February 10, 2008:
China has been
supplying Iran with parts for its U.S. F-14 aircraft. These include parts from
retired F-14s, that were sold to authorized dealers (who agreed not to export
the parts to Iran.) But China has also supplied Iran with custom made F-14
components, for parts that were not obtainable from the United States. Finally,
China was discrete about all this, until recent investigations of Iran's F-14
support program, began to bring out more details. More Iranians are fleeing
their homeland, and bringing more details of secret programs, with them. The
Chinese support for the Iranian F-14s
has been going on for years.