Black Assassin

Sensational work! My fav squadron! Can't wait to see the low-vis F-14A versions too! Black Lions all the way!

I'm having the same problem with the F-5s. I simply don't know how to find them apart from an approximate location.

I love how in Australia we get it on the 14th ... ... should be national F-14 day and a so everyone can stay at home and play it.

This game was my life for so long. It's actually what got me so in love with the Tomcat to start with (from about 1991), then came the buying books etc. I actually watched Top Gun because I loved the Tomcat, not vice versa - and not until 1992 (I was 11, and was not previously allowed to watch 'propaganda' movies - mum's rule). The highlight of all this was going on board the USS Ranger in January 1993, in my home town of Fremantle, Western Australia. It was soon after the Gulf War (and the Ranger's deployment there), and as a PR thing there was a VF-1 Tomcat completely out in the open, and you could touch it. I was caressing it for AGES while my dad talked to the driver who was there to speak to the public. My late father even lifted me up so I could put my arm down the Vulcan's hole. It's true that tactile contact makes you MUCH closer to an already revered symbol/object. It was a very special time, and at this time there was an Afterburner2, same as pictured above, in the town arcade. This is why DCS F-14 is such a momentous event for me. Tell me you're not going to try and play DCS F-14 with this track playing: :D

Hey hit me up if you're ever short of cash, or wanting to fill some space on your will. Cheers

Who else has secretly bought real-life Tomcat/USN gear to enhance your DCS F-14 experience? Did anyone else here play games as a little kid in the 80s like F-14 Tomcat on the Atari 2600, Afterburner on the Genesis etc - wearing a bike helmet and an army jacket to feel a bit more 'real'? Now 30 years later the next best thing to the real thing is almost here baby!!! Disclaimer: I realize there are serving members here on this forum, and I do not mean to take away from their service by seemingly promoting imposter-ing. This is meant only for role-playing during gameplay. Anyway, playing DCS F-14 in one's around-the-house getup will simply not match the game and experience. I bought: a Tomcat-used green VF-213 flight jacket a sage CWU-27/P flight suit Nomex flight gloves (sage) Three VF-213 patches (triangle Blacklions arm patch), VF-213 fist & bolt patch and a Blacklion 'roar baby! Tomcat arm patch (all for flight suit) an embroidered custom USN aviator name-patch for flight suit a VF-213 baseball cap a USN officer's cap (for sitting on my Rhodes piano) Silenced (with black rubber) dog tags (I know this is going a bit far but I got medic-alert info printed on it and I'm working out and practicing at indoor beach volleyball... all the while chasing sunsets)... A no.0 short back & sides haircut Because I live in Western Australia, we have a ton of picturesque beaches that I can walk along bopping my head to Kenny Loggins and the Top Gun soundtrack while beach-bodies sizzle in the sun, but summer is nearly over here... Anybody else care to share any F-14 RP items you've bought in preparation for this game?

I was wondering if all F-14 fighter squadrons will be selectable in any modes, including the campaigns. I realize that certain squadrons were on certain carriers at certain times in real life, but considering the campaigns will be fictional that shouldn't matter to anyone, history purist or not. Thing is, I just bought an actual Tomcat-used VF-213 green flight jacket... It's lovely, it has grease stains on it and smells like the garage of a racing car...