An F-14A two-plane formation flew over the north side of the centerline of the strait. The lead pilot, Chen Rui, grabbed the control stick and tilted his head to look outside the cabin. From his height, he could vaguely see the islands about a hundred kilometers away.
coastline.
Today is the first official appearance of the 'Red Tomcat', and Chen Rui's palms are a little wet. His superiors asked him to only make an appearance to intimidate his opponents, and not to engage in any other unnecessary behavior.
In the 1990s, with the money in their pockets and the equipment given by their American father, the Southeast Rebels were very happy. In addition to the F-16A/B, they sent people to the United States to receive the E-2T in 1994, and they will be installed in 1995.
An airborne early warning wing will be established at the end of the year.
To prepare for a rainy day, China attaches great importance to the E-2T. Although this kind of carrier-based early warning aircraft has limited information processing capabilities compared to the E-3 due to the limited space inside the aircraft, it is like a big killer when used in conjunction with the "Fighting Falcon" to bully the J-6 and J-7 aircraft.
Considering that the "Holy Light" has been providing industrial products to Iran and even helping to maintain the "Persian Cat" fleet. The domestic internal committee has long suspected that Arcee was the one who shot down the E-3 in the F-14A, and has been asking how to deal with the early warning aircraft.
It's just that Mo Ji has a stricter tone than anyone else. When asked about the air combat situation in the Persian Gulf, she always keeps silent. But when it comes to cruising in the strait, she is more active than anyone else.
How could the ministry dare to let Arcee go to the Strait? With how fiery and ruthless she showed in training, she might fly into the sky and shoot a "Phoenix" from the 'Fighting Falcon' on the opposite side.
In the early days, the "Fighting Falcon" only had the short-range "Rattlesnake" and the mid-range "Sparrow". Bullying the "Seventh Master" was a waste of money. But when it encountered the "Tomcat" with long-range ammunition, it turned into a dish.
However, there are only twelve Tomcats that can be fought in China, and the Phoenixes are also limited, so they cannot afford to lose them. If the opponent is equipped with an early warning aircraft, it will be enough to make up for the slight disadvantage in missiles.
It's impossible not to worry about this situation where "an elephant is killed by too many ants".
Sigh... The bald guys on the opposite side have been jumping too much lately, and from time to time they rush across the central line of the strait to provoke. They even dare to fly close to the mainland's coastline, trying to trick the surface-to-air missile force's radar into turning on and collecting confrontation information.
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What can compete here is the Su-27SK, or even outdated ones like the 'Qi Ye'.
The F-16A can be equipped with electronic jamming pods produced by the Raytheon company, which often jams the Su-27SK radar screen into a snowflake.
As for the "Qiye", it was even worse. The "Qiye" didn't even have radar in the early days. The radar in the later period was too small. Radio communications and navigation were interfered with. If you were not careful, the pilot would get lost.
Precisely because Bald Man danced too much, the country was forced to send a two-plane formation of Tomcats to suppress the situation, otherwise the morale would be too bad.
Not long after Chen Rui took off, the Tomcat's AN/AWG9 radar immediately scanned several high-speed targets over the strait. Judging from the navigation trajectory, they were bald "Fighting Falcons" running across the center line looking for trouble.
After exchanging information with the ground radar station, Chen Rui communicated with his wingman, retracted the 'Tomcat's' swept-back wings, and accelerated toward his opponent.
The two sides did not come to the point of quarreling with each other. When provocation was encountered, they were driven away at close range. The Bald Man's 'Fighting Falcon' also saw a bright spot on the radar approaching at high speed, and after evading it for a moment, he activated his jammer, hoping to tease his opponent.
If it is an old-fashioned electronic tube avionics, it will really be interfered with if the processing power is not enough. The Su-27SK suffers from this disadvantage. The radar is full of snowflakes and cannot see anything, so it can only fly stupidly.
However, Chen Rui's two Tomcats were urgently replaced with a full set of digital avionics and upgraded to the standard F-14D. A group of American "grandfathers" personally gave guidance, and domestic military factories took action.
"These grandsons are doing this again." Chen Rui could tell from the avionics that he was experiencing electronic interference, but the back-end processor of the airborne radar filtered out the interference signal.
The weapons officer in the back seat controlled the radar and asked via the internal communication: "Captain, do you want to punish the other party? Just like instructor Arcee often does. Our current position is very suitable."
Arcee often used fire control to lock targets and make the students' aircraft sound radar alarms. The pilots of the "Blue Army" learned this trick very quickly, and they used similar routines every time they tortured their brothers' units.
It's just that radar locking is a very aggressive behavior. Chen Rui refused: "I don't want to write a review after landing. The superiors said that I only need to show up. Let's go there now."
When the throttle push rod is pushed to the end, the turbofan engine is instantly boosted to an orange-red tail flame. The wings are shrunk to the minimum, instantly breaking through the sound barrier, showing a beautiful Mach ring in the air.
The two 'Tomcats' rushed over aggressively, and the two 'Fighting Falcons' on the opposite side immediately felt the pressure. They originally wanted to release the interference and circle to the rear of the opponent, but found that the 'ACP' fighter plane today was a bit unusual.
The two Su-27s did not fly around like headless flies. Instead, they quickly responded to the electronic interference, pointed their noses towards the Fighting Falcon, and flew over accurately.
Turning on the afterburner and entering supersonic speed, a distance of dozens of kilometers passed by in a flash. The two sides quickly came into visual distance. The bald Fighting Falcon pilot saw with his naked eyes two different fighter jets approaching.
The two sides crossed each other almost instantly and flew behind each other.
The bald pilots discovered at first glance that their opponent was not the Su-27. They subconsciously wanted to circle and bite the opponent immediately - the F-16A has a light body, a large energy advantage, a small circling radius, and can easily change its flight status.
But the 'Tomcat' that was accelerating and flying closed the throttle, and quickly pulled the swept wings to the maximum, switching from supersonic speed to subsonic speed. It turned, bit its tail, and stared to death.
A series of operations played smoothly.
The two sides entered into a 'dog fight' state.
Only then did the bald pilot see his opponent clearly at close range, and immediately shouted in terror on the radio: "Tomcat, it's a Tomcat! How can it be a Tomcat? It's actually a Tomcat!"
The 'Fighting Falcon' hovered left and right in the air, flying up and down, trying to take advantage of its large thrust engine to throw away its opponent. But no matter how hard it was thrown, Chen Rui behind him was still watching, as nimble as a butterfly.
"How is this possible? I can't get rid of it." The bald pilot turned his head and looked back, his mind filled with bewilderment.
America’s father warned them that China ‘obtained a lot of F-14As from Iran’. But don’t be afraid, the F-14A’s TF-30 engine is not good, and it is easy to enter a surge state when it changes flight status frequently.
If you want to crush the "Fighting Falcon", you have to replace the F-110 with the F-14D.
"It's impossible. Didn't we agree that the F-14A 'Dog Fight' has poor performance? Why can't it be thrown away? How can it be so strong?"
The two 'Fighting Falcons' were bitten by the two 'Tomcats'. Whether they were accelerating or circling, the heavy aircraft easily crushed the light aircraft.
In the end, the bald pilot could only stop maneuvering, shake his wings to show there was no hostility, and turn back to the center line of the strait, terminating the mission.
When the bald pilot landed, he immediately started shouting, "It's over! The communists have Tomcats. They really have American Dad's Tomcats. They are not afraid of our electronic interference, and they can keep biting us."