit photos unfortunately Jim although in one shot the cockpit looks very black. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Don't know how old this video actually is: When this was filmed, the cockpits were still in the standard colour: grey with black consolles, panels and instruments and black on sills and everything above. Just like the US ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Sotiropoulos Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Thanks for your replies guys. Looks like they've been threw full body and face "lifting" the Iranian cats. I found only this photo that is not good in big resolution. The instrument panel looks pitch black.On the left hand side cockpit wall next to the ejection seat looks like is grey. But might be some cockpit lights on the side walls ? I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pervis Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) Just to revive an older thread; I recently had the opportunity to travel to Iran and see the big fighter flying around my nose and also have been able to take some close ups. What I can say at least for the modern age blue/grey camo is, my goodness these babies are plastered with subtle stencils (all in english mind you!). Even the early USN birds in their gullgrey/white hayday wouldn't have that much stenciling. I still need to sort through the ton of pictures I took but that was something that quite stunned me. Edited December 19, 2018 by bushande 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) Oh and another word on the cockpit. I was able to take a quick peek into the pit and in terms of color it is still the old standard pattern, i.e. black instruments and displays on grey boards. Edited December 19, 2018 by bushande 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Fantastic pictures, thanks for sharing ! I bet you were very happy to have the chance of taking them, I am very envious, in a positive way of course 🙂 The old cats look in good shape, the Iranians must be doing a good work on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Excellent thread here. Great to see the F-14 lives on. I've recently dusted off an old shelf queen in the form of an Airfix F-5E which I have now airbrushed up in IRIAF camo, which I find especially appealing. I have some aftermarket decals for Iranian F-5E's and F's. Must get myself an F-14 for an IRIAF scheme I think! Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 (edited) Happy it's of some use to you guys. As soon as I found some time to rummage through the plethoria of pics I took, I can post some to the forum if it is liked. The Alicats did in fact appear to be in rather good shape doing some nice low level passes and climb outs. It really has been an absolutely amazing sight (and sound) to wittness, I confess that. How fit they are in terms of combat readiness is something I cannot say but I couldn't care less. All I need them to do is continue to fly; I don't need them to shoot something. However, it s claimed that the IRIAF still has well over 60 airframes to it's disposal with more than 40 of them "combat ready" and another few dubbed as "partially combat ready" having no active fire control system and being used as trainer or gunnery vehicle. However they do claim these could be beefed up to combat ready status in case of need. What is to such claims, I sure couldn't tell. However there is confirmation of more than 40 airframes being airworthy via undoctered images depicting these serials flying. I have to admit, my meager logic tells me there should actually be something to that claim as if they were really so much struggling to keep them airworthy they would use their funds to maintain the fleet they have. However if one only halfway keeps track of the Iranian airforce it shows that they seem to quite regularly move older airframes out of storage and revert them back into flying status. (There should be images around of 3-6039/160337 being delivered to Mehrabad overhaul centre in early 2017. This bird has been in storage since the late 80's early 90's and is proclaimed to be the last of the Alicats featuring the old Asia Minor camoflage with the difuse demarcation lines. However there is rumor that another one is around with the old camo pattern, supposedly 3-6067/160365 which is supposed to undergo overhaul as well but I wouldn't be able to tell for sure. I'm afraid however that as soon as they are overhauled / upgraded or whatever they all get the tactical blue / grey camo. I confess as much as I like the blue / grey pattern I indeed would love to see some of them retaining their old camos appart from the two splintered Tomcats that are known, i,e, 3-6045/160343 and 3-6049/160347) Why would anyone use their ressources on extra airframes if the others weren't mission capable of some sort? Certinly a quite expensive meassure if it was just to show the proverbial stinky finger to the US I would reckon?! There were at least three airframes at the overhaul and modernisation centre at Mehrabad however I was not allowed to take any pictures at that particular place, I'm afraid. Edited December 23, 2018 by bushande 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 (edited) Great Photos Alex, please post more or link to somewhere where we can see them Politics aside, that the Iranians have managed to keep even a portion of their F-14 fleet airworthy for such a long period without any official OEM support is quite amazing. Edited December 23, 2018 by Calum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Many thanks. I'll see what I can find in terms of detail shots and in-flight impressions in the days ahead and will try to post something hopefully useful in the reference and / or photography sections. Merry X-mas to everyone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pervis Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) Edited February 5, 2019 by pervis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Sotiropoulos Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Thats very helpful photo proving the cockpit colors are same with US versions. Thanks a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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