Why AIM-9JULI?

[Mig Fulcrum]

As far as know the AIM-9JULI was only a Spanish thing, beeing AIM-9J with L seeker, modified by a German manfacturer but not adopted by Germany.

Since our phantom isn't a C variant and there are no spanish liveries i'm asking:

Why do our Phantom carry that specific missile?

Edited May 22, 2024 by Mig Fulcrum

[jacobs]

13 hours ago, Mig Fulcrum said:

As far as know the AIM-9JULI was only a Spanish thing, beeing AIM-9J with L seeker, modified by a German manfacturer but not adopted by Germany.

Since our phantom isn't a C variant and there are no spanish liveries i'm asking:

Why do our Phantom carry that specific missile?

 

The sidewinder missile x aircraft interface is the same, so it's mostly plug'n'play... so if you hop on the spanish F-4, use the JULI... otherwise, chose another version. 

[Mig Fulcrum]

I get it but there are no way to simulate a spanish F-4, to me this AIM-9 is a bit out of place, given the fact there is already the AIM-9J and AIM-9L

[Volator]

Instead of the AIM-9J/Juli I would have preferred an AIM-9F, which is in fact a German upgrade of the AIM-9B, called AIM-9B FGW.2

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AIM-9B FGW.2 Sidewinder (AIM-9F)

As the Sidewinder was being acquired by NATO forces, licensed production was given to West Germany, they would produce around 15,000 units. Like the Americans, the Germans sought to improve the AIM-9B design, due to its limitations. The only visible exterior difference is a greenish sensor window, but many tech improvements were added beneath the shell. Unnoticed improvements include solid state electronics (instead of vacuum tubes), carbon dioxide seeker cooling, a new nose dome and superior optical filtering. The pinnacle of these improvements being the AIM-9F. Conversions were done to European AIM-9B to upgrade them to the FGW.2 standard. The official designation is the AIM-9B FGW.2 but it is known as the AIM-9F in US nomenclature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder

 

Thing probably is, it would have to be included by ED, right?

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

48 minutes ago, Volator said:

Instead of the AIM-9J/Juli I would have preferred

If we’re going that road, I’d say I’d have preferred an AIM-9D and/or AIM-9G, since both are relevant for the conflict the upcoming Heatblur campaign will be based on

[Kalasnkova74]

1 hour ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

If we’re going that road, I’d say I’d have preferred an AIM-9D and/or AIM-9G, since both are relevant for the conflict the upcoming Heatblur campaign will be based on

…hello scope creep.

This sort of thing is why HB announced they weren’t making one-off Phantom II variants like the Israeli Kurnass, Hellenic AUP, Turkish Terminator and so on. 
 

Insofar as campaigns go, remember that HB will release a USN Phantom II down the line. That’ll address many scenarios involving the USN AIM-9D/G etc series. 

[felixx75]

15 minutes ago, Kalasnkova74 said:

USN Phantom II down the line

...but probably not before the Eurofighter and possibly the A-6. So it will take a few more years...