NZFF

Another what if.



Not much of a shot, some more later.

Great shot!!! F-14 Tomcat would be suitable for New Zealand as F-14 Tomcat is essentially patrol plane to cover huge bodies of water which is ideal for New Zealand which has 2 big islands surrounded by waters. F-14's ultra long range Phoenix missiles could hit anything far over water body.

Surprised me that New Zealand and Australia did not think of buying F-14 Tomcats!

Regards,

Aharon

Aharon wrote:Great shot!!! F-14 Tomcat would be suitable for New Zealand as F-14 Tomcat is essentially patrol plane to cover huge bodies of water which is ideal for New Zealand which has 2 big islands surrounded by waters. F-14's ultra long range Phoenix missiles could hit anything far over water body.

Surprised me that New Zealand and Australia did not think of buying F-14 Tomcats!

Regards,

Aharon

Nah, NZs defense budget is far too small to sustain aircraft like that. The A4 was a perfect aeroplane and the F16 would've been the ideal successor. What might've been. A lot of aircrews in the leadup to the purchase of the A4s were lobbying for the F4. As much as I love the Phantom, it would've been a political disaster and they would've lasted long enough for me to see them fly.

Fabulous shot! I've always preferred the F/A-18 over the Tomcat, but that shot really does it justice!

The ultimate Pombomb Cat.

Thanks for the comments ...I still don't like the shot, but Im glad you do....and sorry for the delay.
"Pombomb Cat" well done

chopper_nut wrote: F4. Phantom would've been a political disaster

Why?

Regards,

Aharon

Aharon wrote:

chopper_nut wrote: F4. Phantom would've been a political disaster

Why?

Regards,

Aharon

Because it would've been far too expensive to run and maintain.

At the time, they were a nightmare for us here in East Germany, because it was only with the MiG 29 that we had an aircraft that the F-14 couldn't just eat up for breakfast. But the Phoenix air-to-air missile and much better radar made us look old. That only changed when the Soviets introduced the Sukhoi Su 27.