saw some people saying this is apparently a CF-18?
They both look the same either way. The only difference is an ID light and I’m not seeing anything here.
i see, just dont wanna jump the gun and get excited for something fun for top tier UK as neither Canada or Australia operated the FA-18 D to my knowledge, which is what this looks like with the two seat arrangement as the CF/FA-18B was the trainer version.
Edit: i think im just blind and im looking at what is probably just electronics behind the pilot seat and thinking its a second seat
We’re coping, I’ve more than accepted we won’t get it although I still think a concession so the UK can receive any sort of fighter would be a positive step considering as of current we have no domestic options between FGR and Eurofighter. And yes i recall we are to receive an “aircraft”.
Furthermore its almost a moment away from greatness, it would give the UK a true contemporary to the other aircraft in-game for the first time since the FG phantoms, which is something we all deeply desire.
But Gaijin does change/bend rules (as is their right) to suit the needs of certain nations, they just haven’t done it for Britain.
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copium time
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No the F/A-18 isn’t denied only the one that ex harrier pilots have been using for over a decade.
And no we are not getting the SAAF Gripen ether as they have confirmed the only way for SAAF to come would be ether premium or events.
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Also just saying don’t get your hope up
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They will never add an F-14 to any country other than America because it is pretty much the only “unique” 4th gen fighter america has, everything else has been mass exported and is present (or will be) in other tech trees
(Iran is not in game)
That is a pretty fair point now I think of it.
In the end, exclusivity creates sales, and money is the biggest motivator
Currently gaijin no plan consider premium pack pre-order aircraft toptier rank 8 (11.3 or 11.7 ~ 12.3 BR) until introduced rank 9 (13.0 ~ 13.7 BR)
I guess gajin might consider rank 9 for 4+ gen fighter & 4th gen fighter aircraft 2003 ~ 2010’s era Q4 2024 or 2025
But feeling a little unsure gajin consider add premium pack pre-order aircraft toptier rank 8 with introduced rank 9 at the same time ? 🤔
I quite believe that gajin consider new event vehicle aircraft rank 8 toptier in winter event december this year
Dude when I SAAF I mean all tiers, past rank 6 would properly be event vehicles without premium.
Very real. I can relate to that
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So is this f/a18 leak creditable
Maybe because we haven’t had a competitive top tier A2A in over a year (heck technically we haven’t had any top tier jet at all in over a year) and the last time we did actually get a top tier A2A jet was 2019. Several nations got aircraft that never existed as stop gaps (Yak141 and F16AJ). But the EAP (which did actually fly) with some 9Ls or 9Ms and some Skyflash (or Aim-120), a reasonable number of flares (maybe 2x BOL rails) and a reasonable radar (Blue Vixen or Foxhunter) is apparently impossible. Meaning in all likelihood, we won’t get a single domestic aircraft for a while yet, even though we could. We could have had something months ago.
Other domestic options like the FA2 or F3 won’t be competitive due to the requirement for symmetrical weapon additions gaijin has imposed. Only hope now is Aim120C5 Vs Aim120B for most other nations, but I reckon that is unlikely.
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I’m saddened that we never put the Blue Vixen on the Harrier II and created the Harrier FG.11.
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Yeah, that would have been very very good. Paul Tremmeling complains about that in his book as well.
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Black Night is from at least late 2018.
Didn’t check that one, thank you. Just looked at the one at the bottom of the tree
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no it was a early proposal that eventually became the challenger 3 actually 2018 i think but it didn’t eventually become challenger 3