[onona]

Iran expressed interest in acquiring the Grumman F-14 Tomcat for the first time in the summer of 1972.

Slightly over a year later, the U.S. Congress actually canceled the entire F-14 project — only for Tehran to loan Grumman the money to produce the 80 F-14s it wanted.

A startled Congress decided to continue financing the project for the U.S. Navy. Yes, we have Iran to thank for Top Gun.

[mainestategop]

BOOKMARK: To be more precise we have the Shah to thank.