F-14A IRIAF needs a BR raise

F-14A IRIAF is still too strong after a recent BR change (12.3 → 12.7)

Fakour-90 air-to-air missile is possibly the best long range FOX-3 there is.

In my experience, Fakours are the most deadly FOX-3s at top tier, it’s much more difficult to notch or evade than missiles like AIM-120, PL-12.

Fakour-90 goes pitbull (uses its own radar) at around 6-7km distance from the target with a speed of Mach 3. It leaves basically zero reaction time to the targeted enemy to turn and notch the missile in any way.

Even when you position correctly to notch the missile, you have to drop ridiculous amounts of chaffs in order for missile to lose you. Meanwhile it takes a few chaff drops for a missile like AIM-120 or PL-12 to lose it.

Flying low also isn’t a problem for this missile, as it comes with a huge speed, often shot from high altitude, making for guaranteed kills even when the target is flying at tree level, because of it’s explosion mass.

Also, the F-14A IRIAF is way superior to the F-14A (Early), because it has access to way better missiles.

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The F14A IRIAF ruined the F14 as whole even to the B that got raised and his now outpowered by pretty much anything because of his subpar missiles

It’s silly how much the regular AIM-54A and especially the AIM-54C underperforms.
Give the F-14B AIM-9M
fix the underperforming AIM-54s and then move them all up in BR including the IRIAF

I think at the moment the A at 12,7 is ok if not mid considering it doesn’t have any all aspect missile and a mediocre RWR ect ect, but the IRIAF is performing like hell because of it’s missile. The B is just silly considering how bad it is for a 13.0 plane