My whole post is an irony to what GJ does…
It’s not ace combat , yes… But they do MANY bs.
About ST21, yeah … let me not trust GJ with this , really.
Dude they removed the panther 88, tiger 105 and like few tanks from Japan for this same reason they ain’t gonna go back to add a st21 you just complaining about something they resolved already
I already told you i’m being ironic over BS they have done.
Yes i’m complaining about the crappy balance game has all over the place and that they add wrong things in wrong vehicles… many times , not one.
And prototypes …doesn’t really mean they used and launched and tested armament (not all of them) .
But in game you buy them ^full extra^ !
And no they shouldn’t give us ST21, that’s not my point. That’s irony.
Here we have people talking about if 14D should have 120s.
The answer is … no. Never fielded them anyway. It went to war…without them.
Can GJ add them, given what they have done already? Yes , they have done way worse . It’s more realistic than other things…
And so the F14D will come with AIM120As, or else
Otherwise we’ll apply the same logic as they did with the AH64E and their L-DIRCMs :)
25 years ago. Should be fine
Because it should get them AMRAAMs fit where the aim7 goes and the apg71 can launch and guide them and if doesn’t get them it’s just gonna be a f14B (some even say the f14B should get aim7p and 9m)at higher br where aim7p are gonna be stock weapons and aim54c eccm will just be a bit harder to notch but most planes at 13.3-13.7 will still not have a difficult time evading it their rwr will still detect it coming also no f-14a/f14B was gonna get araams in real life only the f14D and if that one f14A testbed does ever come it would be placed right next to the f14A iraf if not higher because even with the tf30 the airframe/flight performance will absolutely own down tiers at 13.0 fighting 12.0-12.7 not to mention it having apg71 no bol pods the only reason a f14A was used for a testbed it’s because it what was mostly easily accessible compared to the f14B/f14D and it’s the same airframe where no modifications was need to be done for the f14 to fit araams (as it was literally designed to fit where the aim7 go)to it airframe and it did use mil-std-1553/mil-std-1760
Ehh no.
I asked to Pentagon and Navy back then. They told me they are already unclassified but, still under of export control.
Blame Islamic regime in Iran.
Your timeline is completely impossible. That photo is from 1981. The F-14B (F-14A+) and D model didn’t arrive until late 1980s. They didn’t “choose” the A over the B/D because “it was easier to access.” They used the A because the B and D literally did not exist yet. Unless the engineers had a time machine, the A was the only option available in 1981.
Fitting physically ≠ System integration.
Standard fleet F-14A and B models(until 1995) did not have the MIL-STD-1553 bus. Regarding the testbed (BuNo 158625), it is not even confirmed if it actually received a proper MIL-STD-1553 bus integration. It is highly likely they just used a custom, jury-rigged interface box solely to fire the missile for that specific test. You are confusing a one-off, possibly “hacked-together” science project with a standardized fleet capability. A stock F-14s cannot fire an AMRAAM just because it fits in the sparrow well.
Also, that aircraft was designated as an NF-14A, not a standard F-14A. The “N” prefix indicates a permanent special test modification, meaning it was structurally or systematically altered to the point where it could not be returned to normal fleet service. It was a flying laboratory, not a combat-capable F-14A.
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Not exactly. But the Intrepid has their “Super Tomcat” from Grumman that was based on the ST21. It’s technically the only real “Super Tomcat” until the F-14D was retconned into that name.
You got your hands on the -1A manual?
I have a somewhat bad feeling in the back of my mind since Gaijin has officially confirmed Rank IX and added the Chinese Su-30MKK 13.3 premium pack in the newest update that the F-14D might not be as free to earn when we finally do get it added to the game. It might even be a Squadron vehicle, bare minimum. (God I hope I’m wrong).
Theirs a good chance I think of the f14D being a tech tree or like you said a squadron vehicle especially because it’s 13.3-13.7 and the only two tech trees with 13.0+ squadrons vehicles is Russia and china so I don’t think it would come out as a premium especially since some people lost hype for it meaning if it comes out as a premium they won’t make money on it especially if it dosent come with 6-8 aim120A and 2 aim9m
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Imagine Iranian spy looking on the forum for intel lmaoo
Given Venezuela was just caught using flightradar24 a few days ago, I wouldn’t put it past them at this point lol
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Do you know if the F-14D will use the same RWR as the F/A-18C and F/A-18E Super Hornet; the AN/ALR-67(V)3?
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I know it was (somewhat) planned for it to get it, but to my knowledge, no it didn’t get it. That’s because the further Tomcat upgrades (plus technically the harrier) were supposed to get the v(4), but they didn’t survive that long.
However, I do have a couple sources that say the v(4) was just the v(3) with a larger antenna fitted for the Tomcat, as as such, the v(3) could easily be retrofitted to the Tomcats. I’ll try to find it for you.
Edit: Found the online version: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA310344.pdf in the background sections page 2.
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Thank you. So the V3 for the F14 and AV8 was actually the V4, named like that because it had a larger antenna? Neat.
Hopefully we might have a chance of getting the V3 then…
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Tigershart would be free food at fox 3 BRs tbh
When the A and B model get buff? Come on PD HDN and only have FOX1 (AIM-54 so suck performance vs FOX 3 meta isn’t funny). 9l on A , 9m on B model should come for a while. Even 13.0 its cant compraer
with SU-33 that have a good armerment then. Come on Gaijin you didn’t need to nerf or quarter Tomcat anymore like when its came.
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