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From: dvlssd@cs.umu.se (Stefan Skoglund)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: B-52, B-1, B-2, and F-14 in Des. Storm
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Date: 23 Jan 91 03:50:45 GMT
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From: dvlssd@cs.umu.se (Stefan Skoglund)
In article <1991Jan22.013317.17132@cbnews.att.com> jln@elaine31.stanford.edu (Jared Nedzel) writes:
>
>}From: ccc@anomaly.SBS.COM (Cole Calistra)
>}Hello,
( A lot deleted )
>}3. Can the F-14 be used as a bomber, if necessary?  Either way, are there
>}   any other armaments besides the Sidewinder, Pheonix, Sparrow missles, and
>}   the cannon that would work or fit on the F-14?  What is the F-14's main
>}   role in Desert Storm since the engagement of Iraqi planes has been 
>}   limited at best?  Is it just CAP and escort for the bombers that are there?
>
>Because 15 Iraqi planes have been destroyed in air combat so far (according
>to the pentagon) and because many Iraqi planes seem to be in tact,
>I believe that CAP and fleet defense are still needed. Grumman has been
>working on clearing the F-14a+ for dropping bombs, but the F-14a is
>not qualified to do so. 
>

>From the beginning the F-14 was supposed to replace the F-4 Phantom.
Including the bombing role.
If you look at the wing-sweep lever you will find a BOMB-mark.
The storage stations for bombs was supposed to be under the wings
and maybee the nacelles.

But then the NAVY got the F-18 and the A-6E so they dropped the whole idea.

Stefan Skoglund, dvlssd( copyright-A )cs.umu.se

ps
Don't tell me about bad english.
If you want to flame then write in swedish.
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