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Seems like a waste of time to me.

 

Because many players want that.

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Why so? Totally different aircrafts, iconic TOPGUN one, and then a newer modern cold war era TOP DOG.

 

It is great how well you can have F-14 in various years missions instead just locked to more newer missions.

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So are they charging for this?

 

No. They've explained this several times: the package is the F-14B, -A, AI A-6 and Forrestal. Not only that, but a modified F-14A more representative of the Iranian F-14A is included as well, so if you bought the F-14 package you get all of that. As to why, because variety is the spice of life, some people want to fly missions and campaigns where the F-14A is the more accurate jet to have, and with the IRIAF version, REDFOR will also have a more accurate variant of the jet than using the F-14B (and its more advanced variants of the Phoenix, Sparrow and Sidewinder) as a stand-in.

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So are they charging for this?

You already bought both versions... ;)

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Seems like a waste of time to me.
Because they are different planes. Different engines, different handling, different limitations, different weapons...

The F-14A is the original beast we know so well from Top Gun with its temperamental engine. The F-14B is the modern Gulf War/Afghanistan version with LANTIRN and GBUs, better engines more variety in weapons.

As it comes to wasted time, well DCS is about flying first, then military flying and then combat flying over the course of multiple decades. NO aircraft developed and released as a module in DCS is a waste of time...

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How many As were still left in 2000? Weren't 126 As lost by 2000?

 

http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-serial-loss-st.htm

 

Still most numerous, but heavy losses

 

In the US Navy, four squadrons (VF-14, -41, -154, and -211) were still equipped with F-14As by 2000, with each squadron possessing 10-12, so 40-50 in fleet service, which doesn't include the As in adversary and training squadrons. By contrast, the F-14B equipped 5 squadrons (VF-11, -32, -102, -103, and -143) each with 10 jets, so about the same number in fleet service not including those in training and test units. 712 F-14s of all types were built, and of those, only 86 of those (38 new build, 48 remanufactured) were F-14Bs and only 55 (37 new, 18 remanufactured) were F-14Ds.

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No. They've explained this several times: the package is the F-14B, -A, AI A-6 and Forrestal. Not only that, but a modified F-14A more representative of the Iranian F-14A is included as well, so if you bought the F-14 package you get all of that. As to why, because variety is the spice of life, some people want to fly missions and campaigns where the F-14A is the more accurate jet to have, and with the IRIAF version, REDFOR will also have a more accurate variant of the jet than using the F-14B (and its more advanced variants of the Phoenix, Sparrow and Sidewinder) as a stand-in.

 

Indeed I'm curious to know which AIM-9 variants will be featured in the upcoming F-14A...

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