A picture on social media of an Iranian F-14 Tomcat fighter undergoing repairs at a hangar has again raised questions about how the Cold War-era spare part-deprived fighter is being maintained and flown. It is difficult to imagine any amount of inventive reverse-engineering or supply chain for aerospace parts amid 43 years of sanctions that … Continue reading F-14 Tomcat: Outgunned MiG-25s, MiG-21s In 1980s, How Is Iran ‘Keeping Alive’ Its US-Origin Fighters?