The Grumman Challenge - Iran F-14 program

A 1977 documentary on the introduction of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat entering service in the Imperial Iranian Air Force. The sole foreign customer for the Tomcat was the Imperial Iranian Air Force, during the reign of the last Shah (King) of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the early 1970s, the Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) was searching for an advanced fighter, specifically one capable of intercepting Soviet MiG-25 reconnaissance flights. After a visit of U.S. President Richard Nixon to Iran in 1972, duri

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