The fifth regiment is mainly stationed at Guixi Station for training this year. Their home station is at East Guangdong Station, and they also have some fighters left. The ones who are transferring here today are from their home station at East Guangdong Station.
The three flight regiments, the fifth and sixth regiments, have all been stationed at three major stations for training. The only exception is the fourth regiment, which has not been stationed in western Guangxi. Considering that the second division is located on the front line, and the J-7
The flight range is really too short. If we go to Guixichang Station for training, we may have to return once we see the mainland airspace line, let alone go to sea.
There is no tiger in the mountain, and the monkey is king. Most Chinese Air Force pilots, including Li Zhan, have the same complex psychology and emotions towards the J-8.
It’s 2009, and the F-16 has been in service for thirty years. To this day, the number of domestically produced J-10s that can rival this aircraft in terms of technical level and combat performance is only three regiments.
You have a choice, A or B, J-7 or J-8. So should you choose the Seventh Master or the Eighth Master? Soldiers don’t have the right to choose. Even if they did, the result would be the same. The equipment of these two models
The number is the largest, so you can imagine how much effort it takes to get the drawbar fee of 900 yuan per hour. The drawbar fee for the U-27 and J-10 is almost the same, about 900 yuan.
As for the more advanced su-30, don't even have wishful thinking. At this moment, there is only one regiment of su-30, and those who can fly this aircraft are almost all elites in the air force who have less than a thousand hours of flight time. Don't even touch it.
Want to touch.
As a result, the J-8 has become a model that many pilots look down upon but still want to fly, because you have no second choice.
At least the lever fee for driving the J-8 is more.
This shows how determined Li Zhan was when he gave up the opportunity to stay in Beikong and fly the J-10 and chose to go home and fly the J-7.
After taking turns to have lunch in advance, all the tower personnel on duty returned to their posts. The weatherman was the busiest and most stressed. He was nervously summarizing the real-time weather reports sent by the weather station, and had to conduct final analysis and submit them to the commander.
Transferring two batches of two aircraft is a common occurrence. In the past few years, the Second Division has often done it, and the frequency has increased, so everyone has become more and more skilled. If it were ten years ago, similar transfers would have alarmed the aviation commander.
While Li Zhan was waiting for Guangzhi to hand over command, a rumor suddenly occurred to him. He hesitated, wondering whether he should ask Fang Chenghe a question.
"Ask whatever you want to ask." Fang Chenghe said.
"Yes." Li Zhan said, "I heard that the J-8 cannot form a formation of more than two aircraft because the airborne radars will cause serious mutual interference?"
Fang Chenghe glanced at Li Zhan and asked, "Have you ever seen a J-8 formation of more than two aircraft?"
"No." Li Zhan replied, "We don't have J-8s in our training base, but I once visited the Haihang Airport Station on the Jiaodong Peninsula and found that they do not have formation tactics of more than two aircraft."
This rumor has been around for a long time. Li Zhan doesn’t know much more about the J-8 than a military fan. He even took a cursory glance at the cockpit of the J-8. It is said that because electronic equipment will cause serious interference, if there are more than two of them,
This will cause the electronic equipment to fail to work properly, making it impossible for the J-8 to fly in formation of more than two aircraft.
In Li Zhan's impression, the J-8s taking off and landing at Xixianchang Station did not have a formation of more than two aircraft. His family was at the Chengdong County Machinery Factory, which happened to be on the takeoff route of Xixianchang Station. When he was a child, he often held his neck high.
Looking at airplanes, you can tell the difference between J-8 and J-7 after watching them for a long time. I have never seen a formation of more than two aircraft, but the J-7 often flies in large formations. He is quite good at this aspect.
right to speak.
Fang Chenghe said, "That's old history. The early models of the J-8 did have this problem. At that time, our country's avionics technology was still relatively backward, and mutual interference was serious. But it's not the mutual interference of radar signals you mentioned, it's
The overall avionics system.”
After a pause, he said, "As for Type 2, which is the model equipped with air intakes on both sides of the Fifth Regiment, this problem has actually been solved. Large formation flying is rare mainly because of changes in tactics."
He looked at Li Zhan with a half-smile and asked, "Do you think it will be possible for large formations to fight in the air in the future?"
Li Zhan laughed awkwardly. Indeed, in the first Gulf War, the U.S. military only dispatched a dozen F-15 air superiority fighters to form the so-called "Wall of Eagles" to gain air supremacy in the theater.
It is unrealistic to consider the technical gap in equipment. What should be seen is the combat methods and the power of systematic combat demonstrated by the US military. The Iraqi army in Saddam's era was not a mess, but the most powerful army in the Middle East.
Under the systematic attack of the U.S. military, it was like being squeezed by mud. Such a result gave the Chinese soldiers a great shock. It can be said that the attack on the Chinese army was all-round from top to bottom. It is not an exaggeration to describe the far-reaching impact.
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Chinese military personnel have strong self-confidence and believe that one day they will have equipment at the same level as the US military. At this stage, the technology and equipment are backward, but the combat thinking and combat tactics must be accelerated to keep up. Moreover, in horizontal comparison, among the three major services,
Among them, the Air Force's operational thinking has changed faster.
All in all, the era of dozens of fighter planes fighting each other has passed. The future form of air combat will be based on beyond-visual-range combat, and the main strategic mission of the Air Force will shift from homeland air defense to both offense and defense.
Fang Chenghe didn't know that Li Zhan thought of the future development direction of the Air Force from such a detail. He thought that Li Zhan remembered that he was not assigned to the sixth regiment to fly the Su-27. After thinking about it, he revealed a piece of information and said,
"The highest superiors have determined that among our wide-air aviation force, our Second Division and Fourth Regiment are the first to modify J-11 fighters. The first batch of J-11s will arrive by the end of the year at the latest. If you want to be the first
If you want to refit in batches, you must seize the time to complete the subjects in the two stages."
The lever fees for driving J-11 and J-10 are at the same level.
Hearing this, Li Zhan suddenly became excited, "End of the year? That's great! Chief of Staff, I have no problem, I can fly every day!"
How much does it cost to tie the rod?
"What are you thinking about? What will happen to the others if you fly away?" Fang Chenghe punctured Li Zhan's fantasy, "What you have to consider is how to use the precious flight time to improve efficiency."
Li Zhan was somewhat disappointed and nodded, "Yes, I understand."
The aviation department has regulations on pilots’ annual flying time. The minimum cannot be less than 200 hours. It is not easy to fly more. The annual aviation fuel budget is only so much, and it can also be said that the annual training funds are only so much.
The principle is that if there is a lot of rain and dew, the rain and dew will be spread evenly.
"Xixian County, this is Guangzhi."
Guangzhi's call came over the loudspeaker.
Li Zhan quickly replied, "Xixian received it, please give instructions!"
"Two batches of two, I leave them to you."
"Understood, the frequency is ninety-nine eight seven three point four, repeat, the frequency is nine nine eight seven three point four."
Soon, Guangzhi conveyed the frequency to the two J-82s that were approaching the field. The two pilots of the Fifth Regiment adjusted the frequency to the channel designated by the Xixian field station and began to call the tower, "Xixian, Three
Two hook calls, accepting your command, over."
"Tick three or two, keep approaching, use runway nine, over." Li Zhan gave the number of the landing runway allowed.
The number of the runway is not a serial number. It represents the degree of magnetic declination and heading. The first two digits are used as the number. For example, runway 15 represents the take-off direction of 150 degrees, while runway 9 represents 90 degrees. Xi County
The direction of the runway is roughly east-west, and the commonly used direction for takeoff and landing is east. The choice of direction is related to the local wind direction all year round. No matter takeoff or landing, there is a headwind, so this factor basically determines the direction to be chosen when constructing the runway.
329 report, "Use runway nine, understood."
Li Zhan continued to report the situation to those entering the site, "The normal pressure in this site is 780, the wind direction is 111, the wind speed is 6 meters per second, and the ground temperature is 22."
"Understood, I'm taking another turn."
At this time, the figure of the J-8 can already be seen appearing over the airport. The landing procedure of the J-8 is similar to that of the J-7, with about four turns, the landing gear is extended in the third blink of an eye, and the J-8 is aligned with the runway after the fourth turn.
The unique figure of the -8 is definitely very recognizable. It was developed based on the J-7. It underwent facelift surgery to lengthen the fuselage to accommodate more avionics equipment and insert an extra engine. The same thing
In terms of aerodynamic layout, it can be said that the early J-8 was an enlarged twin-engine version of the J-7, which was just a makeshift measure at the time.
The technology was not enough for publicity, so the "beautiful man in the sky" came into being.
Now the Fifth Regiment has all eliminated the early models of J-8, and is equipped with the latest models produced at the beginning of this century. The most obvious difference is that the early models, like the J-7, use nose air intake.
The model used by the fifth regiment now has air intakes on both sides, freeing up the nose for installing fire control radar.
Compared to the Fourth Regiment, the Fifth Regiment is actually the worst off. Their current aircraft have been in operation for less than ten years, and if they want to modify them, they may have to wait another ten years. Unless they hand over the existing equipment to the brother units and modify the new models themselves. For
For a front-line ace fighter division like the Second Division, known as the "Southern Tyrant", this kind of operation is nothing. The old model J-7s of the fourth regiment were just handed over to the brother units in the west and then modified.
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The problem is that it has been determined that the Fourth Regiment will refit the J-11 by the end of the year, so there is absolutely no possibility that the Fifth Regiment will hand over the existing equipment and then refit it.
It is said that the J-11 is much more advanced than the original Su-27, especially the avionics system. It can be said that there is a generation gap, and the performance in all aspects has been greatly improved. By then, the title of the Ace Flying Group of the Second Division will probably be obtained from
The Sixth Regiment was transferred to the Fourth Regiment.
Thinking of this, Li Zhan felt a lot more mentally balanced.
"Tower, I have deployed the landing gear." 329 reported.
The sergeant observing the landing gear yelled out the report: "Landing gear down!"
"The landing gear is down, you can land." Li Zhan confirmed to 329.
The handsome man in the sky slightly raised the nose of the aircraft and landed gracefully and slowly. The main landing gear rubbed the runway surface and splashed a faint smoke. After taxiing for a while, the front landing gear landed, the throttle was fully retracted, and the speed became slower and slower.
Under the command of the ground crew, we drove out of the runway and drove along the taxiway to the designated parking space.
Not long after, the second J-8 successfully landed in this field, marking the arrival of the Eighth Master again after two years and three months in this field.
So far, the Xixian Station has once again gathered all models of the Air Force's main fighter jets - J-7, J-8 and Su-27.