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AI Tomcats Phoenix usage


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The AI F-14s tend to be very ineffective with the Phoenix, firing when they are too low, too slow, and too far from the bandits and resulting in missiles missing most of the time. This is an example in Tacview (go up to +40:30 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JXasiE65tvKNw-C0A2jkMjT-AuCPIxNf/view?usp=sharing), from the Zone 5 campaign I just flew: the wingman fires from 17k ft while flying at Mach 0.6, at 25nm from the F-5s, and his missiles runs out of energy way before being a threat. I fire from ~17nm at Mach ~1, and my missile ends up having enough energy to get the kill.

I think what's happening is that the AI behaviour was not changed to reflect the latest changes to the AIM-54, which have reduced its range at low altitude.

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