In the Middle East, a place where oil tyrants and wealthy owners gather together, Persia is an alternative. Relying on its rich underground natural resources, it was once extremely rich, otherwise it would not be able to afford a 'Tomcat' worth US$80 million apiece.
This is just the bare metal price and does not include ammunition training and after-sales service.
But Persia chose to break away from the control of Eagle Sauce after the 1970s. It planned to develop on its own, but was blocked by Europe and the United States, lacking financial and technical resources.
Persia's industrial system is considered to be very good in the Middle East, but the imitation of second-generation machines is stumbling, and there is no hope for third-generation machines.
Later, after the flower growers developed the fourth-generation machine, the whole world felt that they could also do it. Persia also did it... and created a weird model.
After the Iran-Iraq war, due to religious unrest and the implementation of the blockade, the Tomcats in Persia were faced with a shortage of spare parts. The availability rate of the fleet continued to decline, and the number of usable fighters continued to shrink.
But no matter how it shrinks, the 'Tomcat' is the most powerful weapon in the Persian military. Especially in the 1990s, this thing was so advanced that it made even flower growers laugh.
First of all, this is a carrier-based aircraft with a pure pedigree - why Persia, which does not have an aircraft carrier, would choose a carrier-based aircraft, only God knows. After all, the Pahlavi who bought this thing died in the 1980s.
The variable sweep wing of the Tomcat is complex and expensive, and requires very high manufacturing technology. The advantage is that it takes into account both high-speed interception and low-speed cruising.
It can quickly rush to the fighting position after taking off, hover for a long time 400 kilometers away from the aircraft carrier, and rely on the command of the early warning aircraft to attack the opponent or prevent the enemy from approaching.
The top speed of nearly Mach 2.4 allows the Tomcat to fight and escape.
The AN/AWG-9 radar is an air combat artifact with incredible performance. When it was first put into service in the 1970s, combined with the long-range 'Phoenix' and the medium and short-range 'Sparrow' and 'Sidewinder', it was completely unmatched in the air.
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If such a fighter aircraft has sufficient logistical support, its power will be endless.
It's a pity that Persia was blocked.
Zhou Qingfeng lay on the hillside near Tabriz Airport and stared at the airport for several hours.
The Persian Air Force stationed here took off and landed several fighter sorties early in the morning. Among them, the 'Tomcat' was only seen once, but the RF-5E reconnaissance aircraft flew quite frequently.
Many people think that the enemy of their enemy is their friend. But this description is actually not true. The enemy of their enemy is not necessarily a friend. He may also be an idiot who is arrogant and has high ambitions but low power.
Zhou Qingfeng doesn't have a good impression of Persia, because Persians have an inexplicable sense of self-superiority, which is even more magical than that of the third brother. Although the third brother is funny, he knows how to make more friends and has a thick skin.
Persians don't think this way.
The Tomcat that took off in the morning flew several times in the air and landed back to the open hangar on the east side of the airport. There is a terminal building and a tower there. Passengers have to rely on shuttle buses to enter and exit the airport.
The perimeter of the airport is closed with barbed wire, and guards in gray-green military uniforms patrol the area with dogs. Yingjiang has been trying to find ways to destroy the 'Tomcat' in Persia's hands, including buying an insider to dismantle the 'Phoenix'.
In order to protect the 'holy object' in their hands, the Persian Air Force also worked hard and did not dare to be careless in any way.
Zhou Qingfeng didn't move the whole day, just circling the airport a few kilometers away. He waited until night before he appeared.
After dark, the airport guards stepped up their vigilance. However, they did not have night vision devices, so they relied on patrols to sweep back and forth flashlights and the noses of police dogs.
This cannot stop the violent Zhou Qingfeng at all. He can run at a speed of 100 meters for several kilometers, crossing the airport perimeter cordon like a gust of wind.
The several-meter-high barbed wire fence was covered with barbs, which was intimidating to ordinary people. He could easily climb over it in the blink of an eye.
Even if a dog smells his scent, it will be fooled by the arcane magic of 'pacifying animals'. One or two guards noticed something strange and could only see blurry shadows passing by.
There are several hangars, and it is actually an open hangar. Zhou Qingfeng randomly picked one and approached it. The shed was brightly lit, and what came directly into his eyes was... scaffolding?
Well, it's not scaffolding, it's a maintenance ladder.
The huge Tomcat is parked inside, and ground crew members in overalls are circling the aircraft like ants. The Tabriz base can only perform ordinary daily maintenance on the fighter aircraft. If it needs to be overhauled, the fighter aircraft must be transferred to Isfa
Rarely go.
In the hangar selected by Zhou Qingfeng was the 'Tomcat' flying during the day, and a dozen Persian ground crews were busy. Zhou Qingfeng didn't know what they were doing, so he just used the sleeping spell one by one.
The spirit slaves appeared and supported the fallen ground staff. They changed their bodies and transformed into unshaven Persians, standing at their original posts and pretending.
If there are outsiders passing by, they can also cover up a few things.
Arcee followed Zhou Qingfeng in, and turned into liquid metal and entered the body of the Tomcat, flowing around like mercury, sometimes at the nose and sometimes at the tail.
There are maintenance equipment like power distribution cabinets next to the fighter plane. Several skin openings are opened under the belly of the aircraft. A large number of cables extend from the ground and are maintained through the detection interface under the skin.
There are a large number of maintenance manuals and assembly guides placed next to the maintenance equipment. Sophia floated out of the void, and the 'Scholar's Touch' absorbed the information.
"Master, these maintenance manuals are incomplete. The parts related to overhaul and the like have to be sent to Isfahan."
Because of the purchase of fighter aircraft, the Persians have received professional training from Eagle Eagle, including overhaul skills. There is the Persian Aviation Manufacturing Industry Company in Isfahan, where the overhaul and modification of the Tomcat are carried out.
On the other side, Arcee jumped out from the engine nozzle at the tail of the plane and shouted happily: "Master, this plane can fly. As long as it is replenished with fuel and ammunition, it will be able to beat the US military in the Persian Gulf in a few hours."
Zhou Qingfeng came to cause trouble. In fact, he was very close to success. But standing in front of the Tomcat and intuitively feeling the intimidation brought by this heavy fighter, he had other ideas in mind.
The florists who wanted to build an aircraft carrier had to wait until 1999 to buy the Varyag. They had to drag the warship home in 2002, rebuild it in 2005, and deliver it in 2012.
Now it is 1992, and the Varyag, which has been built to more than 60%, is soaking in the Nikolayev Shipyard on the Black Sea. When it was towed home, the ship was rusty on the outside and looked like an abandoned ship.
Almost iron.
The reason why it has been delayed for so long, apart from lack of money and foreign obstacles, is that there is no domestic carrier-based aircraft - aircraft carrier without carrier-based aircraft is equivalent to a waste, isn't it?
As for the alliance's carrier-based aircraft, let's not mention them - the combat capabilities of the Yak-38 "mast defender" are quite limited, and their reliability is extremely poor.
The domestically purchased Su-27SK will not arrive until August this year, and self-assembly will not begin until 1998. As for the J-15, it is also built on the prototype of the Su-33.
It is possible to get a Su-33 prototype, but Yingjiang’s Tomcat is a mass-produced machine. This is not about playing Gundam, mass-produced machines are stronger.
Zhou Qingfeng thought about what would happen if he bought the 'Varyag' now? After thinking about it carefully, it didn't matter.
If you don’t even have a carrier-based aircraft, can you buy it back and use it as a private yacht?
The price of a private yacht of more than 60,000 tons is not expensive. It was sold for only 20 million US dollars in 1999. It is quite impressive to buy it to show off.
Do you want to go to Isfahan and learn about the Tomcat? Except for the Grumman company in Eagle Sauce, only the Persian family has this thing.