GrizzlyBear83

Fragile people. You know as little as me unless you're a developer. But sure, I'll join the December 21 band wagon. :dunno: Well see what happens will be the last thing I'll say on this matter. The module is in good hands no matter what. It would be a great Christmas gift :pilotfly:

The virtual squads and air wings should continue the Fighter Fling tradition once the F-14 is released. Making a official DCS F-14 Fighter Fling for the year.

The RIO pit isn't done yet so I would not bank it for December. They didn't have nav lights either.

Maybe they can tell us what needs to be done before release.

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I have a similar problem for the non-player F/A-18C, the loadouts are not saved at all. Annoying to say the least, and there are no default loadouts.

The trailers have the Tomcats launch in full burner, so I guess it's doable without any problems. Time will tell ;)

Thank you very much.

A bit tired of only having VFA-94, and want some other squads, specifically Atlantic fleet. The player F/A-18C lacks "some" weaponry so I use the AI Hornet for certain missions while building missions. So any liveries out there for it?

Exactly. People also flipped when the "last week in October-update" didn't show up until early November. I think, any developer should just not say any sort of definitive date even if they have one in mind (internally). I don't think the F-14 will come in December. January, maybe, but not December. If it does, sweet, but I have my doubts. January 4 would be a good date to ;)

Shame? The Bombcat is a smart business choice for Heatblur to roll out the B model before the A model; the advantages of better engines over the A, and you get both worlds (AA and AG), it probably makes the module a bit more attractive when you can do more.

The B-model we're getting is LANTIRN capable. Mid 1990s.

Thought as much, and sharing a link was my idea. Thank you very much, just wanted to make sure!

As title says, if I want to upload any mission I make in the future, where I've used custom skins (like VFA-94 and VFA-22 for the F/A-18C for instance), I should duly mention this in any description of the upload, but if a end user does not download said skins will there be some sort of prompt/error that something is missing and will the mission load at all and just have the Hornets revert to a random skin? Thanks.

To quote myself from the DCS F-14 discord: Well, the community lost its collective shit just at the the thought of waiting three months. Cause curse Heatblur if it isn't released on the fan date of December 21.

December feels like wishful thinking. I'd love to be wrong though.

Winter, so anywhere from December into the new year.

VF-41 (F-14A) dropped LGBs in combat for the first time in 1995 over the Balkans (buddy lazed). VF-32 (F-14B) and VF-213 (F-14D) took part in Operation Desert Fox in 1998 and dropped LGBs (first combat use of the LANTIRN). VF-14 and VF-41 (F-14A) took part in Operation Allied Force, striking ground targets. VF-14, 41, 102, 211 and 213 (F-14A, B, and D) took part in Operation Enduring Freedom, and led numerous strikes against Afghanistan (over 605,000 kg of bombs were dropped). VF-2, 31, 32, 154 and 213 (F-14A, B, and D) took part in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

One to four GBUs.

Mission building for a F-14 campaign. First time I've messed with a flight Sim since 2011 I believe. That was when I stopped playing Jane's F/A-18, I was quite active in the early and mid 2000s with mission and campaign building with that community, forgot how fun it is to build missions.

No, that's regular F-14A Tomcats. VF-41 which flow A-models was the first squadron to drop bombs in anger in 1995 over Bosnia, they dropped LGBs buddy lazed by Hornets (or Intruders depending on sources).

Trigger down icon/marker. It indicates the pilot pressed the trigger, not exclusive to the A-10, and not OPSEC.

Well, yeah, but now we get both worlds so thumbs up to Heatblur. Fighting our way in to drop the GBUs. That's why I feel the F-15C is a little dull as I can only do air-to-air, and I yearn for a Strike Eagle. I do look forward to the F-14A and the Pacific Squadrons, and all the Cold War scenarios that will come out. I just want some options :)

I'm bit of the same boat, without the Bombcat I'm unsure if' I'd purchased it.

Several F-14 squadrons went to the F/A-18F Super Hornet, so they all transitioned along and became Weapon Systems Officers.