{"id":110562,"date":"2024-08-19T17:24:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T07:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/california-businessman-indicted-trying-sell-f-4-phantom-components-iran\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T17:24:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T07:24:15","slug":"california-businessman-indicted-for-trying-to-sell-f-4-phantom-components-to-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=110562","title":{"rendered":"California Businessman Indicted For Trying To Sell F-4 Phantom Components To Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/california-man-indicted-unlawfully-exporting-aircraft-components-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" >US Department of Justice<\/a> announced on August 14 that a Californian man has been charged for selling F-4 Phantom II components to arch-rival <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>. Before the Iranian revolution of 1979, Iran was one of the staunchest US allies in the region, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/iran-f-14-tomcats-their-usage-today\/\">US supplied Iran with some of its most advanced equipment of the time &#8211; including F-14 Tomcats<\/a> and F-4 Phantom IIs. Since then, Iran has been cut off from US weapons and support and has been forced to find alternative ways to keep its jets flying (including by reverse engineering parts and purchasing parts on the black market).     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has been sourcing parts on the black market to keep its legacy American jets flying for many years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,1254,628,790,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-department-of-justice","category-fighter-jets","category-iran","category-military"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - 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