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.
good stuff
We still have some vehicles in-game that aren’t/weren’t capable of using certain weaponry, like the German premium Mig-21 with SARH missiles it couldn’t use, I’m pretty sure the first Mig-29 couldn’t use R-27ER because it was added way later to other, upgraded Mig-29 variants, etc.
Altough I can see why you’re against the AMRAAM, I believe it would be better for them to add it to this final F-14D variant, so it differs more from the previous variants, and so that it makes it less likely to be a premium (instead of something like an F-14A late).
Personally, I think the F-14D is already huge improvement over the F-14B just by having radar with all-aspect look-down/shoot-down capability. Given the low BR across the F-14 family, I think the F-14D would be a very competitive aircraft even without the AMRAAM, if the BR is on the same level as the F-15A.
Of course, it’s all up to the developers. Since I don’t want to get in the way of others expressing their opinions, so I’ll leave it at that.
I don’t know in the future gajin add F-14D limited active radar homing Air-to-Air Missile AIM-54C & AIM-54+ only but without AIM-120 or AIM-54C & AIM-54C+ and AIM-120B
But semi-active radar homing AIM-7MH & AIM-7P, maybe
I’m not sure 2x AIM-9M or AIM-9M-8 stock
would be nice to have, with aim95 and aim120a
i know this is an enormous strech, but if we’re going to add experimental missiles, it would be very cool if it got either:
the ACIMD
or the YAIM-152 (i personally think this one just looks better)
AFAIK the ramjet motor was tested successfully, and other missiles arround the time were getting components from other missiles to save money (like late AIM-54Cs getting seekers from the AMRAAM), so they could frankenstein something together with a bit(or a lot) of guesswork.
that looks so cool, would be a interesting addition if they added that
+1
Meteor before it was cool
I love this video
I have a couple of witness accounts of former navy seals that have witnessed the AIM-120 being loaded onto an F-14D during Desert Storm
also, i forget the term but trying to get the person in charge of the weaponry on the F-14’s witness account with possibly documents showing proof of AIM-120’s being used operationally
super tomcat yes
I’d like to see the D model yeah.
Perhaps the B model could be foldered after the A so the D could be completed without going through B.
Flight performance wise, isnt the D pretty similar to B? Same engines and such. So the main difference between D and B is vastly better systems and better weapons
more like D could be foldered with B
Maybe so, but Id personally prefer skipping the B and playing A and D. B is the same as D just with worse weapons and sensors.
But B is almost the same as A just better engines iirc
No. The B is an upgrade to everything on the A. New engines, substantial performance increases, better RWR, more CMs, better armaments (54C should be a direct upgrade to the 54A, not a slight downgrade, could have 9Ms as well), better radar (if TCS is ever corrected), modern TGP, new cockpit(could also get sparrowhawk HUD which it needs if it’s going to keep JDAMs), guided ordnance.
The B-D is substantially less of an upgrade, especially if the B gets the sparrowhawk HUD. It’s a modern cockpit, upgraded radar, and an IRST. It will have the same performance, A2G capability, and armaments as the B unless they give it AMRAAMs, which could go either way at this point.
It’s 100% A and B as line aircraft and hopefully the 14D folder under the 14B though it will likely be on its own.
It would likely added with AIM-120A x 8 due to the fact you can have 2 x AMRAAM on the outer pylons making 8 AIM-120A
Gaijin doesn’t accept personal accounts or interviews like that. There needs to be documents or photos.
