Airstrikes may have destroyed Iran's last F-14s, ending a long, strange saga
- Posted on March 24, 2026
- By NPR
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Airstrikes may have destroyed Iran's last F-14s, ending a long, strange saga

The F-14 was made famous in Top Gun. The U.S. sold the planes to Iran in the 1970s, only for the two countries to become enemies. Iran kept its F-14s flying for decades in the face of U.S. sanctions.