New report is live.
Implementing “Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode” (SEAM)
It impacts the F-14, which should improve SRM Acquisition speeds, I’ll follow it with it’s counterpart for the increased Field of Regard while Slaved shortly.
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I understand. However, that was not anywhere in the bug report response. Why do I have to go through hoops to get a valid reason why my report was denied? And also, this game is set in realism. Giving only “planned” planes the capability instead of all capable planes isn’t ok.
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I think we all know what they think of the F-14. They haven’t treated the tornado good either.
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I don’t know if the colors on that is correct. That is very clearly a mock up of the aircraft and the ECM blister doesn’t appear to always be that color.
In this photo you can see it is grey.
The cover has probably been bleached by UV rays and shifted over time to a more yellow tone.
As with the Panzergrau and the F-11F & F-4J’s Blue Angel Cameos’ specific shade of blue, there is no consistency in the position that Gaijin will take.
That photo was probably taken in the early 90s, before upgrades.
An updated ECM blister on the forward part of the glove vanes has been in place for the F-14A and F-14B since about 1995.
There are cases where you can see the more beigeish tone.
So I don’t know where the differences come seems down to unit paints.
My photo was from 93.
It is not related to damage from UV rays or ageing.
F-14A/Bs from the late 80s and early 90s are seen without yellow colored blisters.
Afaik, wingtip one is position light, not ECM stuffs.
As for the ECMs on the glove vane section, there was confusion within the same squadrons between those that have been changed since the late 1990s and those that have not.
I seem to have had a stroke and confused formation lights with positioning lights.
Looking at mats yeah they are Position lights.
That’s should be formation lights not position lights.
I guess mats also confused that.
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I filed a FOIR application for NAVAIR 01-F14AAP-1 (August 1, 2001) some time ago and just received the results of the review.
The release of NAVAIR 01-F14AAP-1 has been denied in its entirety.
The reason is based on 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(3) (Exemption 3), which allows the withholding of information prohibited from disclosure by another federal statute.
In this case, the applicable statute is 10 U.S.C. § 130, which authorizes the withholding of unclassified technical data related to military or space applications if the data cannot be lawfully exported outside the United States without proper approval, authorization, or licensing under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. § 2751 et seq.) and the Export Administration Act of 1979.
Additionally, the review considered the “foreseeable harm standard,” meaning that even if the material technically falls under an exemption, it should not be withheld unless there is a clear risk of legal or other foreseeable harm.
In this case, it was determined that the requested material not only qualifies for exemption but that its release would likely cause legal obstacles or foreseeable harm, justifying the denial.
TLDR…
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Aw man. That sucks. I don’t know why they restrict the export of modern F-14 docs when Iran only has the F-14A and can’t make parts anymore…
still waiting for them to disappear thats why