Many will tell you to upgarade to SF2; quite rightly so.Then there are some others like me
To make the F-14A work in series one a lot of edits are required-like converting the ini files from unicodde to ANSI. With regard to no Hangar screens, you'll have to change the JPEG images that have provided to BMP's, and the corresponding references in the F-14A. ini
e.g
[AircraftData]
AircraftFullName=F-14A Tomcat
AircraftDataFile=F-14A_data.ini
CockpitDataFile=F-14A_cockpit.ini
HangarScreen=F-14A_hangar.bmp...this reference must be exactly how the file is named!!!
LoadingScreen=F-14A_loading.bmp
LoadoutImage=F-14A_loadout.bmp...ditto
LoadoutFile=F-14A_loadout.ini
AvionicsDLL=Avionics70.dll
AvionicsDataFilename=F-14A_avionics.ini
As to the phoenixes, well thats a little more intricate as it would involve using the correct weapons pack. The ODS campaign is the best to fly with the Oct'08 patch. Compare the weapons section of the old Tomcat(particularly the Phoenix stations) with that of the newer Tomcats-I'm sure you'll find what is amiss, or for that matter any additions that are foxing your desired loadouts.
And yeah the Knowledge base is a good place to start.
Goodluck.