Harris-Archer F-14F-TA1

### Type

Carrier-based two seat stealth multirole fighter, experimental aircraft, technology demonstrator, testbed

### Modifications

* Replacement of F110-MC-280 engines with F159-MC-20s
* radar upgraded to AN/APG-89(v)3
* Internal M61 Vulcan replaced with a GAU-12
* Internal dispensers for LUU-3 marker flares
* Replacement of original IRST with an AN/AAS-72
* Integration of AN/ASQ-186 SPAR and  AN/ASQ-507 PT-MAD sensor pods

## Service

### User(s)

Osean Navy, Harris-Archer Aerospace, OASA

## Historical Information

### Engagements

**Lighthouse War*** Operation Siren's Song
* Battle of Stonehenge
* Destruction of Erusean missile silos
* Alicorn Crisis
* Cape Rainy raid
	+ Liberation of CDC-AA Cap Rainy
* Battle of Farbanti
* Operation Gorgon
* Second Battle of Tyler Island
* Air Battle over Shilage Castle
* Operation Daredevil
* Operation Hush

### Notable aircrew

CDR John "Trigger" Faulkner and CDR Bill "Jester" Denholm

### Becoming *Three Strikes II*

When he was released from his false imprisonment in a penal squadron, LCDR. John “Trigger” Faulkner was inducted into the 9th Wing and was asked to pick his aircraft of choice. Having flown an F-14D+ he had named “Three Strikes” during his time in the penal squadron, Faulkner was very much used to the Tomcat’s behavior, so when he spotted the TA1 on the flightline at Naval Aviation Facility Comona Island he immediately gravitated to it, describing it later as “love at first sight” To bring it up to his demanding standards, Trigger requested a laundry list of modifications be performed to the jet including the installation of internal marker flare dispensers, an upgraded infrared search and track, replacement of the internal M61A2 Vulcan with a GAU-12 Equalizer, a modified radio, activation of the datalink systems left offline from years as a testbed, and more. It was managed -with herculean effort from both Harris-Archer engineers and flightline personnel- to install these upgrades within two weeks. The upgraded F-14F-TA1, rechristened as “*Three Strikes II*” by its new pilot, made its combat debut during Operation Siren’s Song. By the end of the Alicorn Crisis the plane and pilot combination had already scored over 50 kills, a number that by the end of the war would have climbed to over 200. Partially leveraging his aircraft’s modifications, Trigger masterminded Operation Werewolf, originally intended simply to capture Cape Rainy Air Base but resulting in the discovery and liberation of the infamous Erusean “Stalag Luft” prisoner of war camp. Several notable pilots, unbeknownst to STRIDER 101 including LTJG Natalie “Brownie” Baker (a close personal friend of Trigger’s who broke out of the camp and led a detachment of Task Force Basilisk back to start the camp’s liberation) and StHptm. Marius “Eisenbahn” Lemke, (the highest scoring Belkan ace of the war at 33 kills) were held at the camp under conditions that the IUN would describe as “an appalling violation of international law, human rights, and an affront to basic decency” in an official statement. Participating in the Battle of Farbanti, Trigger utilized the TA1 to break the record for the most kills scored in a single day with 24, including three aircraft of the notorious 68e Escadrille Expérimentale «Sol». Information about its activities during the Satellite Blackout other than its kills is very limited thanks in part to the inability to return avionics data to command.

### List of air-to-air victories

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 Rafale M
 Tu-95 “Bear”
 Tu-160 “Blackjack”
 Arsenal Bird *Liberty* (shared, fully credited by naval rules)
 MiG-29 “Fulcrum”
 Rafale C
 MiG-29 “Fulcrum”
 Ballistic missile (type unknown, suspected to be S3 or RT-2 Topol-M clone)
 Ballistic missile (type unknown, suspected to be S3 or RT-2 Topol-M clone)
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Su-57 “Felon”
 Su-30MK2 ADA “Flanker-G”
 Rafale M
 Rafale M
 Rafale C
 Su-57 “Felon”
 Mi-26 “Halo”
 MiG-31BSM “Foxhound-D”
 Su-47 “Berkut”
 Rafale M
 Rafale M
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 MiG-31BSM “Foxhound-D”
 MiG-31BSM “Foxhound-D”
 Su-57 “Felon”
 J-20A “Firebat"
 Su-47 “Berkut”
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Su-57 “Felon”
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 MiG-35 “Fulcrum-F”
 MiG-35 “Fulcrum-F”
 Su-30MK2 ADA “Flanker-G”
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Rafale C
 Su-30M2 “Flanker-G+”
 Su-30M2 “Flanker-G+”
 Falcon 20
 Su-30M2 “Flanker-G+”
 Mirage F1C-ME
 Mirage F1C-ME
 Rafale B
 MQ-99 “Flashbulb”
 Tu-22M “Backfire”
 Tu-22M “Backfire”
 Tu-160 “Blackjack”
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 *Zvezda*-class SSTO
 Su-30M2 “Flanker-G+”
 MiG-23MLD “Flogger-K”
 Su-30M2 “Flanker-G+”
 Su-30M2 “Flanker-G+”
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 J-20B “Firebat-B”
 Su-30M2 “Flanker-G+”
 Su-57 “Felon”
 MiG-31BSM “Foxhound-D”
 J-20BK “Firebat-D”
 J-20BK “Firebat-D”
 Su-30M2 “Flanker-G+”
 Mirage F1C-ME2
 Su-57 “Felon”
 MiG-31BSM “Foxhound-D”
 MiG-31BSM “Foxhound-D”
 MiG-31BSM “Foxhound-D”
 Su-27 “Flanker”
 Su-37 “Flanker-F”
 Su-27 “Flanker”
 Su-57 “Felon”
 MiG-35 “Fulcrum-F”
 ADF-11 “Munin”
 ADF-11 “Hugin”