Swordsman422

TBF, the A-6 radar was added to the threat library of several modules, but not the plane itself.

But not today.

Y'know, I do wonder if the GPS arg can be applied to F-14B skins, removing the GPS dome and replicating pre-LANTIRN jets. I'm not in a position to test it, though.

In the description.lua for each skin between the skin name and countries list: custom_args = { --[115] = 1.000, -- Remove Entire TCS Chinpod -- --[116] = 1.000, -- Add ALQ-100-only Chinpod -- [701] = 1.000, -- Spine GPS Dome Visibility -- };

Some things on the physical model still need adjusting; the grilled gun gas vents, removal of ECM blister on the boat tail, port side nose gear door vent, and shorter TACAN antenna, but given that the external models of the Late A and B also need some tweaks, I won't expect these changes before the end of EA.

Edit: fixed the formatting and tab alignment of my original arg post.

Cosmetic args for the early F-14A. Copy to your description.lua and edit as required for the pre-1983 appearance: custom_args = { [115] = 1.000, -- Remove TCS Chinpod [116] = 1.000, -- Add ALQ-100-only Chinpod [701] = 1.000, -- Remove GPS Dome };

Doesn't look like it.

Ditto this. I was messing around with it this morning, and the old Quick Mission Generator was better.

That's precisely what it is. The top and sides should be the same medium grey and dark compass ghost grey we are used to. The belly should be FS36495 light grey, which is almost the halfway point between FS36375 and white.

Reverse vis Pukin' Dogs?

The hurry for JDAM for the F-14 was largely thanks to VF-103 blowing the trust of an entire theater in the F-14/LGB combination when one of their crews nearly severed an oil pipeline in a missed drop. The call for F-14/LGB went out the window after that. If the F-14 was going to partake in any major airstrikes in the coming operations, it needed a GPS weapon in its holster. Fortunately, they got it.

Later F-14As were fitted with the PTID, but soldiered on with the original HUD to the end.

I have not watched either of your tracks, but the C, or cut pass, means that you had an unsafe landing with unacceptable deviations from the approach path or delays in responding to LSO calls. The 3-wire is nice, but it's not the end-all-be-all. Flying a safe, steady approach with few small deviations and immediate response to LSO commands is what gets the OK. A good approach starts at the break and maintains quality all the way in.

As others have said, the glove vanes are not yet implemented, but the two variants we have (LANTIRN-capable A and B), either had theirs welded shut or were built new without them. Expect them to show up on the earlier A models when they are released.

There was a pilot, I think the CO, in VF-84 circa 1980 with the callsign Fox. You can hear him called by it in dialogue in Final Countdown.

Fox 2 refers to the launch of an IR missile. "Music" was the callsign of Lt. Lawrence Muczynski, the pilot of Fast Eagle 107 during the engagement.

Kept it. I'm enjoying it now in the state that it's in, regardless of the flaws, and I have hopes that the situation will be resolved eventually.

I will always be a fan of the F-4B, and specifically the F-4B-27-MC as flown by VF-161 and VF-51 in 1972. I also like the -13-MCs VF-142 and VF-143 flew in 1968.

By OAF/OEF/OIF, most of the F-14A and B squadrons had a mix of airplanes. 6-8 of a squadron's 10-12 jets might be wired for LANTIRN, while the remaining were wired for TARPS. In the A/B, the wiring was mutually exclusive, or at least it couldn't carry and use both at the same time. I don't know whether TARPS jets ever got PTIDs. Often the designated LANTIRN jets would not have the pod downloaded regardless of the mission they were flying. LANTIRN's air-to-air mode was better than the TCS at identifying airborne targets, so even flying CAP, they'd leave them on and put the #2 Sparrow in the aft trough if the jet was carrying a 2/2/2 loadout.

I've already preordered the E. Too many operators I like to pass that up. Everything else afterwards, I'm limiting myself to USN/USMC Phantoms only.

That's awesome news, but I wouldn't hold your breath. I'm personally hoping for the latter of those two options, as the B(U) wasn't given the sparrowhawk HUD until late 2003 (yes, it had the PTID from ~1995 onward), so, like the -70GR and -75GR of the very early 70's, represented only a tiny sliver of the Tomcat's history. The F-14D can cover 1992 to the end. Regardless, it'll be a Heatblur Tomcat, and I'll eat it right up.

Looking forward to those VF-211 skins! They look awesome!

Download the main file from the front page and then, if you are having issues with the textures, the correction files from Urbi's post.

Depends on what I'm doing. I prefer the B for ACM, bombing, and most other combat functions, but I have found for some reason I am far better in the F-14A at carrier landings, aerial refueling, and general procedure flying.