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Re:Why Did the F-14 Tomcat Retire Decades Before Its Peers? ... by ummonk on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:38PM (#33400672)
I’m not sure “F-14s break a lot more so our techs were more skilled” speaks too well of the aircraft in the long run…
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Re:Why Did the F-14 Tomcat Retire Decades Before Its Peers? ... by CH1jZci6jV on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:01PM (#33413060)
True but the F-18s simply couldn't do many of the jobs at all. I obviously have a bias but I think it is very plausible that politics had a lot more to do with it than maintenance.
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