How could we stop
them?
Made in USA:
Why Iran's Old F-14 Tomcats Actually Pose a
Real Threat!
August 14, 2019
The extremely rich
American companies
in the United States of America
are
selling 'Black
Market F-14 parts' to our enemy (Iran)!
Iran is repairing
their planes
to be able to use against Americans!
Sixty-eight of
Iran’s F-14s
survived the
Iran-Iraq War
that ended in 1988.
Sanctions that the
United States imposed after the 1979 revolution
prevented Iran from
openly acquiring spare parts for the heavyweight fighters.
Tensions have
escalated in the Persian Gulf region
in the aftermath of trump’s
decision
unilaterally to withdraw the United States from
the agreement
limiting Iran’s nuclear program.
If war breaks out,
American forces
likely will attempt to secure Gulf air space
by destroying or
suppressing Iran’s air forces.
The regular Islamic
Republic of Iran Air Force and the air wing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
Corps militia
together operate
around 700 aircraft.
(This first appeared
in July 2019.)
federal agents arrested
Iranian-born Parviz Lavi at his home in Long Island, charging him with
violating U.S. export law by attempting to buy up spare parts for the F-14’s
TF-30 engine and ship them to Iran via The Netherlands.
Lavi got
five years in prison plus a $125,000 fine.
More arrests
followed.
In 1998, an aircraft parts vendor in San Diego told
U.S. customs officials that Multicore Ltd. in California had requested price
information for air intake seals used only on the F-14. Agents arrested
Multicore’s Saeed Homayouni, a naturalized Canadian from Iran, and Yew Leng
Fung, a Malaysian citizen.
“Bank records
subpoenaed by the Customs Service showed that Multicore Ltd. had made 399
payments totaling $2.26 million to military parts brokers since 1995 and had
received deposits of $2.21 million,” The
Washington Post reported.
The company shipped parts mostly through Singapore.
The feds began
investigating 18 companies that had supplied airplane components to Multicore.
In September 2003,
U.S. authorities nabbed
Iranian Serzhik Avasappian in a South Florida hotel as part of a sting
operation. Agents had showed Avasappian several F-14 parts worth $800,000 and
arrested him after he offered to buy the components.