Q3ark Posted October 13 Posted October 13 (edited) On 10/11/2025 at 10:07 PM, Rhrich said: This is correct They would cooperate. Remember they also had the IRST, and it could be used seperatly. That’s also true of the lantirn. Never flown a two seater, but it does not require much imagination to think of many operational advantages I thought we were talking about the F14 BU, that aircraft didn’t have an IRST and the lantirn only had controls in the back. Edited October 13 by Q3ark Typo 1
Rhrich Posted October 13 Posted October 13 3 hours ago, Q3ark said: I thought we were talking about the F14 BU, that aircraft didn’t have an IRST and the lantirn only had controls in the back. It started with the B(U). Then someone said that the D had what the OP asked about, then another asked if that would have any use.
scommander2 Posted October 14 Posted October 14 (edited) Yup. we were kind offed from the subject for B(U) Edited October 14 by scommander2 Spoiler Dell XPS 9730, i9-13900H, DDR5 64GB, Discrete GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, 1+2TB M.2 SSD | Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + TPR | TKIR5/TrackClipPro | Total Controls Multi-Function Button Box | Dell 32 4K UHD Gaming Monitor G3223Q | Win 11 Pro
Dragon1-1 Posted October 14 Posted October 14 B(U) us basically the D with the AWG-9 and no IRST. It seems that the idea was to make them as good as the D at air to ground, but without rebuilding them into fully fledged Ds (like what was done with some As).
Q3ark Posted October 15 Posted October 15 On 10/14/2025 at 6:41 PM, Dragon1-1 said: B(U) us basically the D with the AWG-9 and no IRST. It seems that the idea was to make them as good as the D at air to ground, but without rebuilding them into fully fledged Ds (like what was done with some As). That old AWG-9 is great. Once you learn how to use it properly it’s like the eye of Sauron, nobody gets away 1
Dragon1-1 Posted October 15 Posted October 15 The AWG-71 supposedly blows it out of the water, including a special mode that can combine two Tomcats' radars into one massive radar dish, but it's still classified. 1
Horns Posted October 16 Posted October 16 18 hours ago, Dragon1-1 said: The AWG-71 supposedly blows it out of the water, including a special mode that can combine two Tomcats' radars into one massive radar dish, but it's still classified. Anyone have idea if the APG-71 was less vulnerable to jamming by the Tu-16 EW? Modules: [A-10C] [AJS 37] [AV8B N/A] [F-5E] [F-14] [F-15E] [F-16] [F/A-18C] [FC3] [Ka-50] [M-2000C] [Mig-21 bis] [Afghanistan] [Cold War: Germany] [Iraq] [Kola] [NTTR] [PG] [SC] Intel i9-14900KF, Nvidia GTX 4080, Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Master X 64GB DDR5 @ 6400 MHz, SteelSeries Apex Pro, Asus ROG Gladius 3, VKB Gunfighter 3 w/ F-14 grip, VKB STECS throttle, Thrustmaster MFD Cougars x2, MFG Crosswind, DSD Flight Series button controller, XK-24, Meta Quest 3
Dragon1-1 Posted October 16 Posted October 16 Probably, as this was quite an advanced radar, not to mention fairly large for a fighter. Tomcat's big nose allowed a hefty antenna and power to match. However, both jammers and radars are classified precisely so that such questions would be difficult to answer precisely.
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