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I don't think terrorists are all that interested in aircraft spares.
==Retirement==
==Retirement==
The Tomcat has been replaced by newer planes in the [[United States]] Air Force. In order to prevent spare parts reaching terrorists ([[Iran]] uses those planes based on purchases of 80 Tomcats and 633 [[AIM-54 Phoenix]] missiles they made under the [[Shah]]), the United States government is having the planes destroyed.
The Tomcat has been replaced by newer planes in the [[United States]] Air Force. In order to prevent spare parts reaching the Iranian Air Force ([[Iran]] uses those planes based on purchases of 80 Tomcats and 633 [[AIM-54 Phoenix]] missiles they made under the [[Shah]]), the United States government is having the planes destroyed.
Type: Two-seat carrier-borne fighter
Type: Two-seat carrier-borne fighter