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TOMCAT TERRITORIE
De F-14 TOMCAT is een van de beste superjagers ter wereld. In 1972 werd het eerste jachteskader namelijk VF -124 "GUNFIGHTERS" uitgerust met dit model. De F-14 kan verwoestende klappen uitdelen, laat uitstekende vliegprestaties zien en is een droom van veel piloten. Alleen al het besef met een TOMCAT te doen te hebben, brengt de tegenstander in paniek. Bovendien kan de F-14 van bijna elk vliegdekschip opereren. In combinatie met de E-2C Hawkeye radatvliegtuig en met bijtanken in de lucht is een eskader TOMCATS in staat om het luchtrium in een cirkel van 400 mijl rond een vliegdekformatie zo te beschermen, dat geen enkel vijandelijk vliegtuig de oorlogsschepen onder haar kan bedreigen . Zelfs de laagstvliegende speciale raketten kan de TOMCAT uitschakelen met haar Phoenix, AMRAAM en Sparrow - raketten. De TOMCATS beschermen een vloot van tien oorlogsschepen met 10.000 manschappen en evenveel vuurkracht als de strijkkrachten van Groot-Brittannie.
The sidewinder dates back to 1956 but there has been many upgrades over the years. The Sidewinder tracks its target through the heat of the planes exhaust. The AIM-9J version of the Sidewinder introduced the Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode which enabled the missile to lock onto the enemy without being directly behind it like the previous versions. It still had to be fired near the enemy's tail though to track the heat. The AIM-9L version of the Sidewinder was the first to be able to lock onto an enemy if it was fired head-on. The pilot no longer had to get behind the target to get a lock.The AIM-9M is the only sidewinder still in operation. The AIM-9M has the all aspect tracking of the AIM-9L as well as improved defense against infrared countermeasures like flares. The AIM-9M also uses a rocket motor that gives off less smoke then the previous versions thus decreasing the chances of the target detecting the missile as it attacks.The AIM-9 Sidewinder is the most common used Air-to-Air Missile excluding the Soviet Union with over 110,000 produced.
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This missile was used mainly on F-15 and F-14. One of the first versions of the Sparrow the AIM-7F was one of the first missiles to use solid-state electronics rather then small vacuum tubes. This dramatically decreased the size and made more room for engines available. This room was filled with a new dual-thrust booster/sustained rocket engine. This new engine gave the range of the missile a huge boost from around 14-16 miles to 28-30 miles during a head-on engagement. Another version of the Sparrow was the AIM-7 M that introduced a inverse-processed digital monopulse seeker that made the Sparrow harder to jam and detect was introduced in1982. \par Later the AIM-7P was given improved guidance technology and an on-board computer based on VLSIC technology that gave it higher precision and allowing it to intercept small targets like cruise missiles.
