This is cool and all but is there any evidence? Images, videos or documentation saying it used it?
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Would like to see the F-14D come at the same time as the F-14A late, which is also is not currently in the game.
Exactly what I’m wondering. Gaijin has stated that pilot testimonies aren’t sources or valid enough in any capacity to warrant an addition such as this. We would need better evidence to prove something like this.
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Trial AIM-9X (Blk 1) only, not service
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This says cleared for public release. It’s a Raytheon document/brochure from 2003-4 that states F-14D (not A or B) as a AIM-9X user.
The Raytheon AIM-9X team is
the world leader in advanced
digital aircraft weapons
integration.This weapon system
design experience includes
the AMRAAM;
the AMRAAM/AIM-9X compatible digital
launcher;
the F-14D,F/A-18E/F,
and F-15 advanced radars;
and F-22 weapon system.We
understand the digital combat
environment and the critical
weapon system parameters
necessary to fight and win in
the pre- and post-merge arena.
That’s what it writes.
and
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/aim-9x.htm
Here says things ,too. And explains how it’s done and under what conditions etc.
I’ll try and find something more valid when i get home, i can’t from work.
But, yeah … the missile started to exist when the plane was still active , so it isn’t so outworldy to be able to carry it , maybe not in full potential. We are talking Block I always.
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A 2015 document stating the AMRAAM was compatible with the F-14D…
For anyone curious why I say only the F-14D when the document states simply “F-14” it goes for all these planes that one of their variants couldn’t carry AMRAAMs. Plus, the F-14D is the only one with Link 16 Datalink to guide the missile in effectively.
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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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