Should ANY of the F14 get AIM-120A?
- YES it should get AIM-120A (F14D only)
- YES it should get AIM-120A (F-14A-65-GR only)
- BOTH should get AIM-120A
- NO it shouldn’t get them (Both)
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Literally what is the point, if gaijin puts AMRAAMs on either of them, then they’ll go up in BR and people would whine even more (if that’s possible) than they do now about the F-14.
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I believe the f14D will be 13.3-13.7 anyways and the other f-14A would be a premium or event vehicle
That’s an utterly pointless addition in it’s own right
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I rank US jets based on how much people complain about playing them once in game, F-14D will be at the very bottom of that list
f-14D will be DOA,
maybe it will be good in 13.3, but i dont think gaijin will allow a good f14 with 8 aim120A/B be in 13.3.
that said its a 50/50 chance if we look at the currents su30mkv/MKK,
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Im hoping for f14A to get aim9L,F14B to get AIM9M possibly aim7P or aim7mh and the f14D to get AIM-120A with AIM-9M-8. Then theirs the aim95 agile
I still don’t think they should get aim120. They might be in theory compatible but the main missile through the entirety of the f14’s service was aim54. F14d should get ECCM aim54, and aim9m. Put it at 13.0 if you have to and move the F14b down.
Thats funny two 12.7 f14 and one would make the other obsolete lol
I mean idk a really good solution without a buff to the aim54 which is really what hold the f14 back. I still think it would do well at 13.3 with an actually modeled aim54.
It should be definitely be getting aim54c eccm and aim9m their shouldn’t be a doubt about that
I mean the f14 iraf makes the f14b kinda pointless despite the far worse avionics.
I have both I like both but I find myself using the f14B more do to the bol pods and better fm the only thing the f14 iraf has on the f14B is f-90 and r-27
Which to be fair are massive. I think the f14b is better in sim than the iraf overall but in rb where you’re less reliant on your avionics, it just falls behind imo. I like them both as well tho.
NAVAIR manuals says they could carry AIM-9M-10 but, I don’t they will model it because We still don’t have one even through We gets Rhinos in this update.
Those would be cool
Hard No, Why?
The common argument relying on photos of BuNo.158625 ignores the critical fact that this was an NF-14 permanent test vehicle based on an early production F-14A-65-GR airframe that never saw combat service. Unlike fleet Tomcats, this flying laboratory likely retained RWR systems potentially older than even the standard ALR-45/50.
From a technical standpoint, claiming the missile works simply because “it fits on the rail” is comparable to plugging a modern USB-C device into an old RS-232 serial port via a physical adapter.
Here is why the architecture fundamentally fails. The first major hurdle is the MIL-STD-1553B network layer where the AMRAAM operates as a Remote Terminal on a digital network and waits for commands from a Bus Controller.
This relies on a time-division multiplexing protocol which means the plane must send digital packets addressed to the missile’s specific ID. The standard F-14A used point-to-point analog wiring and lacked the Bus Controller hardware entirely, so it physically cannot generate the digital addressing or timing signals required to talk to the missile.
Furthermore, the MIL-STD-1760 physical interface standard defines the umbilical connections for power and high-bandwidth data transfer for smart weapons. The F-14A’s pylons were hard-wired for the AIM-7’s analog CW illumination and specific tuning commands. The connector physically cannot supply the required INS initialization data or the mid-course update datalink.
The NF-14 was a Frankenstein that hacked these modern standards into an analog airframe. Regarding the F-14D, while the APG-71 hardware was maybe and theoretically capable, the Navy explicitly cancelled the Operational Flight Program firmware integration to divert funding to the Super Hornet and “Bombcat” program.
Technically, an F-14D with AMRAAMs is like a high-end GPU with no drivers installed, making it a useless brick. Finally, citing the F-16AJ is flawed because those were desperate exceptions to fill massive gaps for nations lacking alternatives whereas the US tree is already saturated with decent 4th-gen fighters. There is no justification for turning the Tomcat into a “what-if” fantasy plane.
If you want to use AIM-120s, go play Hornets, just like irl Tomcat pilot/RIOs.
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They could limit it to 6 like the Fakours on the IRIAF F-14.