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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Follow up question: How did they keep the buggers running without OEM parts for nearly 50 years?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Mostly through turning others into parts. Their F-14 fleet shrinks every time they put a flight-hour on one.