Retired by the U.S. Navy more than seven years ago, the iconic Grumman F-14 remains in service with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF).
Iran used its Tomcats extensively in the Iran-Iraq War and the F-14A is still today the backbone of IRIAF air defense.
Over the last few years the “Persian cats” have reportedly flown against a very particular threat: the Unidentified Flying Objects, universally known as a UFO.
More detailed information about this weird use of the last operational Tomcats can be found in the October 2013 issue of Combat Aircraft.
An interesting article written by Babak Taghvaee gives an exclusive overview of IRIAF F-14s missions conducted to intercept UFOs. But according to Taghavee these unknown flying objects didn’t conduct any extraterrestrial activity:
Read more: http://theaviationist.com/2013/11/10/f-14-vs-ufo/#.UoI8n5Tk-8U#ixzz2kXxRebnT