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The doctrine/task limits were capturing a reasonable average for the era, but it did a bad job for cases like the Harrier vs the Hornet, which perform similar missions but have drastically different max ranges. It also forced us into limiting CAS missions (even those flown by long range aircraft like the A-10) to 50nm since helicopters could commonly be fragged to them. This should allow us to design campaigns without needing airfields to be a max of ~50-100nm apart.
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carrier_capable: true
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description:
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"The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a two-crew, variable wing-geometry, maritime\
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\ air superiority fighter that served with the US Navy for 32 years and continues\
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\ to serve with the IRIAF in Iran. The F-14 was the US Navy's frontline fighter\
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\ from the 1970s to the mid-2000s. Over the course of its long service it also became\
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\ one of the US Navy\u2019s premier precision ground-attack platform and its lone\
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\ airborne reconnaissance asset.\n\nNoteworthy features of the Tomcat are its swing-wing\
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\ configuration, two-man crew, and the powerful AN/AWG-9 Weapons Control System\
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\ (WCS) and radar. The AWG-9 allows employment of the long-range AIM-54 Phoenix\
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\ air-to-air missile, and the LANTIRN targeting pod allows precision ground strikes\
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\ using laser-guided bombs. The F-14 Tomcat was present in several historic events\
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\ that include the two Gulf of Sidra incidents, Operations Desert Storm Iraqi Freedom,\
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\ the Yugoslavian conflict, and Operation Enduring Freedom over Afghanistan. It\
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\ was also immortalized in the iconic motion picture, Top Gun, and starred in several\
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\ other feature films including The Final Countdown, Executive Decision, and others.\n\
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\nThe Tomcat was also played a vital role in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, where\
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\ is flew for the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force."
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introduced: 1984
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manufacturer: Grumman
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origin: USA
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price: 22
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role: Carrier-based Air-Superiority Fighter/Fighter Bomber
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max_range: 250
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variants:
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F-14A Tomcat (Block 135-GR Late): {}
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radios:
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intra_flight: AN/ARC-182
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inter_flight: AN/ARC-159
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channels:
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type: common
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namer: tomcat
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intra_flight_radio_index: 2
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inter_flight_radio_index: 1
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