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  1. Thank you for the clarification!
  2. For question 1, they would have had PTIDs installed. The F-14A and pre-upgrade B couldn't "talk" to LANTIRN without it (lacked the databus, had to be wired for LANTIRN separately, and interacted with the pod and other systems using the PTID).[1] For question 2, those CBUs don't appear to have any laser package installed, so I'm guessing the LANTIRN is there for buddy-lasing, but will defer to someone with better knowledge. Sources: 1. Lake, Tony (ed.), F-14 BOMBCAT, The US Navy's Ultimate Precision Bomber, Air Forces Magazine, 1 Jan 2015, 32-33.
  3. https://heatblur.se/fmupdate/ Those 0.1-0.2deg/sec deviations (+ or -, by the way) in regions of the envelope less than .1M wide are not putting the plane "with steroids," nor handicapping it in any significant way on the "-" side. It's pretty close to the manual data. Where, then, are you getting this?
  4. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/filter/sort-is-popular/apply/ Of modules actually released (the F-4 is pre-order), the F-14 is still in the top 5, so I'd say the demand is still pretty high.
  5. sLYFa is correct. Just to amplify, the F-14B and F-14D each weigh close to 44,000lbs totally empty (43,600lbs and 43,735lbs, respectively) which includes trapped fuel, oil, the gun, sub pylons without rails, and the aircrew (average). The F-14B in DCS is always carrying at least the AIM-9 launchers on the multi-purpose-pylon stub. The F-14B also normally carries BOL chaff dispensers on the launchers making the total weight of the launcher somewhere in the vicinity of 122lbs (90lbs/LAU-7, 31.74lbs/BOL dispenser) per rail (244lbs total), so the total would be very close to 44,000lbs. I'm not certain where the lower numbers come from, unless they were from early block Tomcats - the 1975 NATOPS has an empty weight listed of 40,070lbs, but the F-14A in DCS is in a 1990s configuration, for which the empty weight was 42,000lbs.
  6. Sheer performance, the "B," but I also enjoy the "A" for a number of reasons, not the least of which its history, amazing 1970s high-viz liveries, and the challenge of employing it.
  7. And Bio Baranek calls it a fourth. Duck Auten and Hawk Smith referred to the F-14 as a third in the same sense as the F-15 was a third (referring to the F-14 as the "first third generation" fighter and binning the Air Force F-15 as the second, so by that logic, the F-22 would be a fourth). Again, not well defined and it's hair splitting, but both FX and VFX were their Service's replacements for the F-4, both using lessons learned from Vietnam, the F-15 programatically was actually older than the F-14 (starting 1967 vs. 1968), flew a scant year and a half later, and didn't have all the same technologies of either the F-14 or the F-4 (no strike) until about 20 years later. Both were designed to fill the same role, both were "next generation" to the Phantom II, both were reactions to a need for a fighter that could dogfight. So, I consider the entire Teen-series a single generation. Even the light-weight aircraft were built for the same purpose: make a plane less expensive that either FX (LWF) or VFX (VFAX), and resulted in a "high-low" mix of fighters (cost-wise), either or meant to augment the more expensive fighter. So, you say third, I say fourth, and neither of us will change the other's opinion.
  8. Hanging out next to the road on Nellis...
  9. Think that became a thing with the Sealed round and I've definitely seen it on a VF-2 F-14D once, but I don't recall it being a standard configuration and have never seen photo evidence on an A or B, so Naquaii's probably spot on for the Tomcats we have in DCS.
  10. [Sarcasm] No, we're getting nothing at all ever again. The early F-14A, Iranian F-14A, F-4, A-6, and EF-2000 are nothing more than a CIA cover operation to get your money to fund operations in Val Verde against the cartels. Heatblur has lied to you like John Matrix to Sully. [/Sarcasm] I do apologize for that, and I mean no offense. I write it out of the frustration of reading comments like "I haven't heard about this in a few months, it must be cancelled" in subforum after subforum. No. It isn't. These projects take years. The F-15E was announced first back in 2012 with the first images released in 2014. It should be released shortly, but that's a decade. The Tomcat took what was it, 3.5 years to go from announcement to EA? How many other projects got announced, impatience causes people to claim "it's dead!" and then three months later there is a new update, and the hype train comes back, excitement, then right back to "haven't heard, is it cancelled?" with annoying consistency. Add to this the fact that HB is continuing to develop the flight model, weapons, avionics, etc., etc., etc., and now they are trying to emulate analog RWR tones and displays that they have openly stated both the early F-14A (and Iranian F-14A) and F-4 are reliant upon to simulate accurately. God knows what sources they've had to scrounge up to do it right. Also, HB have stated the IRIAF F-14 is going to be an approximation, so I'd recommend managing expectations. Keep patient, eventually, you'll have your remaining two (not one) F-14s.
  11. Correct. The first "all aspect" IR variant of the AIM-9 was the AIM-9L. I make this caveat because someone may quote the AIM-9C, which was a SARH AIM-9 (seeker was called the semi-active radar alternative head (SARAH)) and was all-aspect because it was radar guided, but was also never fired in anger and wasn't considered useful against fighters, not necessarily because of the missile seeker, but because of the F-8's radar tracking reliability and limitations especially at low altitudes. The AIM-9B/D/E/G/H/J/N/P (excepting later "P" series that received comparable capabilities to the later AIM-9L and M) and export variants based on them were rear-aspect missiles.
  12. It appears the IRIAF (former IIAF) F-14 cockpit is in English. There is a YouTube video showing a variety of HUD modes in the plane from an Iranian channel, which also shows the HSD, VDI, and ACM Panel, and all of the lettering is in English and appears the same as for a USN Tomcat. It can be found here: There's also a picture of an IRIAF F-14 front seat cockpit in Cooper and Bishop's "Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat," and while the picture is relatively low resolution, one can make out larger print lettering, such as "ACM" next to the ACM switch, "ALT" on the altimeter, "FUEL" and "QTY" on the fuel gauge, and for the smaller lettering, although it isn't as readable, it appears very similar to what we see in Navy F-14As. Considering this and the video evidence, I'd say with some degree of confidence that Iranian F-14s got delivered with English cockpits and continue to use them to this day. While I'd assume the same for the F-4 and F-5, I'd have to look around for evidence.
  13. I have an HP Reverb G2 and I can read everything in the Tomcat cockpit, no mods needed (not that I'm going to criticize anyone who uses a clean cockpit mod, I love the look of a "just delivered" Turkey myself!) and I also haven't figured out how to zoom with a headset on and consider it irrelevant because I can see clearly everything I need to. If there is anything I really want to get down precisely, I lean forward.
  14. D-Hose = Da Hose = The Hose = Hoser [Satrapa]. He would sometimes sign "D-Hose" instead of "Hoser."
  15. I'm assuming (and we all know where that leads) that for the F-4E on release, it will be the "older" strobe style at least initially. Reason being that I recall HB mentioning that a key to the "early" F-14A (really, the F-14A until roundabouts 1999-2000-ish when it finally started getting the ALR-67 installed) and the F-4 was modelling the ALR-45/50 and comparable systems with their unique sounds and strobes. If the F-4E is supposed to be in roughly Vietnam War era configuration on release, then I'd expect strobes and vectors, not alphanumeric. If they choose to model a later F-4E in the future, then I'd expect the latter at some point.
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