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On February 28th, 1991, after the conflict was over, budget reductions resulted in the deactivation of the long-range A-6 Intruder bomber and 11 frontline F-14 Tomcat divisions, primarily as a result of the aircraft's expensive maintenance expenses. Up until the introduction of the new F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, a capability vacuum resulted from the retirement of the A-6 Intruder. Because of its extended range and hefty payload, the F-14 replaced the A-6 as the deep strike platform for aircraft carriers. It could carry a greater number of bombs than the F/A-18. The initial Bombcat was limited to using unguided free-fall bombs until the decision was made to allow the F-14 to drop bombs as well. Bombs including the Mark-82, Snake eye, BSU-86, and etc were approved for use. The F-14 delivered air-to-ground munitions for the first time ever during Operation Deliberate Force in September 1995, when the VF-41 "Black Aces" flew off the coast of Bosnia. Later, on Serbia in 1999, and in the following years, the Bombcats carried out missions throughout Afghanistan and Iraq.
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