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My guess is that the F1M will be a better stand in, since both are end-of-life updated airframes.

You might be right. I was under the assumption that since Iran had 9Es for their Phantoms and hacked whatever they could on their Tomcats out of desperation, the F-14 would also have carried that missile. I have only really found one picture of something that looks like a 9E on an Iranian Tomcat though, everything else looks like a 9J/P.

They will probably also allow some AIM-9J/P variant since there are so many of them in the game, but yeah I wouldn't expect them to model the AIM-9E just for a relatively niche variant.

The R had a fixed sight, if I recall correctly you can set the depression manually but it's not even a gyro sight. The Y had a fancier sight more similar to the A-4's bombing computer.

The F1M is a late 90s upgrade of the EE/CE fleets

CCIP won't be a thing until the F1M release. The radar gunsight isn't implemented yet.

A while ago I tried googling RL pictures and couldn't find any, so my guess is no.

Retracting flaps at Mach 1.3 because the acceleration is too slow is probably the most Starfighter thing that's ever happened in the history of aviation lmao

To be nitpicky, iirc it was 450 for flap/slat extension/retraction, and 520 when having them just fixed in the takeoff/maneuvering position. I think the Mach limits were 0.8/0.85 respectively. Lowering flaps basically increased available G by 1 (idk about sustained turn rates though - there's literally nothing about it in all the F104 manuals I have read). Also, FINALLY someone who actually stops repeating all those stupid myths about the Starfighter. Kudos. And to get back on topic, I think it's important to separate what can or cannot be done in DCS by ED vs 3rd parties. Conescan vs monopulse seekers sounds like a missile API/ED job to me, as is letting radars see the clouds with the new weather system. Basically anything EW related really. I don't know of any DCS modules that account for the seeker stuff properly, even the M2k (but I'm happy to be proven wrong), so complaining about Aerges here feels unproductive at best.

No Naval (or British) Phantom did, minus gunpods of course. Also it might be the Viggen driver in me speaking, but guns are over rated anyway.

It is now, but years ago it was significantly less informative.

I'm guessing something in AM-7E/F territory ish.

The EE will not have CCIP and CCRP to my knowledge, that will only come with the F1M. What it will have is an INS (which really helps in navigating to your target) and improved RWR (which obviously is more useful for a strike aircraft than an interceptor).

Yeah it's been debated to death. The documents necessary to make the JA also include lots of information on the datalink that applies to the Gripen, and therefore they are not available for the public (even though the details of the datalink itself don't matter because DCS models those quite simply).

Some Naval Phantom (either J or S) would be great, as would some of the early ones (B/C). If we ever get a better EW environment the G would be fun too. Otherwise I don't really care for the modernized variants.

And also even if the angle of the stick was the same, real aircraft sticks are longer so for a given angle you have more physical travel. There's a reason why joystick extensions are so popular.

Nop, it was a progression of Mirage 3/5 (introduce in 1961) > Mirage F1 (1973) > Mirage 2000 (1984). Just because the Mirage 3 and 2000 are both pure delta doesn't mean that Dassault took everything from the 3 and nothing from the F1 when they designed the 2000.

Also the Viggen carries anti-ship missiles, unlike the Mirage. Also to be nitpicky, the Viggen does not carry an INS, it carries a Doppler dead reckoning navigation system

The first variant released (the CE), as well as the two seater (BE) will not have air to air refueling. The EE and M which will follow the CE will though.

Tbh I don't think that's particularly meaningful given that a) the development version on a released module doesn't have to be identical to some legacy code already present and b) whether something is all aspect or not in DCS is super messy, see e.g. the R60M/AIM-9M doing their own thing on the L-39/C-101.

It's pretty standard for modules to not have a campaign at release tbh

My bad!

They are not working on the EQ variant, AI or otherwise

Today's newsletter also states that the -CE (and therefore all other variants) will receive the Super 530F eventually.

If we're going with only aircraft that served in Spain, another fun option might be a first gen Harrier, since the Spanish flew the AV8S before they got Harrier 2s. I realize Razbam has also called first gen harriers, but to be honest that list is so long it's a bit pointless anyway.