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  14.  @enterchannelname676  AWG-9 wasn’t better than APG-63, as AWG-9 couldn’t look-down/shoot-down over land. It also didn’t have NCTR capabilities that were developed in the 1970s, since it was so old (started development in late 1950s). AWG-9 was great for detecting giant Tu-95s or Tu-22Ms over the water, not so great for fighter-sized targets feet-dry. It still had some major problems with lag and drag, clutter reaction, filtering, and reliability. APG-63 was the first truly-capable look-down/shoot-down FCR that actually worked, and only got better with the Digital Signals Processor introduced on the F-15C, and back-fitted into the F-15As. F-14 didn’t get DSP until it got the F-15E’s Radar in the form of the APG-70 with added over-water modes, called the APG-71. We worked on all this in the late 1980s/early 1990s. When TOPGUN got F-16Ns, guess who they asked to come in to teach them how to drive the APG-66 Radar in it (obsolete F-16A’s Radar, F-16Cs had the APG-68) to help them build their BVR set in that platform? Not F-16 Fighter Weapons School Instructors from Nellis. Not F/A-18 FWS Instructors as they were populated by former A-7E drivers. Not F-14 RIOs because they were already there and not used to using a modern solid state electronics FCR. They brought in F-15C Weapons Instructors from Nellis, who went through the conversion course for F-16 at Luke AFB, then got assigned to TOPGUN. F-15C with APG-63(V)1 and TEWS had far superior SA than the RIO with his antiquated AWG-9 and older ALR-45, and still had superior SA after the late block F-14As got ALR-67. F-14D with APG-71, TCS, IRST, LANTIRN, and ASPJ had superb SA. At least 3 of those systems came from a lot of work we did on F-15 CTF at Edwards, China Lake, White Sands, Eglin, and Nellis. Once we got the AIM-7M on F-15C, it changed the WEZ profile considerably, but F-14A got it too, as did the Bug. AIM-7M bridged the gap between AIM-7F and AIM0120A, and was a very capable missile that proved itself admirably in ODS. F-14As and A+s couldn’t even operate much in the mix due to NCTR limits. The F/A-18C had better NCTR than the F-14A, which was humiliating for the Tomcat community. The Navy blew hundreds of millions on the F401-PW-400 motor for the planned F-14B in the early 1970s, which makes me wonder if that money spent left it behind a bit in terms of avionics upgrades to keep it up-to-speed with the other teen series.
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  17. @TomcatE303  Max detection ranges are conditions-dependant, based on TGT RCS, aspect, altitude, wx, and other factors that come into play. F-15A was quickly replaced with F-15C and APG-63 with PSP already starting in 1978. We moved F-15As to ANG units and back-filled PSP into them while Cs rolled off the line into operational units. APG-63 had better fidelity, resolution, and reliability. It also didn't lose track as easily as AWG-9 did. You have to understand that AWG-9 started development in the late 1950s on the Missileer, then went into F-111B in the early-mid 1960s. APG-63 development was really late 1960s into production in the early/mid '70s. It was solid state with the latest semiconductors and processors, so way ahead of AWG-9. I'm talking about the iceberg under the water you never see. Not the tip, which is inflated brochure specs. A single pilot is much more efficient running a then-modern Radar like APG-63. AWG-9 was so old, it required a separate crew member to employ it. F-15 driver could quickly manipulate the Radar and monitor TEWS and the HUD, make quick decisions about positioning in a fraction of the time it took an F-14 crew to coordinate via intercom. F-15 was a better BVR machine in many ways as a result. F-15E WSO is there to steer the LANTIRN TGT Pod, run the Radar Ground-Mapping Mode for strike profiles, and then drive weapons release and laser spot tracking for LGBs pre-GPS era. We were on the F-15 CTF primarily working on E model systems development. You're basically trying to tell someone who built houses for decades, how to pound a nail. Just for context.
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  22. This is just one 10-year block for the F-14A from the first operational deployment in 1975 through 1984: 1975 F-14A Crashed into sea near Cubi Point after engine explosion. 13JAN1975 F-14A crashed into sea near Cubi Point after engine explosion. 24JUN1975 F-14A suffered engine fire on take-off from NAS Oceana. 05AUG1975 F-14A overran flight deck after arrester gear failure, JFK in the Mediterranean. 29OCT1975 F-14A was destroyed by engine fire aboard USS Enterprise 05MAR1976 F-14A crashed close to Pax River after entering a spin. 23MAR1976 F-14A crashed near NAS Miramar. 21JUN1976 F-14A crashed after inflight engine explosion. 14SEP1976 F-14A taxied off the deck of the JFK in the North Sea. 19DEC1976 F-14A crashed while landing aboard USS Enterprise. 22FEB1977 F-14A crashed near Pax River after entering stall testing TF30-P-414 28MAR1977 F-14A crashed after ramp strike on USS America. 19APR1977 F-14A lost after double engine flame-out during ACM near El Centro. 21JUN1977 F-14A crashed in Atlantic after engine failure. 26JUN1977 F-14A crashed on downwind leg in the pattern at NAS Miramar. 28JUN1977 F-14A crashed 85 miles sw of San Diego after total power failure. 03OCT1977 F-14A crashed into Atlantic after ramp strike on the USS Nimitz. 31OCT1977 F-14A crashed near NAS Oceana. 10NOV1977 F-14A mid-air collision with EA-6B over Agean Sea, total aircraft loss. 20MAR1978 F-14A crashed into the Atlantic off Florida coast. 25MAR1978 F-14A spun into sea while operating from USS Kitty Hawk. 27MAR1978 F-14A crashed into freeway near NAS Miramar. 15JUN1978 F-14A crashed into sea while flying off USS Constellation. 25AUG1978 F-14A lost at sea off coast of CA. 13SEP1978 F-14A crashed into sea after stall post-launch from USS Ranger. 05OCT1978 F-14A crashed into sea while flying off of USS Eisenhower. 25NOV1978 F-14A lost 100 miles off the coast of Pusan, Korea. 21MAY1979 F-14A crashed into sea flying off of Ike. 09SEP1979 F-14A crashed near Cubi Point 03NOV1979 F-14A crashed into Med while operating from Nimitz. 05DEC1979 F-14A mid-air collision with another F-14A off Puerto Rico, crashed into Caribbean. 03MAR1980 F-14A crashed near NAS Miramar. 06MAR1980 F-14A crashed on approach to the Ike. 01APR1980 F-14A crashed on approach to Nimitz. 03MAY1980 F-14A crashed off coast of Iran after launching from Nimitz. 13SEP1980 F-14A crashed during ACM with an A-7E, entered a flat spin. 04NOV1980 F-14A crashed in Pacific operating from Kitty Hawk. 24APR1981 F-14A crashed after take off from NAS Oceana. 26MAY1981 F-14A written off after EA-6B crashed on recovery. 26MAY1981 F-14A written off from same incident. 27JUN1981 F-14A crashed during pre-delivery flight from Calverton when it crashed into Atlantic off of Long Island, NY. 07SEP1981 F-14A written off after A-7E crashed into it on landing on Kitty Hawk. 29SEP1981 F-14A crashed into Arabian Sea after control difficulties, flying off USS America. 19DEC1981 F-14A lost in Indian Ocean after arresting gear failure from Connie. 06FEB1982 F-14A lost doing ACM off of JFK, pilot lost control. 06MAR1982 F-14A lost arresting gear failure off coast of Italy, Ike. 14JUN1982 F-14A crashed into Pacific off San Clemente Island. 29JUL1982 F-14A crashed at VA Beach after take off from Oceana. 20SEP1982 F-14A crashed in Med after loss of FLCS. 28FEB1983 F-14A crashed near Yuma proving grounds, AZ, crew ejected. 17MAR1983 F-14A mid-aired with another F-14A operating off the Ike near Puerto Rico. 17MAR1983 F-14A same incident 17MAR1983 F-14A Ike lost another that day, hydraulic failure and loss of FLCS. 09APR1983 F-14A crashed on approach to USS Carl Vinson. 30AUG1983 F-14A mid-aired with another F-14A doing ACM, crashed into sea off VA Capes. 30AUG1983 F-14A same incident as above 08NOV1983 F-14A crashed into Med near Cyprus while doing low level CAP mission. 11NOV1983 F-14A crashed into Med off coast of Lebanon, crew ejected. 18JAN1984 F-14A crashed into sea after total loss of power on single engine approach to CVN-65. 17JUN1984 F-14A substantial damage after port MLG collapsed on landing aboard CV-66. 20JUN1984 F-14A slid off #3 elevator on USS America into the sea (I met one of the maintainers who watched this incident happen.) 15JUL1984 F-14A lost after crew ejected over Arabian Sea. 08AUG1984 F-14A crashed out of NAS Cubi Point. 04SEP1984 F-14A crew ejected after inflight fire, A/C destroyed, NAS Miramar.
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