Iran engineers overhaul F-14 fighter jet

Iran engineers overhaul F-14 fighter jet Tehran, Nov 6, IRNA – An F-14 Tomcat fighter jet has been overhauled by the Iranian engineers in the Esfahan-based Shahid Babaei Air Base in central Iran. Over 35,000 man-hours was spent by engineers and technicians from 15 fields of expertise collaborated to take the grounded aircraft back to service, according to the press release published on the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) website. The fighter successfully passed the final tests and returned to Iran army’s air fleet on Tuesday morning. Before Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, only American engineers were authorized to carry out the maintenance operations of the F-14 fighter planes, which is now fully implemented by Iranian engineers. 9462**2044 Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish