Odd Loadouts?

[PhantomHans]

Not sure if this is a bug or I'm just confused, but I'm curious...

I think in Missions 2, 3, 4 and 5 so far, my F-14 has come loaded with a single AIM-54 front left, a single AIM-7 center aft, a second AIM-7 right glove, and three AIM-9s.

 

Is this an intentional reduced loadout or something perhaps thrown off by an update?

(Edit: I am aware that an AIM-7 aft was possible with AIM-54s forward and that peacetime F-14 flights were rarely with full loads or even AIM-54s.  Just curious if this was intentional here or not.)

 

In Mission 5, when viewed in the mission planner, the F/A-18s appear to be carrying one wingtip AIM-9, a pair of AGM-88 loaded inboard on one wing, outboard on the other wing, and a single dual rail AIM-9 launcher with a single AIM-9 loaded on it.

 

That's pretty unusual and asymmetric, and I don't see why they'd load the dual rails just to put a single missile on when the wingtip is empty.  Is this caused by opening the mission in the planner when I shouldn't or is this a bug due to pylon numbers changing in an update?

 

Loving this campaign though and can't wait to get going on Mission 6 when I'm off in a few days.

Edited April 7, 2024 by PhantomHans

[Reflected]

Those Tomcat loadouts were pretty common in the late 80s. Check out Bio’s pics. 
 

the Hornets, don’t worry about them, I gave them whatever the AI needed to carry out the tasks  they should be out of sight anyways