The Persian F-14A we’re getting is a IRIAF F-14A with new secondary weapons compared to the IIAF F-14A so your point doesn’t make any sense aka it’s a later F-14A.
The IRIAF F-14A however should still remain in the US tech tree, it wasn’t added to the US due to former relations but because it was a US origin vehicle and nothing else.
I have no idea why on earth people think Israel has a claim on the IRIAF F-14A over Russia, this is a post revolution vehicle and Russia itself would have a higher level of claim to it over Israel.
When I mean Israel has zero connections to it I mean it, Iran tried to integrate the Soviet R-27R onto the IRIAF F-14A but the same can’t be said for Israel.
Ok, can somebody explain to me, why this event has such a long forum thread? I thought it was just a good event vehicle and that was it. Now it rivals Abrams armor thread…
I think the US should obviously get the vehicle but Russia has the tiny excuse of the “oh but it has Soviet missiles”. Israel on the other hand had zero influence over the vehicle in-game and in real life.
Excluding the illegal deals Israel had with Iran to smuggle F-14 parts from the US.
It would be entirely useless, it can’t carry enough bombs to destroy a base, subsonic, no missiles or guns. Pointless addition because it would either be at a tier where nobody could find it if it flew outside of spotting range or at a tier where anyone with two brain cells could kill it. It’s a cool but not for war thunder.
Right there with ya, but I’m figuring that top tier event jets aren’t going to be the norm, so this is a one-off I’m willing to slog through. Never again though.