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So when is the f14D coming to game?
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Next update :) jk, We have no idea. Just keep an eye out for leaklists and if this suggestion ever gets passed to developers.
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Probably this year. Personally, I think next major update will be stuff like the Superhornet, F-2A, Gripen E, and maybe even planes like the Mig-35
Gripen E should be released with F35 because Saab claims them to be comparable
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Video 1:
The F-14D used the Aim-9X: https://youtu.be/YJW5As4Os4U?si=oHwIcq6g9wRBAtlW&t=1565
The Aim-54s Active guidance parameters were variable to the shot being made: https://youtu.be/YJW5As4Os4U?si=yJAFNdAZKuCnYkbZ&t=1098 and can be shot active off the rail: https://youtu.be/YJW5As4Os4U?si=73LgDOK0Sz0myARd&t=1134
AN/APG-71 has MPRF and HPRF: https://youtu.be/YJW5As4Os4U?si=C7JAaCZuqwxWxhmZ&t=851 and can track through the notch: https://youtu.be/YJW5As4Os4U?si=1Ald7ZKKLjHkP0nC&t=875
The F-14D’s IRST was very good. Giving clear imaging up to 200 miles: https://youtu.be/YJW5As4Os4U?si=qW2Yt89WJ9v_m2Hd&t=6425 and it can be slaved to the AN/APG-71 to get a track: https://youtu.be/YJW5As4Os4U?si=U6KUh88BE2esLDiV&t=6466
Video 2:
F-14D Cockpit footage: https://youtu.be/o_3jM2J1D-0?si=iWLRPu67KxafKuyh&t=143
SparrowHawk HUD: https://youtu.be/o_3jM2J1D-0?si=nSl-2_mjBdZoAvNp&t=80
Video 3:
The AN/APG-71’s addition of the new Databus allows everything to talk to each other (sensor fusion?!) : https://youtu.be/W6acxEWImvs?si=eVIUAmQQKgEGWJ_w&t=957
AN/APG-71 Scan pattern? https://youtu.be/W6acxEWImvs?si=pIfMKcpOK66uqYL4&t=1232
AN/APG-71 could use HPRF and MPRF at the same time with new radar mode: https://youtu.be/W6acxEWImvs?si=SIj4d1yAR5WpjJHX&t=1390
Video 4:
A Mid Compression Bypass Circuit Breaker could be pulled to give an extra 2000 pounds of thrust: https://youtu.be/BDERZpazb3g?si=lmtA7Ob_lMkAiPaX&t=95 (Given that our planes ingame use WEP [War Emergency Power] for afterburner, we possibly could see this added ingame. Our thrust would increase to 32,200 x 2, giving us a TWR of ≈ 1.47 which is .10 higher than what we have now.
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I’m curious, is this on any other jets?
Not that I’m aware of.
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i hope they add the F14D this year
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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?