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Old July 7th 07, 12:08 AM posted to sci.space.history
Henry Spencer
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Default F-14 being destroyed instead of...

In article ,
Scott Hedrick wrote:
Some reason why private Americans shouldn't be allowed to buy them?


As of roughly the beginning of the Cold War, the US military reversed its
earlier surplus-aircraft policy and decided that civilians could not be
trusted with jet fighters.

In practice, you'd be crazy to buy one -- part of the reason they're being
retired is that they are hideously expensive to maintain -- but then, there
are some crazy people out there...
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