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The F-14, OTOH, is a naval carrier-based fleet defense interceptor
with swing-wings, a backseat RIO, and a nasty ultra long-range
Maverick missile for knocking out (back a couple decades ago)
predicted enemy "Bear" long-range Soviet bombers. Both aircraft are 3
decades old and need replacing.

The AGM-65 Maverick missile is an Air to GROUND missile that in my
experience is generally used against armored vehicles.

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Evan Williams
SSgt USMC (ret) I've waited twenty years to say that