Chapter 486: The First Battle

A staff officer of the Air Force Lieutenant Colonel hurriedly came to Abdul Alimu's side and whispered: "General, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived. ”

Abdul Alimu was taken aback, the crown prince was not in Riyadh, how did he come here.

He didn't have time to think about it, and notified several senior generals of the command and prepared to go out to greet him.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Crown Prince Salman, UAE Prime Minister Al Maktoum and other military and political dignitaries from the Gulf countries walking towards them.

"Your Highness, why are you here?"

"I'll just come over and take a look, it's all smooth, right?" Crown Prince Salman said with a straight face.

"The plan is being carried out, and our vanguard fighter squadron is about to engage the enemy. ”

Crown Prince Saman nodded and asked, "How is the Raptor detachment?"

The Raptor detachment is a fighter detachment that took off from the Salera Air Base to carry out a sneak attack, and they used the stealth capability of the F-22 to secretly infiltrate Mogadishu from the waters east of Somalia to launch strikes on the radar station and air command center of the Mogadishu Air Base to carry out the decapitation mission.

No matter what the results of the frontal battlefield tonight are, as long as this stealth fighter squad can successfully sneak attack, then half of the war will be won.

"The Raptor squadron has crossed the waters of Socotra in Yemen and is expected to strike at Mogadishu airport in half an hour," said Abdul Alimu. ”

Crown Prince Salman nodded, and the group did not say any more, and went straight to the command hall.

The atmosphere in the hall was tense and orderly, and most of the staff were focused on their posts, not distracted by the arrival of these high-ranking officials of the alliance.

Crown Prince Salman and Al Maktoum and others cast their eyes on the large screen directly above the hall.

A rough map of the battlefield is shown above.

These are all virtual images simulated by reconnaissance satellites, early warning planes, electronic reconnaissance planes, and other technical equipment collected from the battlefield in real time for commanders' reference.

Compared with the 3D holographic electronic sand table used in the war, this command system is undoubtedly much simpler.

Each dot represents a combat unit, stretching from the Kenyan border in southern Somalia to the Ethiopian border in the center. Then to Djibouti and the coast of the Gulf of Aden, the green light spots representing the Arab League basically surrounded most of Somalia.

The command hall was extremely busy, and the command of the communications staff officer sounded from time to time.

"There is an unknown source of electronic interference in Area 6, it should be an enemy EP-3 electronic reconnaissance aircraft, please note that the Cloud Fox Squadron will go to Area 6 immediately. Electromagnetic suppression of the enemy. ”

"The Cloud Fox Squadron understands. ”

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"Attention Cow Squadron, Attention Cow Squadron, immediately go to the airspace of No. 4 to refuel AWACS aircraft in the air. ”

"The cow squadron understands. ”

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"Attention Flamingo squadron, six enemy planes appeared in formation at 11 o'clock, at a distance of 180 kilometers, and it is expected to meet the enemy in 30 seconds! Please continue to keep the radar silent, and EK96634HGY the combat sequence number issued by the early warning aircraft will be received below, and the two of you will first be guided by the early warning aircraft to attack. Let's cut into AWACS communications. ”

"The serial number EK96634HGY received, and Flamingo One understood. ”

"The serial number EK96634HGY received, and Flamingo II understood. ”

"The serial number EK96634HGY received, and Flamingo III understood. ”

Flamingos quickly entered the battle mode.

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Corleone, a lieutenant colonel senior pilot from Poland, had flown MiG-29 fighters in the early days, and then as the MiG-29 aged, and Russia cut off the source of spare parts for these fighters, Poland bought F16s from the United States. Corleone naturally became a member of the F16 fighter squadron again.

In recent years, the Polish economy has developed in general. Corleone has four children to support, two of whom are studying in the United States, and even with his income as a fighter pilot, it is equally stressful.

Therefore, after receiving the recruitment information of the Arab League Air Force, Corleone resigned from his position in the army. Going to the Middle East to join the Saudi Air Force, after all, the annual salary of 800,000 US dollars a year and the bonus of 50,000 US dollars for a combat mission are not something that anyone can resist.

Not to mention the fact that there is an additional reward of half a million dollars for shooting down an enemy fighter.

In fact, such a high salary has also attracted a large number of elite pilots from Western developed countries to join, which is also the reason why the air force of the Arab League coalition has become the second largest air strike force in the world in a short period of time.

Thanks to Corleone's experience of training in the French Air Force, after entering the Saudi Air Force. Corleone became the deputy squadron leader of the Rafale fighter squadron, and the squadron leader was a former French Navy Rafale fighter pilot.

The Arab League Air Force's Rafale fighter squadron, codenamed Flamingo, is based in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, where the air base was originally used by the US military and was handed over to the Arab League Air Force three months ago.

Since being stationed at the Mombasa base, Corleone's fighter squadron has embarked on rigorous combat readiness training, aiming directly at Mogadishu.

And today, Corleone and his squadron of flamingos have finally ushered in the baptism of war.

"Flamingo please note, the enemy army is at 052 in bearing, 4000 in height, 120 kilometers in distance, 900 in speed, ready to receive a number of jΓΉ, carry out the attack!"

"Flamingo understands!"

Twenty-four Rafale fighters consist of three zigzag flight formations, distributed in altitude ranging from 3,000 to 6,000 meters.

In the interval between receiving the combat order, the advance formation led by Corleone quickly pulled up.

Di Di Di –

The Rafale fighter received the number jΓΉ sent by the AWACS Link16 tactical number jΓΉ chain, and on the radar screen, twelve light points were approaching at high speed.

Corleone's expression remained unchanged, and he quickly selected two French-made "Mika" medium-range air-to-air missiles on the LCD display on the left side of the cockpit.

"Target! Launch the missile!"

The fuselage of the "Rafale" fighter trembled slightly, and two legal "Mika"

Air-to-air missiles were fired forward like arrows from a string.

"Disengage, prepare for the second wave of attacks!"

After completing the attack mission, the eight Rafale planes in front of the assault immediately flew to the sides, and the 16 fighters in the rear had already launched the second wave of 32 Mika missiles.

"Oh oh - well done!"

The excited shouts of his comrades rang out in the headphones.

There are a total of forty-eight medium-range bombs, and an average of four missiles against one fighter, no matter how much you overestimate the enemy, it is enough for the opponent to drink a pot. (To be continued......)

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