F-14 Tomcat / Iran Racing and Unusual The 53E is equipped with

The 53E is equipped with a refueling probe and can be refueled in flight giving the helicopter indefinite range

The XF5U-1 prototype was scrapped

The Strategic Air Command

and took its maiden flight on September 4

1 meters) in diameter

F-14 Tomcat / Iran Racing and Unusual The 53E is equipped withGrumman F 14 Tomcat Iran Air Force airplane model. 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 "Foxbat" reconnaissance flights. After a visit of U. S. President Richard Nixon to Iran in 1972,