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I will be doing something about that so dont worry :thumbup:

For any of you that fly on hyperlobby....there is a guy on there whose name is "gio123" he is from South Korea. I was speaking to him a week ago over LOMAC and boy does he hate Kim Jung Il hehehe

yup, im thinking about putting them all on there :) Including the "Just Win, Baby!" :D Edit- these are our current skins. But we sure cant wait to transition from the A to the D:happy: :weight_lift:

Somebody hasnt heard about Sunset.

MUHAHAHA The Blue Angels soooo should of went on with Grumman products :D :D :D

Deluxe is 10 bucks more but its worth it!. Featured on the back of the box. "Deluxe Edition Contains Bonus Content" -More high-detailed cities and airports in some of the most specatular places. -Stuctured missions to test your skills -Enhanced multiplayer features like shared aircraft and live tower control(REALLY AWSOME!) -More airplanes including the Maule M7-260C Super Rocket w/Wheels and Ski's -Introducting the Garmin 1000 glass cockpit(really weird but very cool!)

www.jr.com they have Lock On: Gold. Thats where I got mine from :)

1. yes you can play without the CD, BUT their DVD's, and you can only install/run the game through a DVD drive. 2. www.simviation.com and www.flightsim.com are the best sites

I am sorry because today I kinda cheated on Jabogs hyperlobby server by using our mod:doh:. I forgot I had it installed and it shouldnt happen again:no_sad: but I am sorry to all the guys who I downed during the fighting this afternoon. For now on I will read the server rules before I hit fly:smilewink:

just create another flight group, assign its destination or waypoints, and tell him to takeoff from parking area and he should show up and also dont make him Client or Player :P

False information. CVN-21 is the brand new advanced carrier project also to some people considered "Super Carrier", and there has been NO word of the Navy already naming the carrier. The CVN-77 George H.W. Bush is the LAST and 10th built Nimitz aircraft carrier but will serve as a transition ship to the first hull built as part of the CVN-21 program of aircraft carriers. Aircraft Carriers – CVN 21 Program Description The CVN 21 Program is the future aircraft carrier replacement program for USS Enterprise and CVN 68-Class aircraft carriers. Centerpiece of the Sea Strike Pillar, and integral to Sea Shield and Sea Basing, CVN 21 will be the premier forward asset for crisis response and early decisive striking power in a major combat operation. CVN 21 and the Carrier Strike Group will provide forward presence, rapid response, endurance on station, and multi-mission capability. CVN 21 balances improved warfighting capability, quality of life improvements for our Sailors and reduced acquisition and life cycle costs. Features Starting with the lead ship, CVN 78, the new Class features a multitude of improvements over existing aircraft carriers all designed to improve the combat capability of our carrier fleet while simultaneously reducing acquisition and life cycle costs. Major improvements include: CVN 78 Warfighting Capability Improvements:25% increase in sortie generation rate Nearly 3 fold increase in electrical generating capacity Increased operational availability Survivability improvements Integrated Warfare System Restoration of Service Life Allowances [*]CVN 78 Quality of Life Improvements Improved Work Spaces, Berthing, Sanitary Facilities Improved Food Service Operations Increased Air Conditioning Capacity Increased Training Capabilities [*]CVN 78 Cost Reductions Over $300 million reduction in procurement costs Over $5 billion reduction in Life Cycle Costs 1000-1200 billet reductions (ships crew and air wing) New Technologies include: New propulsion plant design that includes a 50% reduction in the number of personnel required for plant operation and maintenance. Electromagnetic Catapults and Advanced Arresting Gear that support future airwing configurations including unmanned air vehicles. Improvements in weapons and material handling designed to more efficiently move ordnance and material around the ship in support of flight operations. Improved and enlarged flight deck to support a 25% increase in Sortie Generation Rate. New smaller Island designed to accommodate the Dual Band Radar (DBR) developed by the DD(X) program. New Integrated Warfare System including flexible ship infrastructure design improvements to support future mission adaptability and flexibility.Development and Design Costs The non-recurring investment in the design and development of the CVN 78-Class is $5.6B. This is comprised of $3.2B in RDT&E funds used to develop technologies needed to meet program requirements and $2.4B of SCN funds used to develop the detail design for the class. Construction Costs The total cost to build the lead ship is $8.1B in FY08$. The Navy expects to award the CVN 78 construction contract in FY08 with an expected delivery in FY15. Total Ownership Costs Each ship in the new class will save $5.3B in total ownership costs over its 50 year service life, compared to the CVN 68-class. Half of the total ownership cost for an aircraft carrier is allocated to the direct and indirect costs of manpower for operations and maintenance of the ship. The CVN 78 is being designed to operate effectively with 800 fewer crewmembers than a CVN 68-class ship. Improvements in the ship design will allow the embarked air wing to operate with 400 fewer personnel. Technologies and ship design initiatives that replace maintenance intensive systems with low maintenance systems are expected to reduce watch standing and maintenance workload for the crew. For comparison, the total ownership cost for a CVN 68-Class ship is $32.1B in FY 04 constant year dollars, and the total ownership cost for CVN 78 is expected to be $26.8B. Background General Information, CVN 21 Future Aircraft Carrier Program Design Agent/Builder: Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Va. Other Key Industry Partners: Electric Boat – Ship Design Bettis Laboratory – Reactor Plant Design General Atomics – EMALS and AAG Raytheon – Warfare System Engineering and Integration General Electric – Main Propulsion Units Northrop Grumman Marine Systems – Main Turbine Generators Federal Equipment Company – Advanced Weapons Elevators Program Approval (Milestone B): 26 April 2004 Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts. Length: 1092 feet Beam: 134 feet; Flight Deck Width: 256 feet Displacement: approximately 100,000 long tons full load Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour) Aircraft Elevators: 3 Hangar Bays: 2 Accommodations: 4660 (ship, air wing and staff) Armament: Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile, Rolling Airframe Missile, CIWS. Aircraft: 75+ (JSF, F/A-18E/F, EA-18G, E-2D, MH-60R/S, J-UCAS) Auxiliary Systems: All Electric (no steam distribution) 9 – 1100 Ton Air Conditioning Plants 4 – 125,000 gallon per day Reverse Osmosis Distilling Units 30 – 1,000 gallon per minute Fire Pumps Aircraft Launch: 4 Electromagnetic Catapults Aircraft Recovery: Advanced Arresting Gear (3 Wires plus Barricade) Surveillance: Dual Band Radar (DBR) Service Life: 50 years Key Dates: Next Defense Acquisition Board Program Review – FY 07 CVN 78 Construction Award – FY 08 Delivery – FY 15 CVN 79 Construction Award – FY 12 Delivery – FY 19 CVN 80 Construction Award – FY 16 Delivery – FY 23 Point Of Contact Point of Contact Public Affairs Office Naval Sea Systems Command Washington, DC 20362 General Characteristics, General Information, CVN 21 Future Aircraft Carrier Program Builder: Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Va. Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts. Length: 1092 feet Beam: 134 feet; Flight Deck Width: 256 feet Displacement: approximately 100,000 long tons full load Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour) Crew: 4660 (ship, air wing and staff) Armament: Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile, Rolling Airframe Missile, CIWS Aircraft: 75+ (JSF, F/A-18E/F, EA-18G, E-2D, MH-60R/S, J-UCAS)

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ok first of that that picture IS real. And that is another picture I have seen. First of all, you cant photoshop a picture that old, also, you can see the exhaust out the back of the tomcat anyways and you cant shop that. The mig in the back, I cant explain that though

That Fate: Grumman Corporation had submitted several proposals to the U.S. Navy to upgrade the F-14 Tomcat beyond the F-14D model, such as the Super Tomcat 21, the cheaper QuickStrike version, and the more advanced Attack Super Tomcat 21. Instead of a flyoff between competing designs, the Navy committed to the development of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet without a competitive flyoff. The Secretary of Defense at the time, Dick Cheney, mandated the retirement the F-14 and chose the the F/A-18E/F to fill the role of fleet defense formerly carried out by the F-14. Many believed that the decision to replace the Tomcat with the Super Hornet was motivated more by politics than combat performance. When the A-12 Avenger II project was cancelled in 1991, the Navy opted to upgrade the basic F/A-18A-C Hornet to the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet as an alternate way to replace the strike capability of the A-6 Intruder. This would improve the oft-criticized short range and payload capabilities of the Hornet. With a little nudging from Dick Cheney, who refused congressional requests for funding new-build F-14s and ordered tooling for new F-14's and replacement parts destroyed, the Navy elected to replace the both the A-6 and F-14 with the Super Hornet. In a controversy surpassing that of the original F-111B TFX debacle, critics such as Bob Kress, engineering manager of the F-14, believe that the F-14D Tomcat has about twice the range and payload, and much faster with either bomb or missile payloads. While the F-14 would have been a modification of a proven design, the Super Hornet would end up nearly as large as the F-15 Eagle, with very little parts commonality with the original Hornet. Some Tomcat pilots from the USS Theodore Roosevelt scheduled to transition to the Super Hornet were especially upset at the replacement decision. Bob Kress estimated that the F/A-18E/F has about 66% the range / payload capability of the F-14. The radius of an F-14 carrying four 2,000-pound LGBs, two HARM missiles, two Sidewinder missiles, and two 280-gallon external tanks is at least 500 statute miles. Super Hornets are not as agile in combat as the original Hornets. They have a gross weight over 66,000 lbs, not only heavier than the classic heavyweight F-4 Phantom, but comparable to the Tomcat and even exceeds the original 55,000 lbs TFX specification which shot down the F-111B proposal. Yet the Super Hornet has only a 350-statute-mile radius carrying about half the bomb load. While the proposed F6D Missileer was slated to carry eight long range missiles, the F-14 could carry six medium or long range missiles, although it typically carried four long range Phoenix missiles on missions due to bringback weight limitations. The Super Hornet will load out at four AIM-7 Sparrow or up to twelve AMRAAM missiles with a shorter range than the F-14's AIM-54 Pheonix. However, newer versions of the AMRAAM such as the AIM-120C-5 and AIM-120C-7 as well as planned future versions such as the AIM-120D are greatly extending the range of the missile, in the case of the latter almost to that of the Phoenix. It should be noted that the F-14 always held the capability to utilize the AIM-120 AMRAAM, but the Navy decided against integrating the software modifications needed for the AWG-9 and APG-71 weapons systems, the main reason being that the F-14 already set the standard for BVR capability with the AIM-54. Without the ability to re-manufacture or replace the F-14 fleet, the tired and high-maintenance airframes and engines fitted mostly with technology from the 1970's are reaching the limit of their useful lives, though by many standards the F-14 is still competitive or superior to most other operational fighters, including the Super Hornet. A major factor to incorporate the F/A-18E/F and decommission the F-14 is the high amount of maintenance required to keep the Tomcats operational. On average, an F-14 requires nearly fifty maintenance hours for every flight hour, five to ten times that required by the F/A-18E/F. As a result of the end of F-14 production, Grumman was acquired by Northrop Corporation in 1994 (the F-14 was probably the only program keeping them in business), sealing the fate of the F-14. While many military aircraft are put into storage when obsolete, the F-14 would instead be cut up into scrap. AMARC still has a substantial number of F-14's in storage. The place the Navy will likely go to in the near future The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) is an aircraft storage and maintenance facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. It is currently responsible for more than 4,400 aircraft, including 700 F-4 Phantom II's. A recent estimate put the sum of the original purchase prices of these aircraft at $27 billion. An Air Force Material Command unit, AMARC was originally meant solely for the storage of excess Department of Defense and Coast Guard aircraft. In recent years, however, the facility has been designated as the sole respository of out-of-service aircraft from all branches of the United States government. AMARC was established shortly after World War II to house B-29 and C-47 aircraft. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was chosen because of Tucson's low humidity, infrequent rainfall, and alkaline soil. The hard soil makes it possible to move aircraft around without having to pave the storage areas. In accordance with the START I treaty, AMARC was tasked with eliminating 365 B-52 bombers. The progress of this task was to be verified by the Russians via satellite and first-person inspection at the AMARC facility. Initially, the B-52s were chopped into pieces with a 13,000-pound guillotine. Later on, the tool of choice became K-12 rescue saws. This more precise technique afforded AMARC with salvagable spare parts. There are four categories of storage for planes at AMARC: Long Term - Aircraft are kept intact for future use Parts Reclamation - Aircraft are kept, picked apart and used for spare parts Flying Hold - Aircraft are kept intact for shorter stays than Long Term Excess of DoD needs - Aircraft are sold off whole or in parts AMARC employs 550 people, almost all of whom are civilians. The facility covers 2600 acres and is adjacent to the base. The economics of AMARC are highly advantageous for the federal government. For every $1 spent operating the facility, $11 is saved/produced from harvesting spare parts and selling off inventory. An aircraft going into storage undergoes the following treatments: All guns, ejection seat charges, classified or pilferable items are removed The fuel system is protected by draining it, refilling it with lightweight oil, and then draining it again. This leaves a protective oil film. Measures are taken to seal off the aircraft from dust and high temperatures. This is done using a variety of materials, ranging from a high tech vinyl plastic compound (spraylat) to simple garbage bags. The center annually in-processes about 400 aircraft for storage and out-processes about the same number for return to the active service, either as remotely controlled drones or sold to friendly foreign governments. For instance, Turkey has purchased several Vietnam-era jets in recent years that had been kept at AMARC. Bus tours are conducted on a regular basis from the nearby Pima Air & Space Museum. The center was memorably featured in a scene from the 1992 experimental documentary film Baraka. The center was also featured at the end of Werner Herzog's 1997 documentary film Little Dieter Needs to Fly. Variants: Type and AMARC Count Grumman F-14A Tomcat-145 Grumman F-14B Tomcat-30 Grumman F-14D Tomcat-8 Grumman NF-14A Tomcat-2 Grumman NF-14B Tomcat-1 Grumman NF-14D Tomcat-1 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=tucson,+az&ll=32.170890,-110.855184&spn=0.016737,0.030088&t=k&hl=en Other Off-set links- http://www.dm.af.mil/units/amarc.asp http://www.amarcexperience.com/ http://www.birdseyetourist.com/?p=1482 Information provided by Wikipedia.com

Think what you want but the IRIAF gave an F-14 to the Soviet Union cause I saw the picture of it with a different paint scheme and russian markings. And that F-14 was used to upgrade the MiG-31's avionics, radar, and engines...why do you think it is pretty similar to the tomcat?

Oh really? cause it appears that Iran exported at least one F-14 to the Soviet Union in the late 1980's, which was used in the development of the MiG 31 Foxhoung. Russian engineers have recently been refitting Iran's F-14's with new avionics and engines, and the Iranian press has reported that several are being tested as attack aircraft with anti-surface missiles.

Check out the altered underbelly pylons also! Yep, things are changing through times... - In the case of Iranian Tomcats, it's not only the camo that changed, but also some of duties. Namely, like in the USN, IRIAF F-14s have been tasked with flying "Bombcat" missions. In fact, the Iranians have used their F-14As for attack purposes (and have done so in a war) well before the USN came to the idea, namely already since 1982 (this is something even the Iraqi sources confirm). Here two brand-new stills from a video showing an IRIAF F-14 inside a HAS, together with Mk.82s - the later equipped with Mk.15 Snakeye retarding fins, if I'm not wrong: - Another interesting snap-shot from the same video stream: a young IRIAF RIO boarding the cockpit of his "Ali-Cat" (note the F-14-"triangle"-patch on his right shoulder): Proving that the Iranians not only love their Tomcats, but also know how deadly they are... Iranian Man Charged With Arms Export Violations MIAMI — Federal agents have arrested an Iranian man for violating arms export laws and trying to sell spare weapons parts to Iran's government. Based on information from the Department of Homeland Security, Fox News has learned that agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau said before they arrested the 40-year-old man, they told him what he was planning on doing was illegal. The arrest took place last Friday inside a room at the Embassy Suites hotel in Miami. According to federal officials, Serzhik Avasappian was arrested for violating the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations Act. He apparently did not have the required export license from the State Department. ICE agents had reportedly been in contact, undercover, with Avasappian since January 2002. Federal officials said he told them he was a broker based in Tehran and was trying to buy spare weapons parts for the Iranian government. The United States has placed Iran on its list of countries that sponsor terrorism, and that nation is strongly thought to be conducting secret nuclear weapons programs. On Thursday, weapons inspectors from the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency reportedly found more traces of highly enriched, weapons-grade uranium in Iran. Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful energy purposes. Back in the 1970s, the United States sold dozens of F-14s to Iran but severed all ties once the shah was overthrown in 1979. Federal officials say Avasappian was trying to buy nearly $800,000 worth of parts for those F-14 jets, as well as electrical parts for C-130 cargo planes and helicopters. Avasappian didn't know he was dealing with undercover agents. "Keeping sensitive U.S. military components from falling into the wrong hands is one of the highest priorities of the ICE," ICE interim Special Agent-in-Charge Jesus Torres said in a statement. "While these components may appear relatively innocuous to the untrained eye, they are tightly controlled for good reason. In the wrong hands they pose a potential threat to Americans at home and abroad." Avasappian was being held without bond at the Miami Federal Detention Center. He made his first appearance in federal court Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. It was unclear whether an attorney had been assigned to him. ******************************************************************************* This is another article, but deals with the same situation... Mullah's agent indicted on charge of trafficking Dec 5, 2003 Jaime Hernandez Iranian indicted on charge of trafficking in U.S. fighter jet parts Sun-Sentinel Iran news - A federal grand jury indicted an Iranian man Thursday on charges he tried to export almost $800,000 worth of F-14 Tomcat fighter jet parts to Iran, a country considered by the U.S. government to be a sponsor of terrorism. Serzhik Avassapian, 40, is charged with conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act, which prohibits the unauthorized sale of military equipment to other countries; engaging in brokering activities with a prohibited country; and making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer. If convicted of all three counts, he faces up to 15 years in prison. Avassapian has tried since February 2002 to obtain the parts illegally and send them to Iran, the indictment said. He acted on behalf of the Iranian Ministry of Defense and the Iranian government, and sent letters to undercover U.S. agents asking for price quotes on more than 130 F-14 parts, prosecutors said. Avassapian was arrested at a Miami hotel on Sept. 18 after a meeting with U.S. agents, who showed him several F-14 parts he thought he was going to buy, the indictment stated. Officials said he did not have the required export license from the State Department. Prosecutors said Avasappian told the agents the parts would be sent to Italy after they warned him they could not legally be shipped to Iran, prosecutors said. The parts then would have been sent from Italy to Iran. In July, federal agents seized records from Brandex Components in Sunrise as part of a national investigation into 18 companies that were suspected of selling prohibited military parts to Multicore Ltd., a London-based company that passed the goods on to the Iranian military. Iran and the United States have not had diplomatic ties since the shah of Iran's overthrow in 1979. Washington has recently accused Iran of harboring al-Qaida members and pursuing a nuclear weapons program, charges that Tehran denies.

Yeah, the IRIAF comes up with a whole ton of stuff. They have been doing this since the 80's. One of the latest they were trying was called "Project Sky Hawk" with made it able to carry the HAWK sam missle. Here is some information of what Iran has been up to in the past. TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian air force F14s succeeded in carrying and launching Hawk missiles during the third stage of the country's extensive war games codenamed 'Blow of Zolfaqar'. Now, how did they do that...? Basically, to a missile, it doesn't matter if it's fired from a flying aircraft, or some kind of a launcher on the ground. Or, if it does, then only in so far, that when air-launched, it flies further, then it already has some speed and level (that of the launching aircraft) - so there's no need for it to spend fuel to gain either. What matters is the method of guidance. In the case of their Project "Sky Hawk", from back in 1986, the Iranians attempted to make the homing head of MIM-23B I-HAWK compatible with CW-illuminator on AWG-9. It didn't quite work. One of the problems they encountered (so I was said), was with the data-link required for communication between the AWG-9 and the MIM-23. What we've learned then was that they dropped the idea around 1987 or so. Anyway, few years back, the "AIM-23C Sejil" re-surfaced again on a defence show in Tehran. This time as an official designation of an Iranian-made air-launched version of MIM-23B. Back in the 1970s, namely, the Iranians have built whole works required for licence production of MIM-23s at home. They only did not manage to get these operational in time to be useful for the original Project Sky Hawk. The AIM-23C is now in series production and in service on IRIAF F-14s. The question remains, of course, "how did they manage that"? Well, given that over 60% of AWG-9's elements on IRIAF F-14s today are not what they used to be back in the 1970s (not even the cooling system is the same, not to talk about ADC), as well as that Iran meanwhile has well-developed IT-industry, they have certainly not had any major problems to accomplish this task. At least they've had much less of a problem to do this then back in the mid-1980s. I have heard that the Iranian aircraft industry were currently upgrading Iranian F-14A(I)s to zero-flight hour status. It is also said that they are making the PW-30 engine, as well as the AIM-54 Phoenix, which the IRIAF used to great effect in the Iran-Iraq War. Didn't the Israelis try a similar thing with their Hawk missiles and the F-4E Phantom II? I believe they got it to mount on the airplane but they never test fired it. Yep. As a matter of fact, the Iranian "Project Sky Hawk" was very much based on Israeli projects "Distant Reach/Distant Thunder", from 1970s. These have seen attempts to fit MIM-23s on IDF/AF F-4Es. Project Sky Hawk was even launched with help of an Israeli team... The IRIAF has a new Commander, Brig.Gen. Ahmad Miqani. Miqani is a former F-14-pilot, trained in the USA, with plenty of experience from the war with Iraq. As a young 1st Lieutenant, he clocked several dozens of combat sorties on F-5s (based at Vahdati), before in 1983 qualifying on F-14s. He should have flown something like 1.500 hours on CAPs for the rest of the war. Majority of these from TFB.8 (Esfahan), where he served for most of the 1990s as well. Back in the 1980's, Iran sold 2 F-14's to Russia. I can try and find the picture I saw of them both flying with Russian emblems.

just give me my F-14 and i will take on all of yas :D hehe We might just be there Sven! And a little request for some F-14's though :)

Hey Cato, I can make that happen :D

Yup, speed and angels baby :) I just got my DVD copy last week. You want to know why, I will tell ya why. The squadron featured in the movie is VF-31 and I am the CO of the Virtual VF-31 so I have some contacts with the real boys/pilots, they hooked me up, and I got my version early! :D Thanks for finding this video but I have seen the full thing already and I am in love with it.

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I got DELUXE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:pilotfly: :pilotfly: :pilotfly: :pilotfly: :joystick: :joystick: :joystick: :joystick: :xmas: :xmas: :xmas: :xmas:

seen it at Dulles Airport Smithsonian Museum. Boy is it a joy for only being like 20 minutes long!

were here too. 169th isnt discontinued, they just changed their hyperlobby server name but I dont know about their website.