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Originally Posted by *[FOX
* Bort]The LANTIRN has really transformed the F-14 into a truly multi-mission paltform. If you'd like to know more about how the F-14 w/LANTIRN worked in combat, I'd suggest you read Black Aces High, a great book about F-14s in Kosovo.
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I have heard otherwise, but I don't personally know. However, I know for certain that the A/B/C/D's
could not spot their own targets. So, you're saying the F-14 had the capability to spot their own targets, and the F-18 didn't. That's one hell of an avionics upgrade.
I will also say that what you read in a civilian book isn't always the same as what the maintenance instruction manuals say, or what you experience when you're sitting in the cockpit.
On the topic of phased arrays, I stand by my opinion. Slewed arrays are superior for todays AA and AG missions.