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* Select a weapons set using the menu: Tomcat Controls > Fuel and Stores: "FAD light" has 4 sidewinders, "FAD", "FAD heavy" and "Bombcat" have 2 of them.
* Select a weapons set using the menu: Tomcat Controls > Fuel and Stores: "FAD light" has 4 sidewinders, "FAD", "FAD heavy" and "Bombcat" have 2 of them.
* Select HUD A/A Mode on the Display panel, on pilot's right console. A multikey shortcut is also available ({{Key press|:}}{{Key press|A}}{{Key press|H}}{{Key press|a}}).
* Select HUD A/A Mode on the Display panel, on pilot's right console. A multikey shortcut is also available ({{Key press|:}}{{Key press|A}}{{Key press|H}}{{Key press|a}}).
* Select SW mode with the Stick Weapon Mode Selector ({{Key press|w}}).
* Select "SW" mode with the Stick Weapon Mode Selector ({{Key press|w}}).
* Switch to the RIO view ({{Key press|Ctrl|v}}).
* Switch to the RIO view ({{Key press|Ctrl|v}}).
* Select pylons 1 and 8, down position, on the Armament panel, on RIO's left console. A shortcut toggles these two switches so you can select or deselect all AIM-9 in one keyboard stroke ({{Key press|Ctrl|m}}) without leaving pilot's view. If you have 4 sidewinders, then after shooting the first 2 you need to toggle the pylons 1 and 8 into the up position.
* Select pylons 1 and 8, down position, on the Armament panel, on RIO's left console. A shortcut toggles these two switches so you can select or deselect all AIM-9 in one keyboard stroke ({{Key press|Ctrl|m}}) without leaving pilot's view. If you have 4 sidewinders, then after shooting the first 2 you need to toggle the pylons 1 and 8 into the up position.
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'''AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-54 Phoenix:'''
'''AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-54 Phoenix:'''
* Select a weapons set using the menu: Tomcat Controls > Fuel and Stores: "FAD" has 2 Sparrows and 4 Phoenix, "FAD light" has 4 Sparrows, "FAD heavy" has 6 Phoenix.
* Select A/A Mode, master arm etc. as with Sidewinders.
* Select "SP-PH" mode with the Stick Weapon Mode Selector ({{Key press|w}}).
* Set the appropriate pylons into the up position: 3, 4, 5, 6 for the pylons below the belly, 1 and 8 under the wing in up position for "FAD" (2 Sparrows, the 2 Sidewinders are selected in the down position of 1/8.
* Obtain a radar lock by using {{Key press|y}} the the next target and {{Key press|Ctrl|y}} the the previous target.
* Launching the missiles is the same as for the Sidewinders, but there is no growling sound and the max shooting range are larger: up to 30+ nm for the AIM-7 and 100+ nm for the AIM-54.
'''Bombs:'''
Are displayed, but not working yet.


'''Radar Scan Modes:'''
'''Radar Scan Modes:'''
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