... In the early morning of Xiaoyuekou, the battle of Shehezhi suddenly ended. It seemed that both sides were tired of fighting. Or tired of the battles between you and me. Half an hour before dawn came, both sides of the war stopped their combat operations at the same time. The attacking Ninth Battle single combat brigade took the initiative to retreat northwards, and the defense of the Israeli thugs, the old armored brigade and the Infantry Brigade did not take the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

It was not a good thing that the battlefield suddenly became quiet.

In fact, the battle did not stop, but just turned from the ground to the air.

On the morning of that day, the air force of the Republic and the United States fought against each other many times over Syria. Although each had its own victory, the scale of each air battle was not large.

After the war began, both sides were fighting desperately for air supremacy.

In the first few days, the Republic and the United States followed the traditional theory of air combat, namely, concentrating superior forces, first seizing air supremacy, and then conducting air strikes.

Obviously, traditional tactical ideas have been tested.

It is not that there is a problem with the tactic of prioritizing air supremacy. Before the aerospace strike is practical, air supremacy is still the key to occupying the commanding heights of the battlefield, and seizing air supremacy is absolutely crucial. The problem is that compared with previous wars, the Middle East war has great particularity. Not to mention, the main forces of the US Air Force are all deployed outside the battlefield, and the main forces of the Republic's Air Force are also deployed far away from the range of US military strikes. In other words, it is impossible to seize the enemy's air bases by attacking the opponent's air force.

To obtain air supremacy, you can only deal with the opponent's fighter jets in air combat. Because the performance of heavy air supremacy between the two sides is comparable. In addition, heavy air supremacy is very expensive, even superpowers cannot purchase in large quantities during peacetime. If you order urgently after the war begins, it will definitely not be able to keep up with the consumption of the war. Therefore, after a few days of battle, the heavy fighter jets of the Republic and the United States suffered heavy losses, and they were unable to master all air supremacy before the newly ordered fighter jets were delivered.

Affected by this, both sides adjusted their air combat tactics.

Starting from the 7th, the Republic's Air Force has focused on escort, that is, heavy air-controlling fighters escort for multi-purpose fighters that perform strike missions. The Republic's Navy has also changed its tactics. In addition to leaving enough air defense fighters, it also allows heavy fighters to mainly take on escort missions. In other words, the Republic's army no longer hastily seized air supremacy, and put guaranteed air support first.

The US Air Force and the Navy also made similar adjustments on the same day, putting air support first.

That's right, the air battles on the morning of the mouth are almost always "income battles."

To be precise, it is an encounter in a special environment.

According to the relevant information released by the Republic Air Force after the war and adjusted its combat tactics, in addition to escorting multi-purpose fighter jets that perform attack missions, heavy air combat fighters will also accept command from their air defense control areas. That is, based on the information provided by early warning aircraft or ground command stations, they will go to intercept enemy aircraft. In this way, heavy air combat fighters will not only play the role of escort fighters, but also play the role of interceptor aircraft.

In fact, only in this way can the battle of heavy air combat aircraft be maximized

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Because the losses were very heavy a few days ago, when the troops were limited, whoever could effectively exert the combat effectiveness of the troops would gain an advantage in air combat. Therefore, the tactical adjustments were almost all aimed at air combat aircraft, and they were all for improving the combat effectiveness of air combat aircraft.

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This tactical adjustment, air combat, and even the use of fighter jets, has created a great scene.

According to some data released by the US Air Force after the war, in the late stage of the war, all light and medium-sized multi-purpose fighters of the US military no longer carry medium-range interceptor missiles when performing non-air control missions, and sometimes they no longer carry combat missiles. The reason is very simple. When facing heavy air combat fighters with powerful active defense systems, if they cannot launch enough missiles at a time, the combat effectiveness of interceptor missiles and combat missiles is almost zero, and it is even worse than that of the machine gun on the fighter. The new address of this site has been changed to: Sishan Ao Plus 8 Si, please log in to read

When a multi-purpose fighter dropped the missiles used for self-defense, it changed more than just the purpose of combat.

In a sense, this battle between China and the United States has pointed out the direction for future air force construction. That is, in the era of technology-led tactical changes, the air force's combat aircraft will once again focus on a certain performance, and use this performance to determine the nature of the fighter. Fighters are fighters, attack aircraft are attack aircraft, and bombers are bombers. Multi-purpose fighter jets that have been popular for decades will definitely be eliminated.

Some people say this is a regression, while others think this is a return to nature.

Looking back at the development of air power, you can find that when the force is evenly matched, combat aircraft have very obvious performance focus. Only when a country has achieved absolute overlord status, multi-purpose fighter jets are the masters of air quality.

The reason for this phenomenon is very simple, that is, under extreme hegemony, the air force that symbolizes hegemony is difficult to challenge.

From the early 00s to the late 190s, the United States had unique absolute hegemony in the near-blade years, and the US Air Force fought invincible all over the world. At some point, even the US Navy and Marine Corps aviation were difficult to encounter decent opponents. Whether in the Gulf War, or later the Kosovo War, the Afghan War, the Iraq War and the Iran War, the US military could easily seize air supremacy, or even completely defeat the opponent with air power. In order to maximize the use of air combat mines, the US military will naturally attach importance to the performance of combat aircraft, especially the ability to strike against Sino-Iran.

Against this background, the old "Tongcat" fighter jet specializing in fleet air defense was honorably retired. The heavy responsibility of fleet air defense operations was handed over to a less competent retreat. In the later Peninsula War, it was because of the thugs who later improved the model, which caused heavy losses to the U.S. Navy's aviation force. The U.S. Air Force's "Eagle" fighter jet was greatly reduced, and the output of the Blade fighter jet used to replace the companion was reduced again and again. It was not until the Peninsula War that the large number of fighters was in large numbers.

If the US Congress had not approved several ugly procurement contracts after the Iran War, the US Air Force would have expanded the scale of ugly aircraft groups to more than suffrage before the outbreak of the Peninsula War. I am afraid that the US military would have lost even more. Even after the Peninsula War, because the Republic and the United States had a "destructive balance" and both believed in the Cold War policy of "indirect confrontation", the US Air Force did not learn from the teachings and still focused on developing multi-purpose fighter jets.

Objectively speaking, the Republic Air Force also took a detour.

Of course, among the many reasons why the Republic and the United States focus on multi-purpose fighter jets, international market demand also played a very critical role. Because heavy air combat fighter jets were very expensive, the unit price of the early 2000 was USD. At the end of the 4-way service, the unit price of the 2-way aircraft exceeded USD 100 million. The situation of the Republic fighter jets was similar. It is said that Oda 100 million yuan was sold to the outside world. Such a high price, so how many people could buy it.

Almost all countries are discouraged. For example, not to mention ordinary countries, even developed countries like the United Kingdom can only buy old ones. For most countries, what they need is not heavy fighters with extremely strong performance but relatively single mission capabilities, but light fighters with relatively low-priced costs, or medium fighters. In fact, because the price of heavy fighters is too expensive, the United States and the Republic have to use multi-purpose fighters as the main force.

In previous wars, the shortcomings of multi-purpose fighter jets have not been exposed.

In any case, except for the Peninsula War, the Republic has no direct confrontation with the United States, so there is no need to distinguish the performance of fighter jets.

In fact, when the Peninsula War broke out, the main force of the Republic Air Force was comparable to that of the US Air Force, and the combat area was too narrow, and the United States withdrew too early, the problems exposed by multi-purpose fighters did not attract attention.

Compared with any previous war, the Middle East war has brought unprecedented challenges to both sides' air power.

In the eyes of military strategists with long-term vision, the problem is not just the practical value of multi-purpose fighter jets.

Before the war ended, Major General Melechi of the Republic Air Force and Major General Joyce Lee of the US Air Force successively proposed a theory that shocked the air forces of both countries, that is, the opportunity for heavy air combat was quickly eliminated, and the air combat aircraft that ruled the future sky was not only aerospace fighter with more advanced performance, but also a specialized for air combat combat. It has extremely strong agility, a complete air combat system and active defense system, and can fight in any harsh environment, with relatively low cost, and can equip the troops in large quantities.

When this theory was proposed, neither of the top leaders of the air force of both countries realized its significant price

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In any case, it is impossible for the top leaders of the two countries to believe that the heavy air combat fighter that dominates the sky will be eliminated, and the one that will replace it will be light air combat fighter like "street stall goods".

Fortunately, neither the top leaders of the two countries' army have ignored this theory.

When actual combat results must be recognized, air combat tactical changes will come sooner or later. For the air force of the two superpowers, whoever can get ahead in air combat theory and take the lead in exploring new air combat tactics will win the next war.

It can be said that at that time, the air forces of both countries were a little hungry and feasted. The new address of this site has been changed to: Sishan Ao plus 8 Si, please log in to read

In Lei Jingming's words, no matter who it is, as long as it can propose revolutionary tactical ideas and combat theories, it will be supported by the Air Force.

That's why shortly after the war ended, the Republic's Air Force modified several aircraft and said that Xiao Hao conducted air combat tests. In order to prove his theory, Mei Lechi left the South Asian War Zone after being promoted to major general of the Air Force. He went to an air force experimental base in the northwest of the Republic to be personally responsible for the "confrontation force", that is, to use the improved Xiao Fei to verify his air combat theory.

The US Air Force also moved quickly. It used the slak fighter jets to form a similar confrontation force.

Although neither the Republic nor the U.S. Air Force made any public information, from the subsequent developments, the theory of Melechi and Lee completely changed the appearance of air combat.

Like the competition for air supremacy, air support has also encountered challenges.

As mentioned many times before, because both sides of the warring parties have strengthened the intensity of information interference, the battlefield communication has always been unable to remain unblocked, thus making air support the same. In order to exert the power of air strikes, both sides of the warring parties can only allow the mission-oriented multi-purpose fighter jets to be hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield. They will also use weapons to attack the enemy's fixed targets, or carry out cover bombing of enemy positions.

Obviously, this is definitely not the air support that ground forces on both sides want.

In the words of Major General Li, who was responsible for the US air combat at that time, if there was a choice, he would rather use state-B USD thugs to provide the most direct fire support to the ground forces under the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery fire, and the delicate jumping did not even dare to venture into the interception area of ​​the enemy's long-range air defense system.

Li's complaint just illustrates the problem.

In essence, this is also a problem that the Republic's Air Force needs to solve.

When dealing with weak enemies, or even when dealing with regional powers, several rounds of high-intensity air strikes can destroy the opponent's air defense system and obtain absolute air supremacy. In this case, not to mention high-performance multi-purpose fighters such as Yuhua and Xiaogui, even ordinary civilian aircraft can fly high enough, turn over the enemy's head a few times and then return to the rear base safely. In other words, when mastering absolute air supremacy, multi-purpose fighters maintain sufficient flight altitude and will not be threatened. In this way, crucial issues such as poor damage resistance and low survivability will not be exposed.

Obviously, not any war will be so handy.

When you need to carry out strike missions with the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower and have to use the pilot's eyes to find and aim at the target, the fatal flaws of multi-purpose fighters are fully exposed.

In fact, this is also the cause of "multi-purpose".

Although in the Republic Air Force, small thugs and Ying have to take on various tasks, including air defense. Because fighters are one of the most expensive arms, no country will purchase fighter jets that most of the air forces in the producer countries refuse to equip them, so the Republic Air Force and the US Air Force have to act as their own arms dealers salesmen. In this way, the Republic Air Force and the US Air Force cannot purchase light fighter jets according to actual combat needs.

In fact, when the US Air Force announced that it would retire the old service, it was opposed by many people.

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At that time, a US military general claimed that with the retirement of the thug, the US Air Force would no longer have real attack aircraft. The new address of this site has been changed to: Sishan Ao plus 84, please log in to read

Because he has participated in many wars, the Yangheguo Air Force attaches more importance to the ground attack capabilities of multi-purpose fighter jets.

In a sense, when the Air Force competed for control of the wounds with the Army Airlines, the Air Force wanted to obtain a real attack aircraft, rather than letting the light multi-purpose fighter jets that were not strong enough to perform low-altitude attack missions. In fact, in the Indian War, it was precisely because it undertakes almost all close-range low-altitude support tasks that the Air Force lacks low-altitude attack aircraft, and also made the Air Force's top leaders realize this problem. Unfortunately, under the impact of the third military reform, the Air Force not only failed to gain the dominance of...2, but also lost the opportunity to develop a special attack aircraft based on the thugs and Yang, and failed to make up for its own shortcomings.

By this time, Pei Chengyi and Du Qiwei both realized the problems of air support.

Unfortunately, Ducheway had no choice, because the hundreds of thugs who retired before Li Nian were all poisoned except for the few collected by the museum. What's more, the low-altitude attack aircraft improved by the US Army Air Force on the basis of the North 22 failed to pass the Pentagon approval. The newly developed low-altitude attack aircraft has not yet been tested. According to the US Army's equipment development plan, the code-named old low-altitude attack aircraft can only complete its first flight at Li Nian as soon as possible, complete all tests before Tian Nian, and put into production in Li Nian. To maintain this development progress, we must first ensure that we receive sufficient funding every year.

Compared with Du Qiwei, Pei Chengyi's situation is much better.

Although in the early stage of the war, due to front-line bases, personnel transfer, equipment transportation, etc., the low-altitude attack aircraft group of the Army Aviation was not allowed to arrive at the battlefield in time, after these days of efforts, the first batch of low-altitude attack aircraft troops had arrived in Iraq and were ready for combat. The size of this unit was not large, and there was only a large squad of thugs. Look at the strike capabilities of the old 0 concubines' low-altitude attack aircraft.

In the words of Brigadier General Luo Liangqi who commanded this unit, if he thugs the entire main combat force of an armored brigade, Luo Liangju definitely did not brag, because in the Indian War, the low-altitude attack aircraft group of the Land Airlines had similar results.
Chapter completed!