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: Corrected HACQ and LHACQ ranges for the JHMCS radar lock : Added GMT radar mode with Maverick tutorial, added SEA radar mode with Harpoon tutorial, added new JHMCS section, added MGRS Grid coordinates, added AZ/EL page, added Auto IFF, added ECM, typo and procedure fixes throughout the whole document : Added ATFLIR targeting pod section, added HARM Pre-Briefed Modes (Aircraft + HARM Lofting), added HARM Self-Protect Pullback Sub-Mode, added radar Spotlight mode, updated, radar TWS logic, typo fixes and other small corrections : Updated IFF Interrogation logic (Sensor Control Switch DEPRESS + RIGHT) I know sexy when I see it.-: Added JHMCS Alignment Procedure, added AGM-84H SLAM-ER, Added RAID STT (RAID SAM) Mode Navy RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) the F-14 was also a sexy aircraft: “ The Super Hornet is a wonderful jet, and it’ s only going to get better. Dale “Snort” Snodgrass, once said.Īnd, although it was an old plane, according to a female U.S. Still, it’s a Legacy Hornet evolution and it’s not as revolutionary as the F-14 was when it entered the active service in the ’70s, as the most experienced Tomcat driver, Capt. So the F/A-18E/F is a great aircraft and a very versatile strike fighter. Still, the F-14 could carry a reconnaissance pod (although an RF-18 version was produced) while the F-18E fly as a buddy refueler.Īnyway, thanks to its eleven weapon stations, the Super Hornet is more flexible than the Tomcat and it can carry a larger array of air-to-ground ordnance. In FAC(A) Forward Air Controller (Airborne) mission both aircrafts have some strengths and weaknesses: while the Tomcat had a greater on-station time than the Super Hornet, the F/A-18 has an integrated cockpit and for air-to ground missions has the capability to carry not only Laser Guided Bombs (LGBs) and Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs), but also High Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) and Joint Standoff Weapons (JSOWs) which the F-14 could not carry. In close air combat, the Super Hornet is much maneuverable (with a good authority at slow speed and high AOA – angle of attack) and, even though it lacks the AIM-54 Phoenix for the long distances in BVR (Beyond Visual Range) engagements, it has got the JHMCS (Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System) and the AIM-9X Sidewinder for the dogfights, which the F-14 didn’t integrate. Furthermore, while the F-14 was an older aircraft in which some newer technologies were integrated, the F/A-18 Super Hornet is a more modern airplane with newer equipment, easier to maintain: a great advantage in times of budget constraints. Indeed, the Tomcat is known to be a very fast airplane, with great sustained energy performance and, since it carried a great quantity of fuel which gave it a good endurance, the F-14 was also very good for high speed strike missions.īut the Cold War ended a couple of decades ago and “its” Bears bombers are no longer the threat that led to the Tomcat possessing those attributes in first place. VF-143 Pukin Dogs F-14B Tomcat and F/A-18E of the same squadron. In fact, the six wing-mounted pylons of the Super Hornet (or the four of the Hornet) impose a higher drag on the F/A-18 that couldn’t match the Tomcat performance as a very high speed interceptor. If the mission is strictly fleet defense, the F-14 was a perfect platform. However, some assumptions can be made in accordance with the most widely known characteristics of both weapon system, as the author as done in this article with the aim to give readers a comparison between the Hornet and its predecessor. It depends on the way you see it and may significantly vary from pilot to pilot. The question, of course, it’s very difficult to answer.
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So which aircraft would you take to a fight?