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23 minutes ago, marcinko said:

Hello Gentleman,

 

was the Tomcat able to carry on the same mission this combo ?

 

I`am referring to the center pylons combo

 

 

 

 

without a pic or description.. im gonna take a wild guess that you are referring to a double cheeseburger combo

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  • 4 weeks later...

Air One is correct.

However: A mix of A/G (Rockeyes) and A/A, i.e. AIM-54 on the center rail had been aproved and in use at least during the late nineties as documented on VF-11 and -31 Deltas as well as VF-211 and -213 Alphas.

Hence, though I haven't seen an AIM-54 / LGBU combo on a center rail yet, if you like that one, just hit it.

 

This is just an example to illustrate the claim in general:

http://www.topedge.com/alley/images/f14d/f14d31gb.htm

 

http://www.topedge.com/alley/images/f14d/f14d31de.htm

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That is not a legal load, the bomb on the left belly station (Station 3R) is a GBU-31(v)4 JDAM, the F-14 was never cleared to carry the GBU-31(v)4 JDAM, only the GBU-31(v)2 variant (and on their last cruise the GBU-38(v)2).

 

If the bomb was a GBU-31(v)2 it would be a legal load but I've never seen a load like that carried.

 

GW

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