Chapter 563: Army Aviation

Someone from the Air Force is looking for me?"

Zhuang Jianye's first reaction was that there was something wrong with a few airlines that were closely related to the troops, and you must know that in recent years, the first major purchaser of Tengfei Group's aircraft was United Airlines, the second was China Post, and the third was Northwest Airlines.

As for the overseas market, due to well-known reasons, the aviation airworthiness certificate being applied for was frozen by the United States and Europe, resulting in the two series of aircraft of the Plateau Eagle and TM-9 could not be recognized internationally, resulting in a sharp decline in sales.

However, the impact on the Tengfei Group is not big, but it has made the Royal Thai Aerospace Industries suffer a lot of losses, but the Royal Thai Aerospace is not a vegetarian, with the relationship between Thailand and the United States, frequent pressure on the United States, so since last year, the TM-9 aircraft of the United States airworthiness certificate process has been restarted, which made the Royal Thai Aerospace Industries a little relieved.

But the pure Tengfei Group bloodline of the Plateau Eagle series aircraft is not so lucky, and now there is no possibility of loosening, so except for a small number of orders in Nepal, the overseas sales of the Plateau Eagle series aircraft are basically zero, not to mention compared with those aviation manufacturing giants, even the general small aircraft manufacturing company Tengfei Group can not compare.

Fortunately, Zhuang Jianye took a precautionary step ahead and caught up with United Airlines through the Air Force, and then expanded the China Post cargo fleet and the commuter aviation business of Northwest Airlines in Krai through United Airlines, which stabilized the basic market of Tengfei Group in the field of aircraft production.

So as soon as I heard that the Air Force people were looking for him, I thought that this was not a problem with these planes, you must know that there have been many similar things in the past two years, the most serious of which was that a Plateau Eagle B was seriously damaged when it made a forced landing due to mechanical failure, but fortunately, the plane was on a cargo mission at that time, and did not carry passengers, and the pilot's proper handling did not cause casualties.

But Rao's case still made Tengfei Group afraid, and hurriedly found the reason, added safety design, and recalled all similar models for modification.

After continuous adjustment and improvement, the mission integrity rate of the Plateau Eagle series and TM-9 aircraft has been maintained at an extremely high level for nearly a year, but no one dares to guarantee that the aircraft will really not have problems.

So Zhuang Jianye hurriedly put down the work in his hand, wiped his hands on the apron, walked into the living room quickly and picked up the phone, frowned and said: "Hey~~ I am Zhuang Jianye, what is the specific situation, is there something wrong with our plane?"

"No, Mr. Zhuang, this time only a leader named Jiang Liang led the team and came to look for you. Assistant Xiao Zheng said on the other end of the phone.

Jiang Liang?

Zhuang Jianye's brows furrowed even deeper, as Zheng Quanli's classmate and friend during the military academy, not long after the disaster relief in Daxinganling, Zheng Quanli took Jiang Liang to Xiping and drank with Zhuang Jianye, Luan Heping and Ning Xiaodong, a group of dead friends, for three days.

Zhuang Jianye was naturally familiar with it, and said in his heart that this product was not from the army, so why did he go to the air force?

"Okay, I'll go over after dinner. After saying that, he hung up the phone, and then returned to the kitchen to become a chef, and soon the green pepper tofu shreds, small fried pork, lettuce and lotus root slices plus a green vegetable tofu soup were ready.

After a simple bite, Zhuang Jianye said goodbye to his family who was preparing for a lunch break and hurried to the factory area of Xiping Factory.

The distance was not far away, and Zhuang Jianye hurried all the way, and soon arrived at the office area of Xiping Factory, and before he could enter the gate of the office building, several military vehicles drove in, and then jumped out of it Several officers wearing air force uniforms and army uniforms, and the first one who carried the rank of colonel was not Jiang Liang.

Jiang Liang also discovered Zhuang Jianye for the first time, and hurriedly took three steps and two steps to Zhuang Jianye: "Oh, Lao Zhuang finally saw you, I heard that your Tengfei Group can make high-end aviation spare parts? ”

Zhuang Jianye didn't expect Jiang Liang to be a rough old man who engaged in armored assault, and his mouth was full of question marks about aviation spare parts, Jiang Liang also found that Zhuang Jianye was confused by his own words, so he pointed to the door of the office building: "Let's go, find a place and I'll talk to you in detail." ”

So soon the group entered the door of the office building and sat down in the conference room on the second floor, and Jiang Liang briefly introduced the situation of their group.

It turned out that Jiang Liang did not cross the military, and Xiao Zheng was not mistaken, but the new branch of the army that had just been established for two years was really unfamiliar.

Army Aviation Corps, a young arm that was just established in 1988, is a flying army with helicopters as the core.

Of course, the army aviation at this time could not be compared with the multi-aircraft, highly mobile, and strong assault aviation strike groups that would be a few decades later, and they were still very primitive in terms of personnel, equipment, and configuration.

Not to mention anything else, several of the officers sitting in the conference room were wearing regular air force uniforms, and they had obviously just been transferred from the air force for a short time, so that they didn't even have time to change their uniforms.

As for Jiang Liang, not to mention, he was transferred within the army and served as the deputy commander of a certain regiment of the army aviation in the southwest region, responsible for the daily training of the airborne troops, the system maintenance of equipment and other non-flight work.

As the backbone of the army aviation unit, a certain regiment of the army aviation stationed in the southwest region is one of the only three aviation regiments of the army aviation today, and the other two are all stationed in the B military region around the Gyeonggi region.

The reason why there is no other one is only because a certain regiment of the army aviation in the southwest region shoulders the arduous task of transporting supplies to the garrison on the plateau in the Tibetan region.

Because of this, the helicopter equipped with by the regiment is also the most advanced in the entire army aviation force, and even in the entire unit, that is, the American-made S-70 helicopter, nicknamed the "Black Hawk."

This unit was transferred from the Air Force to the Army Aviation Unit in 1988, and as the backbone of the Army Air Force, it continued to carry out the task of transporting supplies to the Tibetan plateau.

There is no way, although there is a Yun 6 can undertake part of the air transport tasks, but fixed-wing aircraft are not as flexible as helicopters in point-to-point transportation, especially those border posts located in high-altitude mountainous areas, not to mention the 500 meters of running, even the two-meter-long dirt road can not be opened, and the Yun 6 is not able to land in the cattle, and can only be used for upward transfer.

Because of this, the use of S-70 helicopters has not decreased, but the attendance rate has become higher due to the development of Tibetan areas and the improvement of border posts.

High uptime means an increase in the amount of maintenance and a rapid decrease in the consumption of related accessories.

In the past, the spare parts were low to a certain extent, and the American suppliers said hello, and the spare parts would soon be shipped, but now, the Americans are looking forward to the collapse here, so that they can come in and make a lot of money, not only to withdraw all the funds, but also to cut off all the supplies that can be broken, including the spare parts of the S-70 helicopter.

After introducing the specific situation, Jiang Liang sighed: "Now there are three lying nests, the chief engineer of the army has only a few planes that can fly to the plateau, and one less plane will have less capacity to the plateau, Lao Zhuang, I, Jiang Liang, rarely ask for help, I really beg you this time!"