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<summary>New loadouts, and HMD ability to all three F-14E Tomcat variants</summary>
<detail> Since 2005, U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets (Both legacy and "Superhornet" versions), have had the JHMCS system available to use.
As such, if the Navy decided to keep the ST-21/AST-21/"Quickstrike" Tomcats around for as long as the Hornets have been around,
then it would be reasonable to assume that F-14E's would also gain the same capability.
-Add a HMD ability to the "properties" section of all three F-14E variants since 2005.
The newest entries of the F-14E's in the database (Current version: DB3000 v491), also lack the following weapons:
--GBU-134 and GBU-136 "Superfrag" munitions (Only applies to the year 2020 and beyond).
--GBU-56(V)2/B and GBU-56(V)4/B LJDAMS
--AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Blk II and Blk III (Only applies to the year 2020 and beyond).
--AIM-260 JATM (Only applies to the year 2020 and beyond).
--AGM-88E AARGM-ER (Only applies to the year 2020 and beyond).
--AGM-154 JSOW-ER (Only applies to the year 2020 and beyond).
Reasoning for adding these weapons are relatively reasonable, being that if the weapons are already used by U.S. Hornet platforms,
then there would be no major reason why they wouldn't be able to be used on the F-14E variants; since most, if not all of the weapons listed are in similar size and weight to weapons that are already included for the F-14E's by default.
So there would be no reason why there would be physical restrictions. At most, the weapons would probably require software-based upgrades in order to be compatible. The F-14E's are also hypothetical platforms in the first place, which gives even more room to take liberties.
Potential loadout's for the F-14E's(Meant as examples):
--4-8x 500lbs bombs (GBU-134 JDAM), 2x AIM-9X (Blk II/Blk III), 2x BVR missiles (AIM-260 or AIM-120D), external fuel tanks, Targeting Pod
--4x 1000lbs GBU-136 or GBU-56 JDAMS, 2x AIM-9X (Blk II/Blk III), 2x BVR missiles (AIM-260 or AIM-120D), external fuel tanks, Targeting Pod
--6-8x AIM-260 JATM, 2-4x AIM-9X (Blk II/Blk III), external fuel tanks, Targeting Pod
--4-6x AGM-88E AARGM-ER, 2x AIM-9X (Blk II/Blk III), 2x BVR missiles (AIM-260 or AIM-120D), external fuel tanks, Targeting Pod
--4x AGM-154 JSOW-ER, 2x AIM-9X (Blk II/Blk III), 2x BVR missiles (AIM-260 or AIM-120D), external fuel tanks, Targeting Pod
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