Why the US decided to destroy all its old F-14 Tomcats rather than let anyone buy them

Subscribe now and access premium content View online           Military Select           Why the US decided to destroy all its old F-14 Tomcats rather than let anyone buy them   Like most US foreign-policy decisions over the past 20 years, it was about Iran.   READ MORE           Navy SEAL who oversaw bin Laden raid defends the Postal Service and says Trump is undermining every major US institution   "It is the theme of every autocrat who ever seized power or tried to hold onto it," retired Navy SEAL William McRaven wrote in a Post op-ed article.   READ MORE           'Bring us American heads': Iran flaunted bounties on US troops in propaganda leaflets   "They've been sitting on this for years," a former official said of US leaders. "That's what's flabbergasting to me."   READ MORE             Trump told Putin 'I'm a big fan of yours' and asked him to be the guest of honor at a Miss Universe pageant, in a series of fawning letters   Donald Trump invited Putin to the Miss Universe pageant years ago, adding a handwritten all-caps message promising "THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN!"   READ MORE           Iran reportedly paid bounties to the Taliban to target US troops in Afghanistan   The suspected Iranian bounty plot was reportedly cited by US officials as a partial justification for the Soleimani strike.   READ MORE           The US Marine Corps' big plans to redesign its force means changes to what it stores in secret caves in Norway   The Marine Corps is overhauling to fight in a different environment. Now tanks, helicopters, and even some jobs are on the chopping block.   READ MORE           Trump must tell Putin to stay out of Belarus, says his former national security adviser John Bolton   There is growing concern in the West that Russia might intervene in Belarus to support under-fire president Alexander Lukashenko.   READ MORE           Taiwan reportedly told military pilots again 'not to fire the first shot' amid rising tensions with China   Taiwanese pilots were told to avoid "misfiring" when sent to repel Chinese fighter jets and "intruding" aircraft, according to local media.   READ MORE           A former CIA agent has been accused of selling US secrets to China then accidentally confessing to the FBI   Alexander Yuk Ching Ma was charged with violating US espionage laws, and is accused of giving classified information to China for more than a decade.   READ MORE           2 years before D-Day, the Allies tried to invade Nazi-occupied Europe — they failed miserably   With their forces reeling around the world, the Allies in August 1942 decided to test German defenses in France. It was more than they could handle.   READ MORE           Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     You received this email because you signed up to this Business Insider newsletter using the email: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006