Great job digging these docs and sources guys
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This is not enough to prove that the F-14D can use AIM-9X, because the F-22, which is mentioned together, does not have AIM-9X capability before Inc 3.2B modernization. Also there is no mention on AIM-9X testing for F-14, unlike F/A-18 and F-15.
And the F-14 was not a candidate for AIM-9X integration in 2004.
It makes more sense to interpret this as simply listing efforts on weapons and their subsystems that Raytheon was involved in. This is evidenced by the fact that everything mentioned there (APG-63/70/71/73/77/79, AIM-120, AIM-9X, F-22 weapon system) is either a Raytheon product or has Raytheon involvement.
Also, a post on GlobalSecurity is not a valid source on its own.
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^As shown here in the post above, it shows in official Ratheon advertising that it was F-14D compatible as a package.
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yeah yeah. I get it. Do we know that it at least employed the AMRAAM?
Not operationally. But if someone hooked up an AMRAAM onto an F-14D, it would work.
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Eh. Who cares about operational. We have the 2S38 in the game and the KH-38MT
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Real.
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Ready for this with AIM-7P’s, AIM-54C’s, and AIM-9M’s. AIM-120’s would be pretty trippy with it, maybe a test-bed F-14D version could come with them instead? Either way +1
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It could be nice to have the 2 AIM-54C variants the Mk60 and Mk47 54C
The Mk60 motors are apparently identical in both missiles, if I understand correctly they are a “medium” smoke motor.
The Mk47 comes in Mod.0 on the A, and Mod.1 on the C, apparently with very similar performance but being very smoky on the A and almost entirely smokeless on the C.
To give more of a variety on playstyle, if you want to Phoenix but have different abilities or 120’s for a more general use
Additional Note: F-14B uses the Mk47 and Mk60, whilst the one we have is Mk47 which is very smoky
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I would rather they give the AIM-54C(ECCM/SEALED) instead of the AIM-54C to the F-14D.
Historically, the F-14D + AIM-54C (ECCM/SEALED) have been allowed this loadout, which was not possible with the A and B models due to coolant issues.
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I agree, but just a bit to add on. It was the Aim-54C+ ECCM/Sealed that allowed the loadout. And any F-14 could use that loadout with the specific version of the Aim-54C. Now if the A or B models actually did, I don’t entirely know. Only the F-14B (U) and F-14D did due to them being the newest variants.
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AIM-54C (ECCM/SEALED) can be installed on all Tomcat models given the time of production, but coolant is still needed on the A and B models.
Afaik, F-14B(U) never gets LAU-132 launcher because the upgrade program was primarily limited to JDAM, GPU, Sparrowhawk HUD, and PTID, and didn’t include any retrofits related to AIM-54.
In any case, it was very rare to mount an AIM-54 on anything other than Station 3/6 because of the massive drag.
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Man I hope the f14D comes to game in next update or the one after that
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Just to put this in perspective, if that pilot’s claim that the F-14D IRST can detect from 190+ miles away is true, then the F-14D can single out bomber sized and fighter sized targets from 305km away, slave it to radar, and get a track from that range. That’s almost Cleveland, Ohio to Washington DC. With a radar and IRST system that powerful that really shows how advanced American IRST is. It makes sense that the F-14D could radar lock reduced RCS targets from up to 175km and even the F-22 using the IRST.
And that isn’t some one, off thing the pilot was talking about. The F-22’s rumored IRST ranges are even higher than that.
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I got a question about the an/awg 9 radar band being I band and not X band I thought it was x band?
I band it is part of X band.
I band it is NATO code, when X band - IEEE code.
Oh okay thanks
The range at which one can detect a 22 with IRST or the range for the F-22’s planned IRST?
I would assume around 60-80 miles. That’s if the F-22 wasn’t using the IR reflective coat. The F-22s is estimated around 250-305.
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