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The F-14s fire control and radar system is one of the most advanced in the world. The AN/AWG-9
weapons control system can detect and track countermeasures-equipped targets at ranges of 195
miles, depending on target size. Up to 24 targets can be tracked simultaneously. Destruction of
targets firing the Hughes AIM-54 missile took place at ranges in excess of 125 miles! The F-14D
received a new radar system, the AN/APG-71 radar that enables multiple tracking, too, with
twice the range of the AN/AWG-9 radar.
Until 1988, nearly 800 AWG-9 systems were built for the Navy and some 80 for the Iranian Air Force. In 1989 the production of the new APG-71 radar system began for the F-14D, but production ended only a few years later when the F-14D production and remanufacture plans were cancelled.
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F-14 Tomcat Walk-Around Details:
AIM-120 AMRAAM | AIM-54 Rail | Aircraft Systems | Air Inlet | AN/ALQ-167 ECM Pod | Arresting Hook
ARI | Baggage Container | Beaver Tail | Bombracks | Carrier Landing Pattern | Chaff & Flare Dispenser
Chinpods | Cluster Bombs | Cockpit Interior | Combat Training Pod | Crew Ladder | Cut Away Drwg.
DFCS | Dimensions | ECM Fairings | Ejection Seats | Engine | Engine Compart. Ventilation
Expanded Chaff Adapter | External Fuel Tank | Fuel Tank Locations | Fuel Tank Rack | Glove Vane
Grounding | Horiz. Stabilizers | Iron Bombs | Jack & Hoist & Tie-Down Points | JDAM | LANTIRN Pod
Laser Guided Bombs | Laser Guided Training Round | LAU-138 Chaff Dispenser | M61-A1 Cannon
Mainlanding Gear | Material Distribution | Multi-purpose Pylon | Noselanding Gear | Paint Schemes
Parachute Flares | Pocket Checklist | Practice Bombs | Radar | Refueling Probe | Sensor Probes
Speedbrake | Spinchute | Tact. Air Launched Decoy | TARPS Pod | Test & Eval. Equipment
Tow Bar Adapter | Tow Target | Ventral Fins | Walleye missile | Walkaround | Weapons List
Weapon Stations | Windshield Rain Removal | Wing Control Surfaces | Wing Glove Sealing Plates
Wing Fences | Wing Sweep Mechanism | Zuni Rockets & Pod -- Abbreviations
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