This year, the Fifth Regiment is mainly stationed at the Guixi Field Station for training, and their main field is the East Guangdong Field Station, and they also left some fighters, and those who have been transferred over today are from their main Guangdong East Field Station.

The three flying regiments, the fifth regiment and the sixth regiment were stationed at the three main stations, with the exception of the fourth regiment, which was not stationed in western Guangxi. Considering that the Second Division is at the forefront of the first line, and the range of the J-7 is too short, if you go to Guixi Field Station for training, I am afraid that you will have to return when you see the mainland airspace line, let alone go to sea.

There are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains, and most Chinese air force pilots, including Li Zhan, have the same complex psychology and emotions about the J-8.

In 2009, the F-16 has been in service for thirty years, and until today, the number of equipment of the domestic model J-10, which can be comparable to the aircraft in terms of technical level and combat performance, is only three regiments.

You have a choice, A or B, J-7 or J-8. So is it the seventh master or the eighth master? Soldiers have no choice, and even if they do, the result is not much worse - the number of equipment of these two types is the largest, and it is conceivable that it takes more effort to get 900 yuan per hour trolley fee.

The tie-up fee for the SU-27 and J-10 is almost the same, about 900 yuan.

As for the more advanced SU-30, it is even more not delusional. At this moment, there is only one regiment of SU-30, and almost all of the people who can fly this plane are the elite of the Air Force - without thousands of hours of flight time, don't even think about touching it.

As a result, the J-8 has become a model that many pilots look down on but want to fly, because you don't have a second choice.

At least the tie-rod fee for driving the J-8 is a little more.

It can be seen from this that Li Zhan gave up the opportunity to stay in the northern sky to drive the J-10 and chose to go home to drive the J-7.

They took turns to have lunch in advance, and all the staff on duty at the tower returned to their posts. The meteorologist is the busiest and most stressed, nervously summarizing the real-time weather reports sent by the weather station, and having to conduct the final analysis and submit it to the commander.

The transfer of two batches of two planes is commonplace, and the second division has often done it in recent years, and more and more times, so everyone is becoming more and more proficient. Ten years ago, a similar transition would have alarmed the Air Division.

While Li Zhan was waiting for Guangzhi to transfer command, he suddenly hesitated like a rumor, not knowing whether to ask Fang Chenghe questions.

"Ask whatever you want." Fang Chenghe said.

"Yes." Li Zhan said, "I heard that the J-8 cannot carry out a formation of more than two aircraft, because the airborne radar will cause serious mutual interference? ”

Fang Chenghe glanced at Li Zhan and asked, "Have you ever seen a formation of more than two J-8 planes?" ”

"Nope." Li Zhan replied, "We don't have a J-8 at our training base, but once I visited the naval terminal on the Jiaodong Peninsula, and they really don't have the formation tactics of more than two planes. ”

This rumor has been rumored for a long time, and Li Zhan does not know much more about the J-8 than military fans, and he even has a cursory glance at the cockpit of the J-8. It is said that because of the serious interference caused by electronic equipment, if there are more than two aircraft, the electronic equipment will not work properly, so that the J-8 cannot fly in formation with more than two aircraft.

In Li Zhan's impression, the J-8 that took off and landed at Xixian Field Station did not have more than two aircraft in formation. His home is in the Chengdong County Machinery Factory, just on the take-off route of the Xixian Station, when he was a child, he often held his neck high to look at the plane, and after watching for a long time, he could distinguish the J-8 and J-7, and he had never seen more than two planes in formation, but the J-7 would often fly in large formations. He has a say in this regard.

Fang Chenghe said, "That is the old yellow calendar, the early model of the J-8 did have this problem, at that time China's avionics technology was still relatively backward, and the situation of mutual interference was more serious." But it's not the radar signals you call interfering with each other, it's the overall avionics system. ”

After a pause, he said, "When it comes to the second type, that is, the model of the air intake on both sides of the equipment of the fifth regiment, in fact, this problem has been solved." Large formation flights are rare, mainly because of tactical changes. ”

He looked at Li Zhan with a smile and asked, "You say, is it still possible to fight in large formations in the future?" ”

Li Zhan laughed awkwardly. Indeed, in the first Gulf War, the US military only dispatched a dozen F-15 air supremacy fighters to form the so-called "Eagle Wall" and won air supremacy in the theater.

It is unrealistic to consider the technological gap in equipment, and what should be seen is the combat mode displayed by the US military and the power of system operations. The Iraqi army of Saddam's era was not a muddy army, but the most powerful army in the Middle East. Under the systematic attack of the US military, it is like a mud kneading, and this result has given the Chinese military a great shock, and it can be said that the blow to the Chinese army from top to bottom is all-round, and the far-reaching impact is not an exaggeration.

Chinese soldiers have strong self-confidence and believe that one day they will have equipment at the same level as the US military; at this stage, the technology and equipment are backward, but the operational ideology and tactics must be quickened to keep up. Moreover, in a horizontal comparison, among the three major branches of the armed forces, the speed of change in the operational thinking of the air force is relatively fast.

All in all, the era of melees involving dozens of fighters at every turn has passed, and the form of air combat in the future will be dominated by over-the-horizon operations, and the main strategic mission of the Air Force will change from territorial air defense to both offensive and defensive capabilities.

Fang Chenghe didn't know that Li Zhan had thought of the future development direction of the Air Force from such a detail, thinking that Li Zhan remembered that he had not been assigned to the Sixth Regiment to drive the SU-27, thought about it, revealed a piece of information, and said, "The top superior has determined that in our wide air flight unit, it is our Second Division and Fourth Regiment that are the first to modify J-11 fighters." By the end of the year at the latest, the first batch of J-11s will arrive. If you want the first batch of modifications, you have to hurry up and finish the two phases of the course. ”

The trolley fee for driving the J-11 and J-10 is of the same grade.

Hearing this, Li Zhan suddenly became excited, "At the end of the year? That's great! Chief of Staff, I'm fine, I can fly every day! ”

How much does it cost?

"What do you think, what do you do with the others?" Fang Chenghe punctured Li Zhan's illusion, "How to use the precious flight time to improve efficiency is what you have to consider." ”

Li Zhan was somewhat disappointed and nodded, "Yes, I understand." ”

The air division has a set for the pilot's annual flight time, and the minimum flight time cannot be less than 200 hours, and it is not easy to fly more. The annual aviation fuel budget is so much, and it can also be said that there is so much money for training every year, and it is the principle that rain and dew are evenly distributed.

"Xixian, this is Guangzhi."

A wide-fingered call came over the loudspeaker.

Li Zhan hurriedly replied, "Xixian received, please instruct!" ”

"Two batches of two planes, handed over to you."

"Understood, frequency ninety-nine-eighty-seven three-four, repeat, frequency ninety-nine-eighty-seven-three-four."

Soon, Guang Zhi conveyed the frequency to the two J-8 II that were already close to the field, and the two pilots of the Fifth Regiment adjusted the frequency to the designated channel of the Xixian station and began to call the tower, "Xixian, three or two hook call, accept your command, over." ”

"Three or two hooks, keep approaching, use runway nine, over." Li Zhan gave the number of the runway allowed to land.

The number of the runway is not a serial number, but represents the number of degrees of the declination heading, and the first two digits are used as the number. For example, runway 15 represents the take-off direction of 150 degrees, while runway 9 represents 90 degrees. The runway in Xixian is roughly east-west, and the commonly used take-off and landing direction is east. The choice of direction is related to the local perennial wind direction, regardless of the take-off and landing must be headwind, so this factor basically determines the direction to be selected when the runway is constructed.

329 reports, "Use runway nine, understood. ”

Li Zhan continued to inform the incoming subjects of the situation, "The atmospheric pressure in this field is seven hundred and eight, the wind direction is one hundred and one, the wind speed is six meters per second, and the ground temperature is twenty-two. ”

"Understood, I'm in a turn."

At this time, the figure of the J-8 can already be seen appearing over the airfield. The landing of the J-8 is similar to that of the J-7, with about four turns, the landing gear is put down in the third turn, and the runway is aligned after the fourth turn. The unique posture of the J-8 is absolutely recognizable. Based on the development of the J-7, the fuselage was lengthened by facelift surgery to accommodate more avionics equipment and an additional engine was crammed in, with the same aerodynamic layout, it can be said that the early J-8 was an enlarged twin-engine version of the J-7, which was just an expedient measure at that time.

The technology is not enough to publicize it, so there is a "beautiful man in the air".

Now the five regiments have all eliminated the early models of the J-8, equipped with the latest models produced at the beginning of this century, the most obvious difference is that the early models and the J-7 are the same as the nose air intake, and now the five regiments use the model on both sides of the air intake, freeing up the nose for the installation of fire control radar.

Compared with the fourth regiment, the fifth regiment is actually the worst. Their current planes have not been flying for less than ten years, and if they want to modify them, they may have to wait another ten years. Unless the existing equipment is handed over to the fraternal units and the new model is modified themselves. For a first-line ace fighter fighter like the Second Division, known as the "Southern Batian", this kind of operation is nothing. In the past, the old model of the J-7 of the fourth regiment was not handed over to the brother troops in the west, and then the latest E type was modified.

The problem is that it has been determined that the fourth regiment will be modified with J-11 at the end of the year, so there is absolutely no possibility that the fifth regiment will transfer the existing equipment and refit it again.

It is said that the J-11 is much more advanced than the original SU-27, especially the avionics system, which can be said to be a generation gap, and the performance in all aspects has been greatly improved. At that time, eighty percent of the ace flying regiment of the Second Division will be transferred from the Sixth Regiment to the Fourth Regiment.

Thinking of this, Li Zhan's psychology was balanced a lot.

"Tower, I've put down the landing gear." 329 reports.

The senior soldier who was observing the landing gear shouted a report: "The landing gear is down!" ”

"The landing gear is down, and you can land." Li Zhan confirmed to 329.

The beautiful man in the air raised the nose slightly, and landed slowly with his temperament, the main landing gear brushed the runway surface and splashed a faint smoke, after taxiing for a while, the front landing gear landed, the throttle was fully retracted, and the speed became slower and slower, and then under the command of the ground crew, he drove out of the runway and drove along the taxiway to the designated parking position.

Not long after, the second J-8 landed smoothly on the field, marking the first time in two years and three months that the field once again ushered in the eighth master.

At this point, the Xixian station once again gathered all the models of the main fighters of the Air Force - J-7, J-8 and SU-27.