I didn't look at your recordings, but are you playing the release version or beta? I don't know if they made the same update to both versions. I played the F14 a lot in beta yesterday, the missiles are completely different since the update. They act like they used to. I fired around 100 A's and C's, and they didn't loft at all. They actually tracked targets unless notched or chaffed. Before the update, they wouldn't track at all if fired within parameters where the missiles would loft. As far as energy, they have a ton of drag. So, the missiles are pretty easily drained by the bandit dragging them down, or if you are at high altitude and the bandit is low the drag will drain them pretty easily at even moderate ranges. But, the missiles actually tracking at least pushes the bandit defensive so you can push up on them and get close enough to fire a dangerous missile. Before, I would just push up on F14s with impunity because I knew their AIM54s wouldn't track.