F-14 Tomcat coming to DCS

From the folks who created the stunning MiG-21 - A F-14A/B Tomcat

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=140017

(announcement thread got to 57+ pages in 24 hours)

including in release:

Multiplayer Multicrew capability. Fly together as RIO and Pilot!

F***!!! This a real news!!!:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

I feel the need…the need for speed! :slight_smile:

Just don’t expect it to fly like it did in Top Gun! :anpeace:

Still, one of the real classics of my youth…

Yea baby, now this is a Aircraft that I would pay a fortune to have and carrier Ops too!!! Life is good!:banana:

Heh! - 2 years time…

“European Air Force is a US Navy full-real DCS F-14 Squadron”

Pretty exited about splitting the duty’s with Pilot and RIO. So what is a RIO and their job:confused:? Well I found a good article.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/an-elite-f-14-airman-explains-why-the-tomcat-was-so-imp-1610043625

“No, you can be MY Wingman!”

Cue a years worth of Top Gun quotes until Leatherneck release it…

I think the more common term amongst pilots for a RIO is “ballast” :slight_smile:

“Talk to me, Goose”

Can’t wait…

“Yeeha Jester’s dead”

Not really fussed about the Tomcat, I’m waiting for the Hornet.
A true multirole combat aircraft to slam dunk onto the deck of a carrier in a true EAF landing (crash and burn).

Splash

I know its a little early Maverick, but you might need to have some BFM lessons just to get you prepared…Ooh I cant contain myself! :w00t:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3VKND7HrB8

Tomcat’s nice, but I would buy the F8/crusader, A4/Skyhawk,F105/Thud. Bring on the Vietnam era jets! Don’t forget the F4, A7, A6, mig17.

+1, Apollo you’ve the right stuff!!!

Old and graphically challenged with dodgy flight modelling to boot… Wings Over Vietnam. But a hoot of a game for a bit of 'nam fun :slight_smile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yRj6ipNP0Q