European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paces stars and stripes sunday april 152007 Pentagon expands ban on Sale by Sharon theimer the associated press Washington the de sense departments Effort to Block Iran from obtaining much needed hardware for its Fleet of f14 tomcat fighter jets has led the military to pull far More than parts from f14s out of its surplus auctions the pentagons retired fl4s contain roughly 76000 components Many of those parts Are usable on other planes and until this year were sold by the military on the surplus Market the defense department in january halted the Sale of All parts from its tomcats on thurs Day it disclosed that the suspension went far beyond items from f14s and actually sweeps in 163000 types of components including parts from other planes and any support equipment that could be used in connection with tomcats youre talking about things like the nuts and bolts to Mili tar Yunique and specific things to ground equipment to igniters and engine parts said Dawn Dearden spokeswoman for the de sense logistics Agency or la we want to make sure that were doing the prudent thing Here we want to make sure that we hold onto everything that could be used on the f14 she said the defense department stopped the surplus parts sales temporarily As it reviews whether they would endanger National Security Law enforcement experts say Iran is aggressively seeking parts for its tomcats the jets made famous by actor Tom cruise in the movie top gun Iran received us permission to buy the fighter jets in the 1970s when it was an ally and now is the Only country known to be trying to keep f14s airworthy the United states retired its tomcats last year the Pentagon surplus Security review will Likely be completed this year Dearden said the review comes As Legisla Tion moves through Congress that would permanently ban the Sale of surplus f14 parts the Bill sponsored in the House by rep Gabrielle Giffords dam and the Senate by Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden cleared a House com Mittee and needs review by one More before going to the full House and then the Senate the Bill was first proposed by Wyden in january after the Asso an f14 tomcat lands on the flight deck of the us Navy aircraft Carrier uss America in the Adriatic sea on Jan 131996 the defense departments Effort to Block Iran from obtaining much needed hard Ware for its Fleet of the fighter jets has led the military to pull far More than parts from f14s out of its surplus auctions dated press reported that Middle men for countries including Iran and China had exploited weak Nesses in Pentagon surplus Sale Security to obtain sensitive Mili tary equipment the gear included missile components and parts for tomcats and other aircraft Law enforcement officials Are aware of at least one Case in which a surplus Purchase made it to Iran the new development when were talking about this Range of parts this is an incredible num Ber Wyden said thursday in an interview adding that it makes him wonder what else other coun tries Are acquiring through the military surplus sales 14 parts i think the first thing the Pentagon ought to do is support our legislation to make this a Perma nent ban he said referring to f14 part sales and when the Ink is dry on that they ought to get out there and take a look at the other areas the Pentagon had planned to sell thousands of spare f14 parts that could be used on multiple types of aircraft but after the aps report suspended the sales while it conducts a Security re View of the Jet components it had previously decided to destroy at least 10000 tomcat specific components government liquidation the contractor that handles surplus sales for the Pentagon sent Wyden a letter this week endors ing the legislation known As the Stop arming Iran act Lake you we feel that no Sensi Tive military equipment should reach Iran Anthony Humpage a company executive vice presi Dent wrote 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