How did the Iranians get a F14 Tomcat?
They were the only customers of the Tomcat; bought about 80 of them in the 70s.
“How did the Iranians get a F14 Tomcat?”
President Jimmy Carter sold the fleet of F-14 Tomcats to Iran at the request of the Shah. The U.S. Air Force trained much of the pre-1980 Iranian air force. U.S. policy after World War II was to restrain Iran from pursuing hostile territorial claims against the other nations surrounding the Persian Gulf/Arabian Gulf, particularly Saudi Arabia and the united Arab Emirates. This policy was coordinated with the Cold War policy to keep the Soviet Union and Communism out of Iran.
I think they bought a few back before Jimmy Carter felt offended by the Shah.