The F-14:
The F-14 was a classy airplane. Designed for incredibly long-ranged air defense, towards the end of its operational life, they were flying "air to mud" missions.
The Navy retired the F-14s because they said that they were maintenance hogs. That may be, but I've felt that the real reason was that by only having one airplane type flying almost all missions (the F`nA-18), they reduced the complexities of supplying parts.
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And halved the aircrew requirement/complement.
LRod
ZJX, ORD, ZAU retired
Well, the Turkeys DID take a while to mature, but in the end they proved to be pretty good birds! And your point is correct, doing away with them saved LARGE $$ on sparing and maintenance!
Iran still has some flying. Maybe.
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