America's F-14 Tomcat Almost Found a Third Life in Great Britain

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Partly due to its incredible versatility, and partly due to its inability to buy anything else, Iran has continued to operate the F-14s, well past the end of their operational life in the United States.
48% : By 1980, Iran as a potential vendor for discounted F-14s was out.
45% : In its operational history, only two countries have ever used the F-14 Tomcat: the United States, which saw extensive use of the aircraft in the Vietnam War, and Iran, where Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi bought the planes in the 1970s and Ayatollah Khomeini's forces used them to great effect against Iraq in the following decade.
44% : As a potential way to lower expenses, it was recommended that the planes be purchased second-hand from the U.S. Navy or from Iran (prior to the Shah's downfall).

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