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The US Air Force's southeastern and southern aircraft fleets and the southwest carrier-based aircraft group converged in the airspace 50 kilometers south of Lawan Island, and the huge aircraft group temporarily obscured the entire Persian Gulf sky. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The roar of the buzzing fighter engine converged into a stream of sound waves, which was transmitted to an area hundreds of miles away, causing the countless disguised spy ships and intelligence personnel of other countries lurking around them to show a look of nervousness, excitement, and a hint of horror on their faces.

In the 8-kilometer airspace behind the group, four tightly guarded early warning planes by F-16 fighters formed an air command and information relay center to provide tactical guidance to US fighters throughout the battlefield.

In the high, medium and low airspace of 4 kilometers to 10 kilometers, the US fighters are also divided into three offensive formations, of which the medium-altitude airspace fighters are the largest, all of which are composed of F-15 heavy air supremacy fighters, while the low altitude, which originally belonged to the combat area of the F-16 fighters, was replaced by carrier-based aircraft, and at an altitude of more than 10 kilometers, all of them are two squadrons of more than 40 F-22 "Raptor" fighters.

All kinds of information about the enemy's maneuver on the battlefield, the environment, the climate, and so on are all transmitted to each fighter plane through early warning aircraft. As the coalition approached the coalition air force group, various combat orders were constantly issued on public communication channels.

On the other hand, the coalition of Su-27SS, MiG-29, J-10 and a handful of F-14 fighters that took off from Iran's five air bases also merged into a huge fleet of more than 100 planes in the airspace north of Ravan Island near Iran's continental shelf.

Unlike the US aircraft fleet, the airspace where the United Air Force aircraft group is located is at medium and low altitudes, and at an altitude of more than 10 kilometers, there are only four "Condor" fighters of the 'Cobra' group, which is responsible for monitoring the US aircraft fleet.

In the 21st century, when the number of aircraft participating in the war is the largest, and the most advanced air battle is about to break out, the two sides have invested a total of 300 advanced fighters to participate in the war, and among them, the worst are the three generations of famous aircraft.

After the two groups formed an attack formation, there were tens of thousands of 'spectators' from at least dozens of countries around the Persian Gulf, and in space, there were almost a dozen satellites monitoring this place at the same time, and the whole world was holding its breath at this moment, waiting for the fierce scene of the grand aerial battle.

After the two fleets approached a distance of 60 kilometers, to everyone's surprise, it was the side of the United Air Force that attacked first.

The F-14 fighter jets purchased from the United States, which have always been regarded as a 'tribute' by the Iranian Air Force, were at the rear of the group, under the powerful AWG-9 radar, and the F-14 fighters first fired more than 16 'Immortal Bird' long-range air-to-air missiles at the low-altitude F-15 group of the US military.

The preemptive attack by the Iranian pilots made all the American pilots and the American political axe look black. They are angry that Iran actually used American-made planes and missiles to launch the first attack on the American aircraft group in such a significant air battle, which is Chiguoguo's slap in the face.

During the period of Shah Pahlavi of Iran, in order to intercept the Soviet Union's attempt to seek access to the Persian Gulf, the United States vigorously wooed Iran, which was friendly with the United States, and President Nixon at the time asked Pahlavi to choose one of the American F-15 and F-14 fighter jets to purchase after the Pahlavi king complained that the Soviet MiG-25 fighter jets often went deep into Iran to investigate. Iran later procured 79 F-14 fighter jets, although most of them are now unusable. However, the remaining serviceable F-14 fighter jets launched the remaining 'Immortal Bird' missiles at the US fleet more than 20 years later.

The 'Immortal Bird' air-to-air missile is the first long-range air-to-air missile developed by the United States, and once set a distance record of 203 kilometers to intercept a supersonic aircraft. This is a long-range air-to-air missile in the true sense of the word, not an 'over-the-horizon missile' that was almost blurred later.

When the United Air Force F-14 fighter jets launched the missiles first, the US aircraft group also launched an 'over-the-horizon strike', from high-altitude F-22 fighters to medium-altitude F-15 fighters and low-altitude F-18 fighters, all with the assistance of early warning aircraft, assigned targets, and launched more than 60 AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles at a time.

Compared with the Joint Air Force, the US aircraft fleet is obviously much more 'atmospheric', and dozens of over-the-horizon missiles are launched to carry out over-the-horizon strikes at a time, and in the airspace between the two fleets, all you can see are white slender missiles flying at high speed with tail flames.

After the missile was launched, the early warning group in the safe airspace in the rear took over the control of the missile by the fighters, and with the work of the customary name and the missile engine, the missile soon reached Mach 4, and like a lightning bolt in the air, it shot directly at the United Air Force group that was still outside the pilot's line of sight.

When the missile enters the final stage of the flight, the missile's active radar is turned on to automatically search for attack target information.

The poignant and piercing warning sounds kept ringing in the cockpit of the United Air Force plane, and the pilots who participated in the last air battle were obviously of higher quality than the pilots who participated in this kind of large-scale air battle for the first time, and even if the plane was locked, they were able to calmly maneuver to evade or prepare to launch chaff jamming bombs. And in this case, the best pilots are even looking for targets to attack and carry out the first round of attacks.

Generally speaking, an over-the-horizon attack is an over-the-horizon strike when an enemy plane is at a naked eye distance, that is, at a distance of 8 kilometers. Relatively speaking, the AIM-120 used by the US military, especially the latter models, obviously occupy the first level of over-the-horizon missiles, taking the AIM-120 missile as an example, the farthest range has reached 60 kilometers, which is the actual range, that is, the effective attack range. Generally speaking, the effective attack range of the missile is before the missile engine stops working, because only when the engine is still working, the missile can carry out various overload maneuvers to attack the evading aircraft, otherwise the engine will stop working, and the power of the missile flight will only be habitual, and it will not have the ability to maneuver, and it will be very easy for the enemy plane to get rid of the missile attack.

On the side of the United Air Force, the over-the-horizon missiles used are all Russian-made R-77 air-to-air missiles, with an effective range of 40 kilometers. In terms of range, it is a cut short of the American AIM-120 missile. And the extended-range version behind the R-77, the United Air Force did not purchase it from Russia.

In a swarm duel, the range of the missile is also a very important factor in determining the outcome of the battle.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

A series of explosions were heard in the joint air force fleet, and four MiG-29s and two J-10 fighters were hit in the first round of over-the-horizon attacks by the US military fleet. The flames of the explosion of the six planes and the scattered fragments of incendiary materials finally embellished this picture that resembled a large-scale movie with some tragedy and blood.

A few parachutes slowly fell, this was the pilot who had successfully parachuted, but when the final loss was reported to Yazdani, he learned that there was still a pilot of his own fighter plane who did not have time to parachute.

Compared with the six missiles launched by the US planes, the "Immortal Bird" missiles launched by the United Air Force were all jammed and evaded.

In the first round of the over-the-horizon fleet, the two fleets had a record of 0:6, and the American fleet gained the advantage.

The news was quickly sent back by the war correspondents who were risking their lives to shoot in speedboats in the sea below the battlefield.

The news was quickly published and reprinted, and the news was immediately refreshed on many military forums and websites around the world. Some European bookmakers have even opened markets directly, and countless gamblers are eager for this new way of betting.

The Western media, on the other hand, have gone all out to propagate the 'theory of US victory,' clamoring that Soviet-made planes are vulnerable and that Western fighters are the most advanced. Among them, Western military aircraft manufacturers are also behind the scenes, trying their best to slander Russian-made aircraft and tout Western fighters.

And politicians also use this as a bargaining chip, holding their heads high and attacking those opponents like a proud rooster, whether at home or abroad.

It took a moment for the Joint Air Force Commander to re-establish the confusion of the fleet formations caused by the evasion of missiles. The aircraft groups of both sides have entered a range of 40 kilometers. The second wave of over-the-horizon attacks unfolded again.

Unlike the first tentative attack, this attack by the two groups of planes was a real attack.

The three formations of the American aircraft group, the high, medium and low, were the first to launch the AIM-120 air-to-air missiles, and unlike the first time, this time each aircraft locked on to the target and launched, while the low-altitude F/A-18 group launched all the AIM-120 missiles mounted under the belly in a few seconds.

The joint air force group also launched all R-77 missiles.

More than 300 medium-range air-to-air missiles whizzed towards the enemy planes, and the scene made the war correspondents on the sea below forget to adjust their lenses for a while.

"Oh my God...... This is the Verdun meat grinder of the 21st century, with groups of U.S. Air Force and Combined Air Force launching an attack at a range of 40 kilometers, and hundreds of over-the-horizon missiles were launched from both sides......" A war correspondent from a neutral country said as he stood on a rickety speedboat, commenting in horror to the camera. It's not pretense, anyone who sees that kind of scene will react the same way as the reporter.

It's like a positional battle and artillery bombardment on both sides, there is no trickery at all.

"Even I, a person who does not understand military affairs, am surprised that the United Air Force, which is temporarily at a disadvantage, wants to carry on the air war in such a attritional way? The U.S. Air Force has more than 2,000 fighters of all kinds, plus the Navy's carrier-based aircraft, the number is dozens of times that of the Joint Air Force, and the way of consumption is obviously what the United States is willing to see, but for the United Air Force that does not have production capacity, it is a major disadvantage...... "The war correspondent once again expressed his surprise in front of the camera, and the simple comparison of numbers made many people wonder: Why is the Joint Air Force like this?

(To be continued)