Pathetic. This could be in the tech tree following the introduction of AIM-26B in the game.
Gaijin shafting vehicles for $$$$$
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dont think 6 shooter 106 even had AIM-26B
but I do agree, this shouldve been TT
best bet might be 10.0? plus the swiss mirage is like 10.3 and that itself has flares
9.7 may also possible though we’ll just wait and see
It didn’t, it had AIM-4F and AIM-4G. AIM-26 was significantly larger.
Good video here btw: https://youtu.be/T-8gN_1cHVY
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Missiles probably worse than ok:
AIM-4 Missiles Seriously Flawed according to LtCol (Ret) Mark B Foxwell, Weapons Instructor & Commander USAF Interceptor Weapons School who comments:
“The AIM-4 missles that the Six carried were the weak point of the whole airplane. As a 9-year Weapons Instructor and eventual Commander of the USAF Interceptor Weapons School (IWS), I am here to tell you that the AIM-4 series of missiles were seriously flawed. They had NO PROXIMITY fuse and had to actually hit their targets and penetrate so that their fuse in the leading edge of their guidance fins would detonate the explosive charge. Both the IR (AIM-4G) and the radar (AIM-4F) versions were highly susceptible to both radar and IR countermeasures. Luckily we also had the UNSTOPPABLE AIR-2A Genie NUCLEAR rocket. I think that weapon on the F-106 was a big reason we WON the Cold War.” (link)
Good to see that the USAF copes for the F-106 as hard as it’s regular fanboys. Like, it’s a good plane, but honestly it really did not play a major part in the cold war.
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However, the AIM-26 was trialed on the F-106A with the use of the helmet-mounted sight.
There is a source that said this:
Source link: https://ausairpower.net/Falcon-Evolution.html#:~:text=Carriage:%20in%20the,configuration%20for%20service.
So, the debate is whether should the six-shooter F-106A have it or not, but the trial was done in 1970s, with first one upgraded with six-shooter package in 1972.
I think the event F-106A should get the AIM-26, and I don’t think it’s far fetched for include it.
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Nice, that would be cool. Imagine if we could take 2 (just a guess) AIM-26A and replace the gun with an AIR-2 for triple nuclear combo
Having the F-106 defending with nuclear air to air weapons at very high altitude and speed for the time (remember, this is before ICBM) was probably the reason why it never saw any action
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No proxy fuze is the missile’s main issue but otherwise it’s actually quite good. It’s not like the AIM-9s at the same BR have good countermeasure resistance.
Flight performance is excellent as well compared to the AIM-9, just with slightly shorter range which is why the Falcons have a poor reputation (they were fired out of envelope)
The other issue was the four second spool up time though I doubt that will be modelled properly.
In fact since Gaijin just took the maximum number from the AIM-26 SMC for its overload then with the same process they’d have a roughly 42g overload
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Hopefully this means we’ll get the rest of the Century Series eventually.
I was so looking forward to my high altitude interceptor that flies at Mach 3 jesus😭😭😭
but a very good addition too
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And thankfully so. When nuclear bombings are the topic, nothing happening is a great success.
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guess which plane have first flight same year as f-106?
THE most f sharky plane ever made ;] and last 1 which iam waiting for in wt
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Ima be honest, I was hoping for a British event plane since England’s last event plane was in 2018.
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hf24 2025
Jaguar IS 2024
Bucc S1 2021
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keep the high tier summer air event streak going, this one for summer 2026
Su-25BM, F-14A IRIAF, F-106A, then XF8U-3
They quite literally had the most recent event aircraft lol