F-14 Tomcat say gd bye

• Shotgun

  7 Oct 05, 21:44

  Erm, a phoenix can cover 100 miles in 2 mins, a tomcat can't. Hence, the tomcat can't follow up with an amraam shot unless I'm running towards the tomcat. Which I won't.
  
  The Phoenix ain't perfect, if it was, they would have carried on with the Super Tomcat project. But they didn't. I guess they realised that.
  
  I'm not saying that the phoenix is useless either, im a tomcat fan myself. The phoenix is a weapon that u can really reach out an touch somebody with. But its just too expensive to be cost efficient. And with advancement in anti-missile technology, the Fleets don't need an expensive weapon to shoot down bombers before they can launch their anti-ship missiles. That was what the phoenix was made for.
• duotiga83

  7 Oct 05, 23:21

  AMRAAM C-5/7 shld be replacing the AIM-54 phoniex
• Shotgun

  8 Oct 05, 00:29

  Is that substitution or transposition encryption?
• SBS1908B

  8 Oct 05, 12:17

  Sad to see this heavy-weight fighter out of service.
• duotiga83

  8 Oct 05, 21:41

  AFM on Oct got show an article on final Tomcat
• insouciant

  10 Oct 05, 11:29

  Originally posted by Shotgun:

  Erm, a phoenix can cover 100 miles in 2 mins, a tomcat can't. Hence, the tomcat can't follow up with an amraam shot unless I'm running towards the tomcat. Which I won't.
  
  The Phoenix ain't perfect, if it was, they would have carried on with the Super Tomcat project. But they didn't. I guess they realised that.
  
  I'm not saying that the phoenix is useless either, im a tomcat fan myself. The phoenix is a weapon that u can really reach out an touch somebody with. But its just too expensive to be cost efficient. And with advancement in anti-missile technology, the Fleets don't need an expensive weapon to shoot down bombers before they can launch their anti-ship missiles. That was what the phoenix was made for.

  Ha ha ha... Looks like we won't be making believer out of the other, so why don't we agree to disagree and leave it at that.
  
  A pity we won't be seeing the Tomcats in skies anymore. They were pretty birds.
• Shotgun

  10 Oct 05, 15:41

  Really, honestly speaking, I love tomcats lar.
  
  I find it a pity they won't reinstate the Tomcat E/F. US Navy needs this kinda kick ass fighters especially if it may need to deal with numerically superior opponents like China.
• insouciant

  10 Oct 05, 18:29

  Yes, especially if the Superbugs can get outmanoeuvred by the Su30s.
• AF2005

  10 Oct 05, 19:01

  one of the legendary hero's almost 30 years.
• lionnoisy

  23 Oct 05, 19:50

  more photo
  
  
• monoslayer

  23 Oct 05, 20:05

  "...take my breath away...."....
• SBS1908B

  23 Oct 05, 21:06

  Quite right. I like the white livery last time though........look better than gunship-grey.