Affected by the curvature of the earth, ground or sea radars can only maintain a monitoring distance of about 40 kilometers for low-altitude targets. However, early warning aircraft can see a distance of 350 to 400 kilometers in the air.
Just when Zhou Qingfeng was thinking about the Enclave's early warning opportunity and taking care of the 'Arleigh Burke' class destroyer, the Enclave's air force personnel were much bolder than he imagined - they pushed the early warning aircraft over the Yucatan Peninsula.
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The person who served as the air conditioner on the AWACS was none other than Lieutenant Colonel Claude, who was shot down by Zhou Qingfeng's 'Perak-15' two days ago. The old lieutenant colonel fell into the sea after parachuting and was rescued by the support of his own inflatable lifeboat.
Arrival of ships.
After returning to the Air Force base in Florida, Lieutenant Colonel Crowder was deeply ashamed of his experience of being shot down. He suffered some shock to his body while parachuting, and after two days of rest, he could not fly the F-16 again for a short time, so he simply went to E
-3 early warning aircraft is responsible for air situation command.
The angry Lieutenant Colonel Claude vowed to fight back against the Aurora Legion. He mobilized eight F-16s. Six were equipped with AIM-120Ds with a range of nearly 200 kilometers, and two carried the 'LRASM' long-range
Anti-ship missile.
'LRASM' is a sharp sword specially developed by the US military to attack high-value targets at sea. It has a range of up to 800 kilometers and is highly intelligent. It can fly autonomously until it destroys the target as long as it finds the target. It can be launched outside the defense zone and stealth to break out.
Defense is a great threat to warships.
The reason why Lieutenant Colonel Claude carries such a vicious weapon is because the Enclave senior officials can no longer bear the Aurora Legion's continued control of the USS Kennedy. Under the current situation that Havana is obviously unable to hold on, they are afraid that the aircraft carrier will escape.
, so even if it cannot be sunk, it must be crippled.
The combat radius of the F-16 can exceed two thousand kilometers with the auxiliary fuel tank, and it can fly from Florida to the west coast of Mexico. After a recent period of combat analysis, this area is considered to be the activity area of the USS Kennedy.
Lieutenant Colonel Claude was currently in the cabin of the flying E-3 early warning aircraft, staring at the radar screen and looking at the airspace and sea map, thinking about how to find the target. His plan was to cross the Yucatan Peninsula and enter the west coast of Mexico, using the early warning aircraft
The phased array radar on the aircraft searches the entire sea area.
The eight F-16s serve as the personal escorts of the E-3 and can theoretically block any attack. With the early warning aircraft present, the fleet is not afraid of any sneak attacks. As long as the target is discovered, this mission will definitely succeed.
"Sinking an aircraft carrier is the most glorious moment for a pilot. In the past few decades, no aircraft carrier has been sunk. Today I am going to make history!"
Lieutenant Colonel Claude felt that he was simply blessed by God. The last time he was forced to parachute was a blessing in disguise. This was a mission that could go down in history!
You must know that the current Aurora Legion is a toothless tiger, and the most important equipment in the end is the 100,000-ton war beast sailing on the sea. The Enclave was tricked by Zhou Qingfeng in order to obtain this war beast.
It was bleeding heavily and now it has reached the point of destroying it.
Seeing that the Aurora Legion was about to lose its hold in Cuba, the Enclave was afraid that the core of the Legion would escape on this giant ship, so he thought of simply sinking or damaging it.
In short, we must not let the scourge Victor Hugo escape again. The entire Enclave has been tortured by this guy so much that they even gave up the precious aircraft carrier in order to kill him.
Now Lieutenant Colonel Claude came over with a powerful air strike force. This time he was very energetic and would never underestimate the enemy. He must get rid of that devil for the United States.
While crossing the Yucatan Peninsula, the air force base behind Florida sent a message asking Lieutenant Colonel Claude to go to the Merida battlefield. The three Mexican divisions fighting in Merida were fighting hard against the Mexican Liberation Army.
It was difficult to separate, and there were heavy casualties.
Major General Brenita of the Mexican 1st Mixed Division even begged on the radio: "We are engaged in street fighting in Merida one battalion after another. Countless people died in the damn streets and houses. Our entire division has been
There are more than half casualties, you can just shoot the ground!"
Lieutenant Colonel Claude did not respond at all to the pleas of the Mexican government forces on the ground. He directly rejected the tearful request for help. He had only one goal in his mind, and that was the aircraft carrier! The aircraft carrier! The aircraft carrier!
What achievements can be achieved by sweeping away the ground for the army? What we want to do is to kill an aircraft carrier!
With excitement and a great mission, the Claude fleet flew in the air for more than three hours and finally arrived on the west coast of Mexico. The radar on the back of the E-3 'Watchtower' early warning aircraft scanned the surrounding sea area for hundreds of kilometers, all
Everyone opened their eyes wide, and the result was...
I didn’t even see Mao!
Hey..., how could it not be?
Lieutenant Colonel Claude and the air commander in the cabin stared at the radar screen, looking at every pixel. But whether it was sea or land, they only had nine aircraft of their own on the entire west coast of Mexico. Elsewhere
Empty!
What about the aircraft carrier?
It doesn’t make sense!
Yesterday, the propeller-driven aircraft of the Aurora Legion were still attacking the Mexican government forces outside the city of Merida. Why are they not here today?
These grandsons are not in this sea area, where can they go?
In anti-ship warfare, the most important thing is not how far the missile is launched, let alone how powerful the missile is, but how to find the opponent in the vast sea. In the past, the Americans had satellites, a huge aerial surveillance system, and various sensors.
Vehicles, but now these things are gone.
Lieutenant Colonel Claude went to the west coast of Mexico with full enthusiasm, but now questions are popping up in his and his subordinates' heads - the most important one is where did the 100,000-ton aircraft carrier go?
"Climb up and expand the search range." Lieutenant Colonel Claude was unwilling to give in. He ordered the E-3 to fly to the ceiling of 12,000 meters so that the radar could see as far away as possible.
But still nothing!
Is that aircraft carrier invisible?
The eight F-16s that followed the E-3 were full of soy sauce, circling back and forth around their boss. The pilot flying the plane asked again and again on the radio-Boss, what should we do now?
"You also expand the search range to the outside world." Lieutenant Colonel Claude ordered unwillingly. The eight F-16s could only choose one direction to continue flying outward for a certain distance and turn on the radar to search outwards.
However, after flying from Florida, we had almost reached the limit of the F-16's combat radius. After flying for another two to three hundred kilometers, the entire fleet still found nothing. Lieutenant Colonel Claude rushed over with confidence, and ended up pounced on it.
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Is there any mistake?
"Where did this damn Victor Hugo go?" Lieutenant Colonel Claude, who was deeply affected, was almost furious. But his F-16 must return now, otherwise it will not be able to land safely.
God, why is this happening? Lieutenant Colonel Claude really can't figure it out, why did the USS Kennedy disappear for no reason?
It’s true that I came here in good spirits and returned in disgrace!