Jukka O. Kauppinen wrote:
One could also make the argument that a follow-on to AIM-54 isn't
required--threat is gone and the fact that the system was never used
in combat during its life cycle would indicate that other weapons
would have a higher priority for budget $$.

Except it was of course much used in combat during the Iran-Iraq war,
with some 60-70 victories claimed for the AIM-54 missile.

jok

Good point... Iranian use is not as talked about in the west as USN
use, but it is an interesting look at the F-14A.