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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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The F-14D (and B by proxy) can supercruise.
Someone should test these acceleration times. This is great info.
That time-to-climb is crazy. That’s matching the F-15E and EFT. And that’s with a payload!
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