Reddit reviews Black Aces High: The Story of a Modern Fighter Squadron at War
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If anyone out there does not understand how important this is, go read Black Aces High right this minute. If you're in the states you're probably snowed in anyway.
The LANTIRN pod displayed in parallel with the AWG-9, so it didn't require software upgrades to operate LANTIRN. Tomcats that used LANTIRN did receive a PTID to better utilize the LANTIRNs functionality, but not software upgrades.
Adding LANTIRN to the F-14A and B was no harder than adding to the F-14D and their capabilities were the same. The difference was that the Ds didn't need the PTID as much, so D squadrons received the larger PTID display later - after the F-14A and F-14B squadrons were updgraded.
Additionally, the first strikes of OEF over Afghanistan were from VF-14 and VF-41 using LANTIRN with their old F-14As.
Also, here is a book that discusses VF-41s first cruise with LANTIRN while operating F-14As as part of "Allied Force" over Bosnia.
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Aces-High-Fighter-Squadron/dp/0312997086
Worth a look if you'd like to learn more about the F-14s later career.
-Nick