F-14D Super Tomcat
The Tomcat as it should always have been: new engines, digital radar, and a strike role.
- GE F110 engines
- Digital avionics
- Variable-sweep wings
- Strike capable
Tehnilised andmed
- Päritolu
- United States
- Tootja
- Grumman
- Roll
- Multirole
- Põlvkond
- 4
- Kasutusele võetud
- 1991
- Lahingutüüp
- Õhk
- Spawnikood
- f14d2
Serveris
The F-14D fixed the problems that dogged the original Tomcat. General Electric F110 engines replaced the troublesome TF30s, adding thrust and removing the throttle handling restrictions, and the analogue AWG-9 gave way to the digital APG-71 with new displays and ejection seats. Deliveries began in 1991, and later in its career the type gained a targeting pod and a precision strike role that earned it the nickname Bombcat. On MCS the D model is the one people actually want to fly. It keeps the long reach and the variable-sweep wing but now has the acceleration to convert a radar advantage into a kill and to escape when a fight turns bad. It is still a big aircraft that a small fighter can out-turn at low speed, so the sensible plan is to stay fast and fight in the vertical. Recommended for pilots who want reach and punch in the same airframe.