Will they be sold to other countries? I believe there are still F-4s flying in remote corners of the world.
F-4.......physical proof that if you put big enough engines in a brick, it will fly.....
The only other country flying F-14s after today will be Iran, Pike says. Starved for spare parts, the Iranians struggle to keep the jets in flight.
Smuggled parts will be even harder to come by after the Navy retires the Tomcat.
"Nobody will be sorrier to see them go than the ayatollahs," Pike says.