IDF Destroys Iranian F-14 Fleet at Isfahan Airbase

Israeli strikes on Isfahan airbase destroy Iran's remaining F-14 Tomcat fighters — aircraft acquired under the Shah in the 1970s and maintained for over four decades despite the US arms embargo. Fewer than 20 airframes were believed still airworthy. Their destruction completes the elimination of Iran's conventional air power. Iran is now entirely reliant on ground-based air defence systems, which have themselves been significantly degraded across nine days of strikes. Isfahan is also home to Iranian nuclear research facilities, making it one of the most strategically sensitive targets struck in the campaign. The strikes mark a further geographic deepening — Isfahan lies 340km south of Tehran in the Iranian interior.

Key facts

• •IDF strikes Isfahan airbase, destroying Iran remaining F-14 Tomcat fleet
• •F-14s were acquired under the Shah in the 1970s — maintained 40+ years under US arms embargo
• •Iran now has no operational air superiority aircraft — entirely reliant on ground-based air defence
• •Isfahan also hosts Iranian nuclear research facilities
• •340km south of Tehran — marks further geographic deepening of the campaign