The ‘Tomcats’ simply will not stay out of the news! This from Fox News…
SALT LAKE CITY — Two Utah men are accused of trying to illegally export surplus pieces of F-14 fighter jets, a plane that is flown only in Iran.
Abraham Trujillo, 61, and David Waye, 22, both of Ogden, are alleged to have tried exporting the parts to Canada, but the charges don’t specify how they supposedly got the parts and don’t list all buyers.
Federal agents placed online orders, then intercepted the goods before they made it out of the country, the charges said.
Trujillo and Waye were charged Friday with three counts each of attempting to export a defense article without a license. Telephone listings could not be found for the men.
Iran, trying to maintain its F-14s, is aggressively seeking components from the retired U.S. Tomcat fleet. Members of Congress have expressed concerns about the Department of Defense selling surplus F-14 parts because they’re worried they could wind up in Iranian aircraft.
The U.S. sold the F-14 to Iran in the 1970s when it was under the rule of the Western-friendly shah. In 1979, the shah was deposed, and the U.S. eventually banned the sale of military equipment to Iran.
The U.S. attorney’s office says federal immigration agents discovered a Web site with listings of F-14 parts offered by Trujillo and his Ogden business, NSN Specialists. Over several months in 2006 and 2007, agents bought cable assemblies and other F-14 and F-4 jet items from Trujillo.
The men will receive a summons to appear before a federal magistrate. Penalties can carry 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine per count.
It was a sad day for The Bull when the F-14 Tomcat took to the skies for the last time. It wasn’t that they were obsolete. Hell no! To this day the Tomcat could rule the sky! The reasoning was the huge cost of keeping the aging airframes flying and the beatings they took with carrier operations didn’t help much.
Of course the Iranians want those parts!
Folks, 10 years in prison and/or a $1 Million fine is not enough! The penalty for blatant treason is death, preferably by firing squad! Damn it! It is time to put the teeth back into National Defense!
Shoot the bastards!
Bull, out! 
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Again, innocent until proven guilty. There ARE two sides to the situation. Why don’t you actually WAIT and here the results PRIOR to announcing guilt.
You’re indeed ignorance in it’s purest form.
Hugs & kisses,
Bud Thomas
Well, I am from Upstate South Carolina where “Deliverance” was filmed, but I still have all my teeth, speak English fairly well, went to university, and can’t play a banjo at all. Oh! I forgot to mention, The Bull has never joined any Confederate or racist organization. (The Confederates because frankly my interest is in the F&I War and Rev War, and the other because I’d not be welcome seeing my distastes for racist and the fact that I am Pagan.
You’re going to have to do better than that if you plan to insult The Bull!