Iran's F-14s Tried to Intercept US Stealth Fighters – Then THIS Happened

On February 28th, 2026, as US stealth fighters entered Iranian airspace during Operation Epic Fury, Iran scrambled its most capable air superiority aircraft — the F-14 Tomcat. The only country in the world still operating the legendary fighter that the US itself retired over a decade ago. This is the story of what happened when Iran's crown jewel of air defense went up against fifth-generation stealth — and why the outcome was decided before the aircraft ever left the runway. In this video, FlightDeck breaks down the F-14 intercept attempt: how Iran has kept these aircraft flying for fifty years against every obstacle, why the AWG-9 radar that was revolutionary in 1974 cannot find an F-22 in 2026, how the EA-18G Growler jamming campaign made Iran's ground controllers blind before the F-14s even got airborne, and what the quiet failure of this intercept tells us about the real state of Iranian airpower. This isn't about hardware winning. It's about physics, time, and the gap between what Iran has and what arrived on February 28th. Subscribe to FlightDeck for in-depth military aviation analysis. New videos every week. #iran #usmilitary #f22 #f14 #middleeast #jet #epicfury #iranwar