I’m assuming like the F-18C early it will only get AIM-9Ls which kinda sucks since flares are super abundant at that tier, but maybe they’ll give them AIM-9Ms which would open it up for the possibility of F-2A early with AAM-3s
With 7M and AAM-3 it’s 13.0 plane. We already have 13.0 premium in the game. Can’t see any issues with this
I just hope this thing would finally put the fictional 16AJ to rest.
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They won’t sadly, reason, people spent GE on it and there are skins. They are either going to leave it. Or do the same as they did for the R2Y2 and lock it off
Who knows what Gaijin do, but at least if done right it should at least have agility over these. Speed would still be worse for the increase in drag, but T/W is similar to the F-16As.
Then there’s the FCS with different maneuver modes and the option to override it that the F-16s don’t have, but again this depends if Gaijin implement any of that.
Nothing on Mavs as far as I know. The best in-game air to ground armament for the F-2 is a total of 8 (L)JDAM. We could get IOG/IIR ASM-2, or ASM-2B that adds GPS, but unlikely considering they didn’t add Grom either. Same thing for ASM-3, except even more unlikely with longer range, higher speed and passive radar homing mode.
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announced it MIGHT be the F-2 not even a guarantee
F-2 Early would have AAM-3’s
Yes, lock them off from research.
I mean locking seems fair and square to me
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moving them off the tree like the R2Y2’s i think is best, Maybe limited time return during anniversary like the maus
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Nah lmao, removing the AAM-4 would just make japan suffer more. The JM is the most modern F-15J so it not having them would be very problematic later down the line. Also so what if the J(M) is better then the F-2, why make thr country worse just to have the new plane shine more.
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Though don’t forget it will have an AESA radar and japanese missiles… Also honorable mention to the super kai that I hope they’ll add, it was based on the F-16C block 60 (the F-2A is based on the F-16C block 40)
Block 60 is F-16E desert falcon for UAE (sorry I had to)
Not a C
blocks and versions are not the same, american F-16s were upgraded to blocks 60 and then 70 iirc but they remain F-16Cs
Might be wrong tho but that’s what I was told everywhere
F-2A is more of a anti ship/multirole whilst the F-15MJ is a dedicated Fighter/Interceptor if I recall
Block 60 is a pretty radical upgrade of the F-16 that was only operated formally by UAE. US f-16 are upgraded to 70 standard.
Alright that’s also what I seemed to find by searching just now… Did you find what the super kai was based on tho? I can’t seem to find reliable info on this
Finding reliable sources is so hard for this kind of things
@WreckingAres283 made an April fools suggestion for it, I think the wiki writer just screwed up and it should say F-16E blk 60
Oh alright, makes sense… The sources are trust me bro though, I can’t find anything other than wikipedia saying it’s block 60
He put a page from a book/brochure in Japanese, it had GE-132 on image of super kai which means it has to be a block 60
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