Which is why some of us opposed Cheney's vicious take down of the F-14 program and Grumman in general. He did everything he could to kill the company.
Just when the F-14 had finally fixed its major issue, the TF-30 engines, which were replaced with a variant of those in the F-15. When it finally got multirole capabilities including bombing with GPS guided ammunition. He shitcanned the aircraft. Going to the point of physically destroying the remaining aircraft with the excuse he did not want the parts to end up in Iran. The truth is that was done to prevent future administrations reversing his decision and thus from it ever going back into service.
Just when the F-14 had finally fixed its major issue, the TF-30 engines, which were replaced with a variant of those in the F-15. When it finally got multirole capabilities including bombing with GPS guided ammunition. He shitcanned the aircraft. Going to the point of physically destroying the remaining aircraft with the excuse he did not want the parts to end up in Iran. The truth is that was done to prevent future administrations reversing his decision and thus from it ever going back into service.