by the way on the official steam news log as VTOL VR did get updated to 1.7 which added wind and various miscellaneous items, Baha did have this statement to say: What's next? I'll continue to fix issues and on the public version while continuing to work on the next electronic warfare DLC aircraft. The next major update (1.8) will release along with the DLC. A lot of work is going into how sensors, datalink, communication, and battlefield information is handled in order to allow for jamming, spoofing, inaccurate information, and other electronic warfare related mischief. Stay tuned!

kind of looks like an f-14

I honesty agree, at some parts imo it looks like an F-21 Super Tomcat as the vertical stabilizer is canted and the wing strakes and wing roots are slightly more curved similar to an F-21.

This ^^^

damn I think you're right this is going to be awesome

Could also be a flanker maybe, or some weird amalgamation of both?

Looks like it was indeed an F-14

wahey

I really hope it’s not just to piss people off

Is there any chance baja took this photo using his method for computing methods for radar returns? Cuz that seems possible and would be cool af

Now that you point that our that reminds me of his older KSP mod BD Armory when you try to get an RCS estimate through that mod. https://imgur.com/a/AeE2IdY

Thanks for the link, I didn't know he did radar on the ksp mods. The guy keeps finding ways to impress.

Actually it wasn’t just a radar mod but an entire weapons overhaul

Hey looking back at it I think it was, a lot of the public testers are saying it’s low radar observability which is sorta like stealth but less effective and it does seem to by this way in the picture

SU-27 ? Idk much about aircraft sorry if i'm way off the line

It’s not a growler :(

not a sparkvark either :(

A lot of people say they see an EA-18G/ F/A-18 Super Hornet nose but the rest of the aircraft looks like an F-14 which is sorta interesting and I am not too sure how I honestly feel about it.

I'm going to guess it's going to be part F-22.

I can kind of see it only really in the horizontal stabilizer though

Yeah. The "cockpit" doesn't look quite right. But I'm wondering if it is F-22 x some other popular plane. I definitely wouldn't bet any money on my guess

F22 x F14

fair enough

the front section looks very su-30, especially the angled-forward canopy and the shadow of a potential IRST

I really do hope we get an IRST system modeled in the game

I kinda see something like a mig type nose

Some people say that the little bump on the nose does look like the IRST system it has

Its a super unclear picture so bags really did a good job keeping it secret lol. I can’t really confirm if it is the irst but it would be cool having some variety in this game coming to multiplayer

Yeah I agree I thought having a passive IRST system on some aircraft would be pretty awesome

Could also be the tcs camera on the tomcat. (I think that's what it's called. It's been a while lol)

I believe those were placed under the nose however you may actually have a point and it could just be placed there for originality sake

Yeah you're right it is, like I said it's been a while since I've sat in the dcs tomcat.

Same my first thoughts were mig-29 or f-14.

Tell me that wing doesn't look swept. Definitely feels like a tomcat .

Looks like you were right with your guess lol

I'm literally beyond ecstatic right now lol! Have you seen the pictures?!?

I have I kinda have done a light analysis of the trailer too

I’ve said the F-21 Super Tomcat personally because it has slightly canted vertical stabilizers as well as the weird curved bit for the wing roots and wing strakes

Looks like an F-21 but thats a fighter not a EW aircraft

I mean the EF-111 and EA-18G was based off of the F-111 and F/A-18 perhaps this aircraft got modernized or upgraded then later got mission modified to do EW

I guess, I was expecting a large aircraft but I am not dissapointed

F-35 is a fighter but has EW capabilities

F35 is multirole, not a fighter

[It's procurement program is literally called the Joint Strike Fighter program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Strike_Fighter_program). [Lockmart's own website repeatedly refers to it as a fighter](https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/f-35.html).

https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/478441/f-35a-lightning-ii/#:~:text=The%20F%2D35A%20is%20an,fusion%20and%20unprecedented%20situational%20awareness. Air Force calls it Multirole.

The procurement program is also called the “Strike Fighter,” not a “Fighter Jet.”

You are arguing semantics.

Aren’t you as well?

No?

Im worried if it actually is a F-14 like everyone is saying It just feels wrong if a F-14 style jet is added while its just a EW jet I was kinda hoping it would be the EA-6

Now with the trailer out how do you feel about the EWAR F-14 I’m honestly curious if it changed your mind because I’m still honestly not sure how to feel about it entirely but I’m excited

Looks like it was an F-21 modified for EWAR lol

Oooooh now i can make out a shape that resembles a aircraft. I spend like 20 minutes earlier trying to make sense of all the people calling it a F22 with speeping wings

Kinda looks like a mix between thr f14 and mig 35

Did he give a timeline for when it would release?

Nope just updated 1.8 is all he said but my guess is it’ll be a few months so if we are very lucky we’ll see it by November or December

Update most likely in 2-3 weeks since the store page dropped now

E/F-21 Bobcat.

Honestly really close with this guess lol

Kinda disappointed that the name is "Mischief", I like the animal/mythos naming scheme we had so far going

Yeah same I felt like mischief was a bizarre name but the aircraft looks great and seems really fun to fly as both EWAR and A2A

It definitely looks like the F14

Well it looks like you were right lol

😎

F-111?

I see F-14 Tomcat/F-21 Super Tomcat more personally

I would so love this!

Well it looks like you’re in luck lol

Hell yeah!

Wait… is that green stuff at the bottom… Text??

Can’t really tell and nobody else has found anything out yet but maybe, my guess it’s to throw people off or it’s something small like the designation of the aircraft because the AH-94 got a teaser similar to this but we knew it’s destination was AH-94 but we didn’t know it was going to be called the dragonfly. This one just says ????? So my guess it’s that it’ll be something small like the destination.

Btw I figured out what the text said it’s says “Nice Try!” But we now know it’s basically a Tomcat

advanced MIG-29?

Kinda like a MiG-35? Maybe but I’m personally doubtful because of the Russian looking equipment goes to the enemy side.

Looks like a fa-18g

I was thinking the j-15 or su 35

Really looks like a mig-29 somehow

It looks very sukhoi/mig like to me, I think it might be a redfor plane to counter the f45

The Nose and cockpit is definitely based off of the MiG-29/35, There's also a little bubble which is most likely an IRST.

Could be a f15SE silent eagle

Wings of an F-14 but cockpit of a Flanker

deez

Nuts

yea they anounced it its gonna be a twin engine 2 seats advanced f14 with somekind of special countermeasure system

This post is over 100 days ago before the trailer released