GW8345

Not to contradict anyone but if you look closely, the centerline bombs fin's are in the "+" configuration while the shoulder stations bomb fin's are in the "x" configuration. At least to my Mk 1 Mod 0 eyeballs that might be slightly out of calibration. Also, in the first pic there's a Mk 82 Mod 2 (Thermally Protected bomb body) loaded on the inboard aft station (sub-station 1 of the BRU-3). First time I've seen a TP bomb on an AF bird. We need Mr. Vark to chime in, he'll know what's going. GW

GBU-31(v)1's

So anyone with an opposing view is parroting Kremlin propaganda 🤔.

So anyone who doesn't recite/agree with your opinion is parroting Kremlin propaganda and we have to get our news from your approved source, sounds kind of communist if you ask me.

Kind of funny how no one has addressed the loop-sided tariff Canada imposed on US products. Also Canada, who do you think is leading the fight to keep the Suez Canal open, what forces do you have over there helping to keep the sea lanes open?

The point I was making wasn't the amount, it was the fact that the US gave foreign aid to Canada. Why did the US give foreign aid to a country that is part of the G7? (and I'm not buying that it "mostly" went to US companies operation inside Canada)

The following foreign aid has been allocated to Canada; 2020 - $35,113,031 2021 - $24,574,226 2022 - $31,803,879 2023 - $7,505,404 2024 - $251,600 2025 - $0 As far as military spending/defense; When was the last time Canada spent the required %2 on defense spending that is mandated in the NATO charter? The last figure I was able to find was for 2023 and Canada has spent 1.3% of GDP on their military while the US spent 3.6%. Yes, Trump may be exaggerating some numbers but not everything is a lie. Canadian tariff's on;

I see the "No Politics" light has been turned off again so if I may; Everyone is complaining about the current United State's administration imposing tariff's but allow me to ask you one question, why is the current United States administration imposing the tariff's? Could it be that the current administration is "leveling" the playing field? But you say the old way was working. Yea, working in Canada's (and other countries) favor, the US was getting hosed. Why do you think all those Canadian's were coming across the border into the US and buying things and

Thank you sir! GW

Is Steve doing his books or has he stopped doing them also?

My first reply to this thread was a complete answer to the OP's question, he asked what are the differences between the F-14A and F-14A+, which I answered in full. I then explained that if he meant the differences between the F-14A and F-14B that it would be a different answer. He never responded so I assumed that he got the answer he was looking for and expounding further was not warranted. You may not agree with the answer I gave but you weren't the OP. If you think giving bad or misleading information is being helpful think again, it's actually the opposite.

Your information is misleading, the Sparrowhawk HUD did not come around until late 1999 so (again) it depends on what time frame the modeler wants to do. I worked on F-14A's from 87 to 90 and then on Bravo's from 90 to 2000, the only difference in the beginning was just the engine start panel, over time subtle differences between the cockpits did occur but it depends on the time frame and what mods the each airframe had. Also, not all Bravo squadrons got the Sparrowhawk HUD, VF-24, VF-74, VF-102, VF-142 (off the top of my head) didn't get the HUD. V/R G

The Snakeye fin can be release either open or closed and the ballistics between a closed Snakeye fin and a conical fin is different. Ballistic data for air delivered weapons use to fall under NAVSEA until the late 70's/early 80's, than it was taken over by NAVAIR and new rules for mix loading and mix delivery was instituted. A couple of rules that were instituted was you can't mix different weapons on the same TER/MER/CVER, etc and all weapons delivered in one run (called an event) has to be of the same kind.

Here's the photo I was talking about, the Mk 82 Snakeye is on the bottom TER station and the Mk 83 is on the upper outboard station.

My recommendation is to go with the slicks and leave the Snakeye's for another build. Snakeye's were usually employed for low level deliveries, USN F-4 didn't do that much low level stuff during the Vietnam war (esp up north). They usually just dropped their bombs higher up to stay out of the AAA range so snakeye fins weren't used that much by the F-4's in the early days of the war. Now, as fas as mixing bombs on TER/MER's, that hasn't been allowed since the end of the Vietnam way but during the early days of the war it was done (I have one documented case of VF-32 (F-