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Just wanted to make a request to any fellow aviation nerds (and nerdettes) that they send a message off to their respective congressman.
The US Senate did something worthwhile for a change and passed a bill to save three Grumman F-14D "Tomcats" from the bone yard at Davis-Monthan AFB, and restore them as museum pieces, with the possibility of having one restored to air-worthy condition. It isn't going to cost the public anything, since it will be the museums who want to display them will be footing the restoration bill.
Now that Iran doesn't have much use for black-market F-14 parts, there really isn't a whole lot of reason to keep ours locked away instead of out where the public can see them.
So, if you have a a few moments to let your representative in the House know that you would like this little bit of our national history preserved, please do so.
Thanks
(Hey, I'm not even a Navy guy, but I can still appreciate how historic the F-14 was.
)
The US Senate did something worthwhile for a change and passed a bill to save three Grumman F-14D "Tomcats" from the bone yard at Davis-Monthan AFB, and restore them as museum pieces, with the possibility of having one restored to air-worthy condition. It isn't going to cost the public anything, since it will be the museums who want to display them will be footing the restoration bill.
Now that Iran doesn't have much use for black-market F-14 parts, there really isn't a whole lot of reason to keep ours locked away instead of out where the public can see them.
So, if you have a a few moments to let your representative in the House know that you would like this little bit of our national history preserved, please do so.
Thanks
(Hey, I'm not even a Navy guy, but I can still appreciate how historic the F-14 was.
)
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