Wang Yu and Liu Lingxin, who landed at a small airport to rest, were unable to know their results in the ground attack assessment for the time being.
They must complete the next few assessments step by step in order to get a final score.
Early the next morning, they drove the F-15E into the sky again.
But this time, the pods used by fighter planes for ground attack and terrain scanning were removed and replaced by eight air-to-air missiles that shone brightly under the morning sun - naturally not live ammunition, but a specially made
training ammunition.
This training bomb can be launched just like the actual live ammunition. It has the same propulsion system and guidance system as the live ammunition. The only difference is that there is no anti-personnel charge. The place where the charge was originally used is replaced by a set of signals.
Replaced by transmitting and receiving devices, used to obtain target information and transmit related data.
When this kind of training bomb is launched towards the target, in addition to going straight towards the target like a live ammunition, it will also automatically monitor the target's evasive actions and upload this information to the exercise system, which will be processed through a system with a specific algorithm.
Comprehensively judge whether the missile will "shoot down" the target, and if not, what kind of damage will be caused to the target, etc.
Of course, for safety reasons, this training missile will not actually hit the target. Instead, it will automatically throw a deceleration device from the tail within a certain distance of the target to quickly reduce the speed of the missile and then fall to the ground.
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The cost of this training bomb is no less than that of a live bomb, but it is really helpful for pilots to simulate real air combat.
Especially for BVR (Beyond_Visual_Range, i.e. beyond visual range air combat) combat, this method can make the pilot more "involved" - at least, launch a missile and watch it drag its wake towards the target.
It is much better than shouting FOX3 into the air and then listening to the other side report evasion strategies...
The F-15E took off in the morning sun, then turned to the air combat assessment airspace and began waiting at the entry point.
The training airspace is located over the mainland where the empire is located, far away from the sand island base. The weather is pretty good, with a few clouds floating around.
If the air combat is fought from beyond visual range to within visual range, then this weather will be a very good situation for tracking the enemy.
As the saying goes, autumn is high and the air is crisp. In this season, the inland location can be called the sky is high and the clouds are clear. When fighting in this environment, there are no clouds to help you block the opponent's field of vision, and there is no turbulence to interfere with the flight of the fighter planes.
, the starting point of both sides is equal, and some are just pure confrontations, that is, the collision of pilots' strengths.
It’s just that in this kind of weather, the advantage of the drone’s blind spot observation is not that great.
Wang Yu reduced his fuel consumption and circled around a large radius, patiently waiting for the notification of the start of the confrontation.
He suddenly heard Liu Lingxin say from behind: "I heard that today's opponent is a newcomer participating in elite training. Sir, you should have no pressure. After all, I heard that before you reported to the base, you drove a Mig-21
Beat the Su-30."
"That's because the opponent underestimated the enemy and took the initiative to give me part of the advantage. This is nothing to be proud of..."
He said as humbly as possible that he had never blown this matter around, and he didn't know where Liu Lingxin found out about it - it couldn't be the guy named Xiangdong. Could he have been defeated?
Do you still publicize it everywhere?
As for Liu Lingxin’s statement that there is no pressure, Wang Yu does not agree.
In an air battle, it is impossible for him to take it lightly just because of the identity of the enemy.
He feels that when a fighter pilot is about to fly a fighter plane into combat, he should do his best no matter what enemy he faces - even if the enemy is driving a double-wing propeller, you should treat the opponent as a philosopher.
There is a saying that goes like this: A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength.
Especially in air combat, where the fault tolerance rate is low to a certain extent, underestimating the enemy is digging your own grave.
"But sir, you are a pilot. I will help you observe as much as possible during the battle."
Liu Lingxin said proactively.
Today's assessment has nothing to do with her.
All operations in air combat, including mode switching, radar adjustment, missile selection, etc., are controlled by the pilot. In this process, the weapons controller is just a ballast that can help the pilot observe the surrounding situation. Of course, when the enemy's infrared combat missile attacks and the fighter plane has nowhere to evade, the weapons controller must actively pull down the ejection button and eject himself to use it as the fighter plane's last heat decoy bomb... p>
Wang Yu feels that Liu Lingxin cooperates well with him, so he will do his best to avoid this situation.
Soon, Wang Yu heard the notification from the early warning aircraft on an agreed channel, and the assessment began.
They can officially transfer to the assessment airspace.
Wang Yu immediately ended his circling, pressed the side stick into the airspace, and prepared to fight.
The assessment airspace is a circular area with a radius of seventeen nautical miles.
This airspace is quite small, with a diameter of thirty-four nautical miles, or approximately more than sixty kilometers.
Both sides will enter from both ends of the "diameter" and then start a free battle.
This distance is almost the actual enemy contact distance.
This means that such a large area is enough to meet all the combat needs of two fighter jets.
After all, the purpose of this assessment is to test the comprehensive ability of fighter pilots, so it is naturally impossible for a certain combat method to become the main method.
To put it simply, BVR must be used, and WVR (Within_Visual_Range, that is, air combat within visual range) must also be used.
Both hands must be grasped and both hands must be strong.
Although this is a simulated assessment, there are certain rules, such as that both parties must enter the assessment airspace before the fight can begin, and the minimum height set for safety, etc., but other than these rules, the rest are all in play.
Possible simulated actual combat.
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After the two sides officially entered the assessment airspace, the early warning aircraft immediately announced the start of the battle.
Different from basic fighter maneuver training, at this time there are no requirements for the flight attitude of the two fighters, and there is no need to say that the battle can only start after the first round of intersection between the two fighters.
When the battle starts, it means that both sides can start to find the target, establish a lock and prepare to fire.
At this time, no one cares whether you are flying upright, backwards, high, low, rolling, spiraling, or even doing a Belka maneuver to drift in the air, as long as you can "shoot down" your opponent in the next battle.
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When entering the airspace, Wang Yu did not turn on the radar to try to scan the opponent's position.
Because once it is turned on, when the radar beam sweeps across the opponent's body, the opponent's radar warning receiver will also immediately find its own position (based on the position transmitted by the radar wave).
It would be fine if this scan determined the opponent's position. However, due to the characteristics of Doppler radar, if the opponent does not close or widen the distance, the opponent's fighters will be "filtered" as background clutter.
Drop.
To briefly translate, it probably means that even if Wang Yu turns on his radar, he may not be able to scan his opponent, but his opponent can determine your position based on Wang Yu's radar scan, which will lead to Wang Yu's unilateral exposure of his position.
Therefore, keeping the radar "silent" before entering a certain distance is a good way to stay concealed.
Since it is an assessment, the competition is about the ability of both parties to detect and attack the enemy without any information.
Therefore, neither side has ground radar or early warning aircraft to provide help and guidance.
Of course, the early warning aircraft monitoring the entire assessment also guessed that both sides might adopt the strategy of keeping radar silent and waiting for the other side to take the lead.
In order to avoid this situation where neither party intends to search for the other party, within a period of time after the assessment begins, if both parties are still like headless flies, they will break the deadlock and notify both parties of the opponent's BRAA information.<
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Wang Yu adjusted his flight direction and waited patiently for his opponent to make the first move. He planned to launch a defensive counterattack.