After some exchanges, it was learned that the J-74 fighter of Southwest Science and Industry had more than 120 export orders in the test stage, and even a production line was to be established in Pakistan for mass production.

Hearing these are quite good export results, and remembering that the last time he pulled the F5A fighter to fight with the monkey version of the Jianjiao 7A simulated battle, and was finally beaten down, Wenjin didn't dare to imagine how fierce the J-74 fighter with the new engine was.

I heard that this J-74 aircraft can also use medium-range bombs, which is simply a spike for F5, and the radar detection range of F5 is actually similar to that of the old-fashioned J-7.

Thinking of these totals, Wenjin has a headache, fortunately, now there is a new turnaround, the highest configuration version of the J-74T is about to enter service with the Thai Air Force, using the F404 engine that is more powerful than the turbofan 10 engine, the APG-67 radar that is stronger than the Blue Fox radar, and even the "hanging" J-74 is not too simple.

As long as you wait another year, the aircraft can be produced and delivered, and then the Thai Air Force will be one of the best countries in Southeast Asia in terms of combat effectiveness.

Thinking of the arrival of the luxury enhanced version of the J-74, Wenjin was very happy, but there was still a faint regret in his heart, because the Thai Air Force is relatively small, more than 50 F5 in active service are still in the prime of life, and it is definitely not possible to retire, which limits the Thai Air Force to purchase 39 J-74T.

"The only regret is that we can't purchase J-74T in large quantities, and more than 50 domestic F5 fighters still have a long service life, and it is impossible to retire them all. This delayed the large-scale equipment of the J-74T. ”

When Wenjin said this, he was angry in his heart. The F5 fighter that used to look pretty good, after having the J-74T. No matter how Wenjin looks at it, he thinks that those F5s are redundant, they simply occupy the pit and don't, why does this F5 fighter have such a long service life?

Customers have troubles, and this trouble has also seriously affected the sales of J-74T, as the manufacturer of J-74T fighters, Southwest Science and Industry naturally wants to help the Thai Air Force to relieve this trouble, and this is also a great benefit to Southwest Science and Industry.

Thinking left and right, Yang Hui was constantly thinking about how to help Thailand dispose of these F5 fighters. Yang Hui's first thought was to buy these planes from China and serve them as imaginary enemy troops.

Why do you have this idea? The reason is too simple, the F5 aircraft is too famous, not only because it is famous in the international arms trade market, but also because in the United States, this aircraft that does not seem to perform well also has its own status.

The F5 is a mysterious existence in the United States as an imaginary enemy force, and its role is naturally used to imitate the enemy forces of the US Air Force, and this aircraft is also famous in the mission of imitating Soviet aircraft, and has appeared in American blockbusters many times, such as "Top Gun", "Top Secret Flight" and so on

It's not just the United States that uses the F5 to imitate Soviet-made aircraft. After 2000, the previous Duwan also used the F5 to imitate the Soviet aircraft as an imaginary enemy, and it can be said unceremoniously: the F5 aircraft is a typical 10,000-year imaginary enemy.

Now, Yang Hui's first reaction is to buy this Thai F5 back as an imaginary enemy. It is used to simulate the current main F5 fighter of the Duwan Air Force, and even the IDF leader that appeared later.

But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that it is completely unreliable, and the domestic army is so poor and sour. How can there be spare money to buy F5 back to be an imaginary enemy, and it is even more unreliable to use it for research. At the time of the Vietnam Civil War, the Republic did not know how many F5 fighter wreckage it had acquired from North Vietnam. There is no need to buy it back and study it again.

Since the domestic route does not work, then bravely look abroad to see which country has a need for F5 fighters, thinking about it, Yang Hui was very helpless and only thought of a country that needed second-hand F5 fighters.

This country is the other side of the Iran-Iraq battlefield: Iran. Now Iran can be said to be embattled, and the huge losses on the battlefield have made Iran's arsenal run out, and the army equipment is okay, and the republic is willing to sell ground weapons and equipment.

However, the Air Force fighters are the biggest weakness, the Iranian Air Force's full set of American-made equipment is now under sanctions, the F14 has been demolished to make up the west wall, and the F4 fighters with relatively strong multi-purpose capabilities are losing each other in the battle with Iraq.

Of course, Iran is also equipped with F5 fighters in large quantities, which is also the main force that Iran now uses for daily patrols, and it is quite comparable to the MiG-21 and J-7 in Iraq.

But now Iraq has received a large number of Jianjiao-7A fighters, and at the beginning of 86 fighters have been formed, which were used by Iraq for combat patrols, which Iran has noticed in early 86, and the result is a little regrettable, Iran's old F5A fighters are in the hands of both sides, or Jianjiao-7A is slightly better in performance.

Iran has noticed that the Republic has provided Iraq with this Jianjiao-7A fighter, and even came to the Republic to contact, but Yang Hui has decisively refused to sell the Jian-7 series fighters to Iran.

Now Yang Hui has a new idea, since he has announced that he will not sell the republic-made Jian-7 series fighters to Iran, Yang Hui will definitely not mess around, but he did not say that he can't be a second-hand dealer and sell Thailand's F5 to Iran.

Yang Hui has learned about the current model of F5 fighter in Thailand, the old F5A fighter, there are only more than ten in Thailand and the life is not too long, and Thailand is equipped with the most F-5E fighter jet.

This F-5E fighter is much stronger than the old F-5A, and it is used to deal with the Jianjiao 7A that Southwest Science and Industry is now selling to Iraq, and it is quite comparable, and these second-hand F-5s from Thailand are smuggled to Iran, Yang Hui believes that Iran will definitely not refuse.

Iran is definitely short of planes now, it is difficult to buy it with money, plus Iran itself is equipped with F5 fighters, and the most important thing is that Iran itself can overhaul F5 fighters. Iran, which has not only maintained the F5, F4, and F14 fighters, but has even established a production line for F-5 fighters and produced improved F5 fighters, which was named the lightning fighter by Iran.

Now sell F-5E fighters to Iran, and after Iran gets the goods, he can maintain the use and overhaul of these fighters himself, which is the most suitable for Iran's use, Yang Hui can't think of a reason for Iran to refuse these F-5E.

Thinking of this, Yang Hui felt more and more that this plan was feasible: "Commander Wenjin, if you want to dispose of these old F-5 fighters."

"It's not impossible, I think of a country that will have a need for these F-5E fighters in your country's current service, and it is completely possible to sell this aircraft to them, and even His Excellency the Commander can have some unexpected income."

Yang Hui clearly remembers the last time at the Paris Air Show, Wenjin openly asked for kickbacks, and now Yang Hui must say something to Wenjin, so that Wenjin will be concerned about smuggling F-5E fighters to Iran this time, after all, smuggling F5 to Iran this time still has to take a certain risk.

Wenjin's reaction was indeed as Yang Hui expected, just heard that Yang Hui had a way to dispose of this batch of F-5 fighters, and heard that he could still have a lot of kickbacks, Wenjin suddenly became interested.

"Tell me about it, ready to deal with these annoying F5 fighters? Let me tell you this, as long as these planes can be disposed of at half the price at which we bought them from the United States, I can take the lead in decommissioning them. ”

Hooked, that's right. I have already prepared everything: "To tell you the truth, Your Excellency the commander, I am going to smuggle these F-5E planes to Iran, and I don't know if the commander has the guts to do this project." Of course, this smuggling will not have anything to do with the commander, the Thai Air Force, or even with the aviation system of our Republic. ”

Yang Hui is now very fond of feathers, and finally established cooperation with Western countries in the aviation manufacturing industry, so that Yang Hui will not take risks for the small amount of money earned from smuggling.

The arms importers and exporters in China who are willing to do this smuggling business, and the second generation with a background in the world, are simply gone, especially those import and export companies that sell ground weapons to Iran in the Republic, which are simply excellent candidates for this smuggling project.

It will not have anything to do with Yang Hui and Southwest Science and Industry at all, and even to pull Thailand out of this is not too simple, Yang Hui just thought of buying these planes by the Republic as an imaginary enemy force, which is the best second way to transit, depending on whether these import and export companies can withstand this temptation. (To be continued......)