Major Update "Hornet Sting" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 4)

VFA 11 Red rippers already has a emblem in game they also Don’t use legacy hornets

We really need a VF84 f14 also

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My best memory from playing early jets was the rare Malta map where you can do optional aircraft carrier spawn

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F-14D will have it ig

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Don’t worry, I got you :)

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Hell, with how bland the current map selection has become I would even enjoy flying over a blank featureless ocean just to have carriers.

Also, I sure as heck hope they rotate the map selection in this update, they didn’t do so in the last two updates…

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Kuznetsov for su-33, but no Nimitz for hornet

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No invincible for shar

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Yeah, but the Su-33 couldn’t take off from the old USSR carrier, you see.
It was necessary to add it.

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Still no ramp carrier for the SHars tho

edit: ramp

UK had CATOBAR carriers?

Don’t need catapult.

Just ramp

Only for F-4

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Oh right, ramp, didnt pay attention lol

Nice

Yeah the Sea Harrier wasn’t a wuss like other naval fighters it could launch with a full payload under its own raw power

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Thinking about it, is the Kuznetsov even on the test flight maps?
I did a test flight in the Su-33 recently and instead of spawning me on the carrier or on the ground like I selected, it spawned me in the air.

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hey matrix i got the f14

An update with just trainers would be peak. There’s plenty for Gaijin to chose for each nation. Some countries trainers don’t carry live weapons but I think if the live equivalent of the dummy weapon is in-game then it should be able to be added with the live weapons.

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US could get something like the T-38, T-45, T-7a or the T-6.

Germany could get the IA-63 or the Tucanos from Argentina but they already have the Alpha Jet.

USSR could get the Yak-130, or Czech L-159, L-29, L-39.

UK could get get a bunch of Hawks, T.1A/100/200 at different BR’s or possibly the Dart Jet but there’s not a lot known about it yet.

Japan could get a T-4 or even a T-6. Could even get some Hawks from subtrees.

China could get the JL-8, JL-9, JL-10 or get the AT-3 or the T-5 from Taiwan

Italy could get a M-345 or MB.339. Could also get the IAR 99 from Romania.

France, not sure what they could get but they already have an Alpha Jet.

Sweden could get a Hawk through Finland.

Israel could get the M-346 Lavi they bought from Italy.

But honestly they missed out on adding a bunch of trainers in Alpha Strike to come alongside the two aircraft the update was named after.

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Alpha Strike was extremely disappointing tbh, they could have added the Thai Alpha Jet in that one as well at the very least

Have US put any weapons on those though? US getting cold war interceptor would be preferable to US getting unarmed trainers