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To: SandRat
Glad to read there are still some F-14 Tomcats in active inventory. And doing great work taking out and IED production facility.

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4 posted on 10/22/2005 3:48:25 PM PDT by mcshot (Boldly going nowhere with a smile and appreciation for life.)
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To: mcshot
Glad to read there are still some F-14 Tomcats in active inventory. And doing great work taking out and IED production facility.

With the Cats last days coming very soon - Such a terrible decision to not have updated the F-14 (and to have gone solely with the F-18's) - I love the 18's but they are not a true replacement -

Small dirty secret is many SOF on the ground put in request for F-14's not 18's for CAS standbys - (and that is the F-14 secondary role and the 18's primary to boot!).

One of VP (then SecDef) worst decisions while in Gov't office - Shutting down the F-14 program.

10 posted on 10/22/2005 4:07:29 PM PDT by SevenMinusOne
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