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Gaijin Entertainment announces that the online military action game War Thunder will receive a major Danger Zone update in mid-June. For the first time, players will be able to take to the skies in the long-awaited F-14 Tomcat, the legendary fourth-generation American fighter jet and the star of hit Hollywood movies. From the British battlecruiser HMS Hood to the colorful South African self-propelled howitzer G6 Rhino, the update will introduce dozens of other types of combat vehicles, as well as the abandoned city and southeastern metropolis maps.
The F-14 is a twin-engine variable-sweep wing jet fighter that was in service with the US carrier-based aviation from 1974 to 2006. American F-14s managed to take part in the wars in Vietnam (at the final stage), Iraq and Yugoslavia. In addition, the F-14 fighters are still in service with the Iranian Air Force - these machines were tested in action on the fronts of the Iran-Iraq war, where they scored dozens of air victories.
The first modification of the F-14 in War Thunder will be the F-14A, equipped with an excellent set of air-to-air missiles. In addition to the already familiar Sparrow AIM-7E and F, as well as the Sidewinder AIM-9D and G, the AIM-9H (a further development of the G version) and the AIM-54A Phoenix, a long-range missile with an active radar guidance system, appear in the game for the first time. In addition, the F-14A has a 20mm M61A1 cannon with a rotating block of barrels, as well as bombs and unguided rockets in case it needs to attack ground targets.
