As a reminder, Gaijin can implement several F-14s, including the F-14A late.
Yes… we already have but, the F-14A that Gaijin is modeling is from 1977, and the U.S. Navy tested the AIM-9L with the F-14A at China Lake on same year.
“U” means Upgrade. It is basically F-14B with some F-14D functions such as Sparrowhawk HUD and JDAM.
Can be a great addition. +1
or folder with F-14A.
Why not a F-14D Super Tomcat?
There’s other variants to be added, this one is not about the F-14D, it’s about the F-14A (Late)
In folder with F-14A Early ? Maybe but F-14A at 12.3 BR
Just posting some late model F-14As photo
The model seen in Top Gun! Would love to see it get the Aim-9L and Aim-7M (the F-14B should get the 9M+7MH). Did they carry BOL pods?
LAU-138 (BOL pods) were only ever used in service with the F-14B and D, A did not carry them
Good, that’ll help differentiate the A Late from the B even more. Thanks for the reply!
Early “bombcat” upgraded for F-14A (late) armed AIM-9L & AIM-7M like F-14B
F-14A could be 12.7 BR same F-14B and higher F-14A Early
F-14A armed AIM-9M like F-14B.
I guess F-14B could get AIM-9M-8 sidewinder and AIM-7MH & AIM-7P Sparrow
There’s the issue of progression in the TT at top tier. Gaijin doesn’t have much incentive to add a Late A to the US Tree if its kit will be basically the same as the B, as they’d be pretty much the same BR; it might end up being made into an event vehicle like the M2KS4/F4FEarly/23MF/Marineflieger.
In my opinion, F-14A fill the gap between F-14A Early and F-14B
2x AIM-9L & 2x AIM-54A stock better F-14A Early
I might hope gajin buff F-14B add AIM-9M-8, AIM-7MH & AIM-7P
In the future F-14B from tech tree change Air-to-Air Missile stock
Current
New
Maybe F/A-18B Hornet from USN
Some A model did.
The F-14A in Top Gun is probably a mid-80s jet, most likely from around 1986. Visually, it’s pretty different from the later F-14As we saw in the 2000s.
It’s got the TCS on the nose, but it’s still rocking the older RWR setup and doesn’t have the ALQ-126 ECM antennas in the glove vanes. So yeah, not a Bombcat. More like cold war interceptor flavor Tomcat.
https://freighter.flyteam.jp/newsphoto/50733/w1200.jpg
The only real visual difference between a late F-14A (around 2000) and an F-14B was the engine. From the outside, they were basically identical unless you were looking at the exhaust nozzles.
Pretty sick, always down for more Tomcats. I think having extra variants of it is acceptable since its a famous aircraft that is no longer in US-use. +1
Interesting bit of history about BuNo. 158632 — the last F-14A to fly in the U.S.
That Tomcat was built around the same time as BuNo. 158627, which is actually in the game as the VF-1 stock camo version. Both were F-14A-65-GR airframes, and 158632 was the 33rd Tomcat ever built.
As far as I know, that Tomcat served with VF-124 “Gunfighters”, VF-14 “Tophatters”, and VF-211 “Fighting Checkmates.” When the A model was retired from the U.S. Navy, BuNo. 158632 might’ve been the oldest F-14 still flying at the time. That’s kind of wild, considering how early it was built.
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