F-14

Beckwith · Post by **Beckwith** » 2005-08-03 20:49

yea iw as just about to say look at stigger's sig

Eddie Baker · Post by **Eddie Baker** » 2005-08-05 00:10

The Tomcats have become quite a rare breed. IIRC, there are only four squadrons of them on the float with the carrier air wings; two F-14A/B, and two F-14D "Super Tomcat" squadrons. Considering there's only 10-14 planes deployed per squadron (usually 12 for most squadrons, but the operational cost of the Tomcats is so high they may limit them to 10 on a deployment), that's not very many compared to the number of F/A-18s (including Marine squadrons, which may be carrier-based) in the fleet. I'm not going to completely rule it out of PR, but I don't think it's likely, and certainly wouldn't be implemented in a first release.

Beckwith · Post by **Beckwith** » 2005-08-05 02:53

id rather see a two seater variant of the F/A-18E than the F-14

Eddie Baker · Post by **Eddie Baker** » 2005-08-05 03:00

Beckwith wrote:id rather see a two seater variant of the F/A-18E than the F-14

F/A-18F (two-seat Super Hornet), while in service, is used primarily for training and recon, but there are other variants of it being considered or evaluated for special missions like tanker or electronic warfare. In US service, the F/A-18D (two-seat Hornet) is used in the strike fighter role only by the Marines. The Navy uses it for training and some have been adapted for recon.

Beckwith · Post by **Beckwith** » 2005-08-05 03:07

eddie i swear without you around this mod might as well be Galactic Congest 2

Djuice · Post by **Djuice** » 2005-08-05 03:23

i think the US navy are thinking of replacing the F-14s with the F/A-18H, its the variant with a more powerful radar thats similar to the APG-9 that the F-14 uses, and its gonna be for BAR CAP for CBG..

Super62 · Post by **Super62** » 2005-08-05 03:46

[R-DEV wrote:Djuice]i think the US navy are thinking of replacing the F-14s with the F/A-18H, its the variant with a more powerful radar thats similar to the APG-9 that the F-14 uses, and its gonna be for BAR CAP for CBG..

F/A18H ?, ive neverheard of it. The F14 is beining replaced with the F/A18 E/F, But their is a EA-18G Growler thats going to replace the EA6 Prowler.

Beckwith · Post by **Beckwith** » 2005-08-05 04:38

Super62 wrote:
[R-DEV wrote:Djuice]i think the US navy are thinking of replacing the F-14s with the F/A-18H, its the variant with a more powerful radar thats similar to the APG-9 that the F-14 uses, and its gonna be for BAR CAP for CBG..
F/A18H ?, ive neverheard of it. The F14 is beining replaced with the F/A18 E/F, But their is a EA-18G Growler thats going to replace the EA6 Prowler.

really i wonder what that looks like i had 2 kids from school whos dads flew prowlers

Djuice · Post by **Djuice** » 2005-08-05 05:09

the F/A-18H is a proposed upgrade for the F/A-18F to be a dedicated air superiority, with new engines, and better range, new radar..

Tacamo · Post by **Tacamo** » 2005-08-05 14:52

EA-18G Pics
It's good the Navy at lesat decided to build a replacement for their jammer aircraft unlike the Air Force. All that did was put more stress on EA-6 crews that had to fly missions for the USAF and the Navy.

Beckwith · Post by **Beckwith** » 2005-08-05 15:30

for some reason i was expecting a new desgin..... looks pretty sweet tho kind of irrelavant for PR seeing as BF2 doesnt have any kind of radar

Tacamo · Post by **Tacamo** » 2005-08-05 15:37

Some mod will likely be able to incorporate some kind of radar, since it already exists in the form of the commander's scan and UAV. Only problem is making it not detect infantry.

Beckwith · Post by **Beckwith** » 2005-08-05 16:10

yea that was my ***** with '42 and BFV that it always detected inf

!!woot im MSgt!!

still probably wont catch BrokenArrow

Post by **BrokenArrow** » 2005-08-05 23:50

haha never!