It was used just never got put into regular units
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There are relatively few cases where I’d be more alright with Gaijin going just a tad ahistorical/semi-historical with weaponry/equipment, like giving an aircraft missiles and an HMD it didn’t actively use.
This would be one of those times, just due to the nature of the F-14D. It’s the LAST Tomcat, and by far the most advanced. If it only gets Sparrow, Phoenix, and 9M, not a whole lot of people are going to want to play it over the F-14B and F-14A (which are both at a lower BR), especially if it gets almost nothing over the Bravo Tomcat.
There are a few other aircraft (that haven’t been added yet or currently are in-game) that I’d want Gaijin to do this to as well, but that’s neither here nor there lol
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The only selling point in that case would be AIM-9M and IRST which isnt at all revolutional. I myself would prob enjoy F-14A IRIAF more simply due to missiles it carries which are hella fun to use.
Evidence supporting AIM-120 should be more than enough for Gaijin to introduce these missiles to F-14D. Same with HMS (VTAS-II) which proven to be suitable and compatible with F-14 platform. Combining these 2 features together would give us an actual interesting variant representing the peak performance of F-14 platform.
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Absolutely
I’m honestly pretty excited for the F-14D, even moreso if it gets these changes
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Yes. I want one more tomcot cause why not?
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All I can find is a study on how it could be installed on an F-14A, not that it was ever done. And that was two decades before the F-14D entered service.
Unless you have some other source?
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Nothing hard-proving on hand. I’ve never got much into VTAS development, I just know it was successfully tested on F-15 and F-14 during ACEVAL/AIMVAL. From quick search:
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Interesting, still, it wouldn’t be enough for Gaijin. At best the HMS could be reported for the F-14A but there would need to be some better sources.
The F-14A and D are very different beasts and don’t really share a whole lot in common besides the basic airframe.
Not denying that but I still hope it happens. At this point AIM-120 is what really matters for us and VTAS II would only be an extra edge for the jet.
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you forgot the jolly rogers skin!
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I don’t think the Jolly Rogers squadron had historically operated the F-14D or F-14D(R) last time I checked. No Jolly Rogers skin, unfortunately. Most likely, someone would make a semi-historical skin of it for the F-14D via loot boxes.
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they flew A’s And B’s my bad
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can actually take 8 amraams as the underwing pylons could be turned into dual racks for 120s
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no evidence for that besides a single photo afaik
Updated & reorganized F-14D specs; added supplemental data and diagrams of the F-14D SAC. I am hesitant to include NAVAIR 01−F14AAD−1 in specs and sources since it is technically still restricted to the public outside the US unless stated otherwise.
Anyway, I found information from the globalsecurity website that detailed the avionic systems for the F-14D. Here: F-14 Tomcat
It did mention MIL-STD-1553D DMDB in there.
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yea dont share somethinng if its resticted outside the US that’s not a good idea.
Since we already have the F-14A and F-14B, this should probably be added to the game at some point.
But personally I have to disagree about the AIM-120 and VTAS. The Predeployment Update software, which is required for the AIM-120 employment on the F-14D, has never been applied to a production aircraft.
VTAS makes even less sense than the AMRAAM. It was only temporarily tested on the F-14A and never been discussed or suggested for integration into the F-14D. While there could be some feasibility for AMRAAM (although I’m still personally against it), VTAS is just impossible. Maybe we could add VTAS to the F-14A Early in game, it’s a completely different story for the F-14D.
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I mean, the AIM-120 was never actually integrated into the F-14D either, so why would the software matter for its addition?
Likewise, if Yak-141 got HMS because “it would have received it”, I’d say the F-14D is more than elligible considering the preceding variants actually had tested the VTAS, so integrating it into the F-14D wouldn’t have been a large problem.
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Wouldnt that be accounted for well know “previsions for AIM-120” that F-14 received? You can find it in couple sources
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The U.S. Navy phased out VTAS several years before the F-14D’s deployment. It was obsolete and produced in very small numbers, so no one asked to put it on the F-14D.
It is separate effort. The Pre-Deployment Update, as the name implies, was planned before the F-14D’s deployment, but was delayed and eventually cancelled in 1996. The term ‘provisions for AIM-120’ most likely refers to the physical ability (launchers and involved stuffs) to load and carry AMRAAMs.
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