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Naval Base Lemore in central California is the largest training base for F/A-18 carrier-based pilots in the U.S. Navy, and has long been known as the home of the Hornet within the U.S. Navy.

However, in the 80s, when the F14 Tomcat fighter dominated the flight deck, Lemore had not yet become a sacred place for naval carrier-based aircraft pilots to worship, and the Lemore base at this time was similar to the F/A-18 Hornet fighter on the flight deck, and was only responsible for the selection of U.S. Navy pilots and the most basic take-off and landing training.

On 21 August, Ning Lei's second training trip to the United States has been nearly two months, and the follow-up training courses of the F14 fighters, which were originally interrupted by the Nansha battle, have all completed supplementary training.

Of course, the rocker steel runway built with steel plates was collected by the US Department of Defense a few years ago for the Soviet Union's 1143 Project, and Grumman was contracted to simulate the flight deck of the USS Soviet, which was still on the slipway at the time, and to use F14 fighters to roughly assess the combat effectiveness of the new Soviet aircraft carrier.

At this time, Ning Lei naturally couldn't have known that one of the foundlings in the 1143 project would have an incomparably wonderful intersection with the future republic.

After flying the F14 fighter a few times, Ning Lei has a superficial understanding of this kind of sliding flight deck, if the deck is long enough and the requirements for sortie efficiency are relaxed, the performance of the F14 fighter can be able to take off with a full load.

In fact, Ning Lei is most interested in catapulting and taking off, although Ning Lei is a member of the Republic Air Force. But the landline is an out-and-out naval bloodline, and Ning Lei is naturally very curious about the most important function of his mount - aircraft carrier take-off and landing, but unfortunately, no matter how they negotiate, Grumman and the US Navy reception department have no sign of relenting.

In the end, Ning Lei only completed the most basic training course for the pilots of carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy in Lemore -- a clear understanding of the various signs in the take-off and landing areas of the aircraft carrier, and under the guidance of the runway's optical signal system. Coasting down the aircraft carrier flight deck is simulated along the flight parameters such as altitude, speed, and slope given by the system.

The only authentic training is that Lemore's runway is equipped with the blocking mechanism of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, and Ning Lei experienced several forced braking by the blocking rope when he landed, but these are very different from the real aircraft carrier take-off and landing.

Not to mention the width of Lemore's training runway, which is enough to put the flight deck of the US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier sideways, even the calmest sea surface cannot be compared with the frozen land.

Although the US Navy rejected Ning Lei's training on aircraft carrier take-off and landing, it was unusually generous with regard to the selection process and training methods of naval pilots, and other military building mechanisms; given the current difference in national strength between the Republic and the United States, the United States really does not worry about being secretly learned by the Republic of China in this set of carrier-based aircraft pilots.

Without a strong industrial foundation and scientific and technological support, the high-tech "royal style" is really not something that ordinary countries are qualified to try.

That's right. At least Ning Jianzhong, who saw the F14 fighter for the first time, was surprised for a long time, and after returning home from the airport, he was still sighing with Ning Lei, this big guy looks like it is enough to fit a squad of soldiers.

Except for Liang Yuan, no one knew that the most populous race on the planet had quietly turned on the plug-in mode, and the whole world was shocked after just over ten years.

Ning Lei quietly sorted out the ink-colored oversized goggles of the HGU-55/P flight helmet in the dormitory, outside the window, several colorful huge hot air balloons were inflated and heated up and slowly rising, Ning Lei's old partner Qiao Pengfei sat at the maple table and kept sketching on the flight tactics board with a pen.

"Team Ning. The U.S. Navy doesn't look like a good performer in this air show. Qiao Pengfei put away the pen, and the lines on the tactical board were unusually messy.

"Old Joe. I don't know if I'll let you eat melons with me this time. Ning Lei said apologetically.

Ning Lei was already aware of the news of the changes in the country, but what is intriguing is that the US military seemed to turn a blind eye to the news and still invited Ning Lei to complete the last step of his training visit to the United States and participate in the 1989 NATO Tiger Club public open day air show.

From other sources, Ning Lei has learned that the engineers of the Republic who participated in the J-8 fighter modification project in Grumman have received hints from Grumman. Remind the Chinese personnel to organize and collect valuable information and prepare for the evacuation of Grumman (Note 1)

Generally speaking, the most fragile relationship between the two countries is the exchange and cooperation between the military, and although the Republic and the United States maintain a common front on the Soviet issue, there is no agreement between them, and it stands to reason that military exchanges should be terminated as soon as possible.

Ning Lei strictly abides by the discipline of foreign affairs. As soon as possible, he asked the military attache of the embassy to ask for his next move, but the information from the country was even more confusing.

The order demanded that Ning Lei should not take the initiative to interrupt exchanges with his US counterparts in the following military exchanges, and at the same time, he should pay special attention to the influence of his image, and he must not lose his national and military dignity, and he must be even more vigilant against the conspiracy and ......trickery of US imperialism.

In short, I asked for a lot of help, and there was no useful guidance in half a sentence, and I reserved the right to settle accounts after returning to China if there was a problem.

If a wavering opportunist like Liang Yuan received this kind of order, even if he didn't scold, he would definitely complain a lot, but for a determined Republic soldier like Ning Lei, facing such a request was as natural as breathing.

Since Ning Lei's character cannot come up with a guide to action in China, the follow-up things must of course be handled in his own style, and since the US Navy still invites himself to participate in the air show on the public open day despite all kinds of changes, it is better for the troops to block and the water to flood.

"Team Ning, I haven't thought about what will happen after returning to China. Qiao Pengfei shook his head and said

"After the two battles in Nansha, the Ning team has set an unattainable benchmark for jet fighter pilots all over the world, plus the F14 fighter is from the United States, with the temperament of the Americans, how can they give up, we only went to the United States for supplementary training this time to deal with a small provocation in Japanese waters, but the rest of the time has been calm, since World War II, when have the Americans been so tolerant and generous?"

"On this NATO public open day, the U.S. Navy used the Blue Angels air show team, and the intention has been clearly written on the face. Qiao Pengfei said with a slight mockery.

In the northeast corner of Ninglei's temporary dormitory, the doors of a large enclosed hangar with a semi-arc dome have been opened, and an F/A-18 Hornet fighter with a navy blue background and bright yellow vertical stripes is slowly poking out of the hangar with a cone-shaped nose. (My novel "Industrial Power Empire" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!) (To be continued......)

PS: Note 1: This is the real history, and the Gelum people at that time were still very particular.