US Freezes Sales Of F-14 Fighter Parts

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File photo of the F-14.

by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2007
The Pentagon has frozen the sale of all spare parts for F-14 "Tomcat" fighters because of concerns about their transfer to Iran, a Defense Department spokeswoman said Tuesday. The sales of all F-14 parts were suspended on January 26 pending a review, the Defense Logistics Agency said in a statement. Dawn Dearden, a spokewoman for the agency, told AFP the sales were frozen "given the current situation in Iran."

Iran bought 79 F-14s from the United States before the fall of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1979.

The move comes amid growing US-Iranian tensions over Tehran's disputed nuclear program and what Washington sees as Iranian subversion of US efforts to stabilize Iraq.

The United States no longer has F-14 fighters in its arsenal but auctioned excess parts to the public through the Defense Logistics Agency until January 26.

The freeze covers "all F-14 parts," Dearden said.

"DLA had previously suspended sales of F-14 unique parts as well as parts deemed critical to F-14 operations that could have applications across multiple types of aircraft," the agency said in its statement.

"The review cited above will include the proper disposition of those parts," it said.

Source: Agence France-Presse

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