U.S. Stops Sale Of Spare Parts of Fighter Jet F-14

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Jan 31, 2007 by ■ sibananda - 3 votes, no comments

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U.S. suspended all spare parts sale of fighter jet F-14 assuming it could end up in Iran

United States halt all its sale of spare parts of retired fighter jet F-14 due to a news that Iran is

in search of sensitive parts of F-14.America had sold

79 F-14 jets to IRAN in 70s when IRAN was an alley

IRAN is the only country which is still using the jet

DLA spokeswoman Dawn Dearden said that the freeze covered all F-14 parts and was in place "given the current situation in IRAN".

Until last week U.S. had been selling parts via

Defense Logistics Agency( DLA).

The decision comes at a time of rising tension between Iran and US over Irans nuclear programme

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