I am looking for any documents that prove the AN/APG-71 has STT Datalink Capability,
the 71 shares parts and module commonality with the AN/APG-70 on the F-15E and the AN/APG-73 on the F/A-18C,
Clearly the AN/APG-73 has this capability, would it not make sense that the AN/APG-71 have this same capability, after all they are all Digital PSP radars?
Until we can provide a document proving it has STT Datalink Capability it will not receive the Aim-7P, as referenced by the recent bug report denial
Denied Bug Report: Community Bug Reporting System
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sounds like bs to me given the aim54 has DL
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Not to mention that the apg71 DL was also upgraded to DL 16
I dug up two sources on Link-16. One of them from a 1994 history and organization of VF-2 and the other a paper on tactical datalinks. Both source said the F-14D utilized Link-16 in service. What I cannot find is the specific Datalink channel that allowed the AIM-7P Block II mid course correction updates.
You can go and check your email; I have sent you the links to the relevant materials.