http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8602280343
White House Backs Ban on F-14 Parts for Iran
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The White House took steps to make it harder for
Iran to acquire parts for its F-14 fighter jets, voting to ban the Pentagon
from selling leftover spares from its retired Tomcat fleet to anyone but
museums.
Originally a separate measure called the "Stop Arming Iran Act," the ban was
added to a $646 bln bill to fund the military in the budget year that starts
Oct. 1. The House approved the legislation Thursday. A Senate vote is still
needed, AP reported.
The proposed ban comes as the Defense Department continues a voluntary
review of F-14 parts to determine whether it could sell any on the surplus
market without jeopardizing national security. Iran is the only country
known to be trying to keep F-14s flyable.
The F-14 legislation's lead sponsors, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., contend that broad restrictions on the parts sales
are needed to help prevent sensitive components from accidentally slipping
into Pentagon surplus auctions and from there, into Iran's hands. The
legislation would allow only US museums and historical groups to buy Tomcat
parts, and would prohibit the granting of export licenses for any F-14
components.
"I believe that the process needs to be tightened up and now that I've
really been made much more aware of the problems that can arise, I plan to
be more vigilant on future problems," said Giffords, whose district includes
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, where many retired F-14s are stored.
The Stop Arming Iran Act was the first bill introduced by the first-term
congresswoman, a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
Should the defense funding bill fail to become law, Giffords plans to pursue
the F-14 parts measure in its original form as separate legislation.
The United States let Iran buy F-14s in the 1970s when the countries were on
good terms. The US military retired its Tomcats last year.
The Pentagon originally planned to destroy components unique to the F-14 but
sell thousands of others that could be used on multiple types of aircraft.
Giffords said that any F-14s that went to historical groups would have to be
demilitarized, made useless for military purposes, but that it was important
to preserve examples of the jet for former F-14 pilots, military historians
and future engineers to see. She noted that her fiancé's brother flew the
Tomcat.
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