"Now, you're at our air base." There is yellow sand all around, and in the yellow sand, a field base is so conspicuous, because it is sparsely populated here, and it is easier to hide, so I came to this base.

Since the windows were covered all the way, everyone didn't know how far they had walked, and they didn't know the specific location here, but now, when the car stopped, there was a raging heat wave outside, and they could feel the heat of this base.

In Israel's territory, there are not many oases, there are large deserts, even so, Israel is still a small land, so they will pay special attention to the air force, because they do not have any strategic depth, the best way is to destroy the enemy on the enemy's territory, they pursue offensive air defense.

Israel's air force can be said to be the first in the world, yes, their combat experience is definitely the first in the world, don't look at their small scale, but they are definitely the most experienced, and at the same time, they are also the best at learning. Their way of playing in the Bekaa Valley is an eye-opener.

Because of their good relations with the United States, they always have access to first-class equipment from the United States. F-15, F-16, this state-of-the-art fighter, after the US Air Force was equipped, followed by the sequence of the Israeli Air Force, now, you can just take a look at this kind of fighter, it is better to pedal into the cockpit, to see the layout inside.

Wait, what's that?

After Qin Feng came out, he couldn't wait to look in the direction of the tarmac, there, there was no F-16 with belly air intake and bubble cockpit, and there was no F-15 with two engines.

Isn't that the Mirage III. fighter? Looking at the layout of the side, it can also be seen that it is a tailless delta wing structure, with a fixed duck wing in front and a slender nose, and the whole fighter is like a big shuttle.

However, it's not exactly like Phantom III., and it always feels like the original Phantom III., there are some differences, for example, its tail looks thicker and shorter.

In the past, Israel was equipped with French fighters, and they had a large number of Mirage fighters, and now it is reasonable to see this fighter, but it is a little different.

Relying on the pilot's eyesight, Qin Feng finally saw a small piece of horizontal edge strip near the tip of the nose cone, and immediately remembered something.

"Cub Fighter!" Qin Feng couldn't help but say.

Think about it, the other side's F-15 and F-16 are their most advanced fighters, in this era, it is impossible for them to show this kind of fighter to their side, which will bring a lot of trouble if they have the consent of the Americans, and in addition to these, their air force is also equipped with their self-developed Cub fighters.

It is said to be self-developed, but in fact, it is a bit reluctant, this fighter is improved from Mirage III., and its history is also embarrassing.

In the 60s, Israel purchased the French Dassault "Mirage" IIIC fighters, which soon played a role in the Middle East war.

At the same time, according to Israel's character, of course, it is necessary to make some adaptation to these fighters, and the Franco-Israeli technical group has made more than 400 modifications to these fighters and trained a large number of Israeli technicians.

At the end of 1967, Israel signed a contract with the French company Dassault to license the production of the Mirage M5J in Israel. This also means that Israel is very satisfied with the rule of law, and at the same time, it is also because France is the only country willing to continue to provide technology to Israel.

Despite Dassault's enthusiasm, Snecma was barred from transferring engine blade production technology.

Israel's Mossad was quite powerful, and soon found Alfred Francknecht, an engineer at the Swiss Suzel Aircraft Manufacturing Company, who was authorized by Snecma to produce the Atta 9C engine, and bought a complete set of engine drawings for $250,000, with a total of 200,000 drawings and a full 24 boxes.

This incident, which was later publicized on the Internet, turned into a story of Israeli agents stealing a complete set of drawings for the Mirage fighter, a complete set of drawings, there are several wagons, no matter how great their ability is, it is impossible for them to steal it.

Later, the Arabs quit, although France maintained the so-called defense neutrality, but after all, the Arabs have oil, if they don't sell it to France, France will be blind, so France finally tore up the contract authorizing Israel to produce 50 Mirage M5Js.

However, Dassault was a businessman, and although it could no longer produce, it still shipped a batch of necessary production equipment to Israel. A secret factory was built within the Israel Aircraft Industries Corporation, codenamed "Flame".

It is also in this way that Israel has the real strength to produce its own fighters.

They decided to continue the project, giving the localized Mirage M5J the code name Thunderbolt, and dividing the development of the new fighter into three stages: the first stage: the production of Thunderbolt A, that is, the Mirage M5J. Phase 2: Improving the technology and testing the replacement of the engine using the Mirage III as a platform. Phase 3: Production of Thunderbolt B, a more advanced version of the Thunderbolt A with a replacement engine.

Later, it was named the Cub fighter, and the appearance of this fighter is very similar to that of the Mirage III, but its engine, which was replaced with an American-made J79, is shorter and thicker, so the rear fuselage has changed, because the air flow needs to be greater, so the air intake has also been improved.

In this way, the exterior looks like a Mirage III., but those who are familiar with it can still find the difference, and as for the thin slice in the nose, it is also a modification of their own, which is used to improve maneuverability during yaw and airflow on the head at high angles of attack.

"That's right, it's our Cub fighter." One of the people in charge of the base, who followed Ike, immediately responded with satisfaction when he heard someone call out his name.

Although the performance of this fighter is not good, it is not enough as an air superiority fighter, but after all, it is their self-developed fighter, and in the last battle in the Bekaa Valley, it was mainly used to drop bombs, and it also played a great role.

Since this fighter was developed by the Israelis themselves, of course it can carry Israel's own weapons, after all, almost all of its entire weapon system was made by themselves.

Up to now, nearly 200 Cub fighters have been produced, and Israel has also experienced the benefits of self-development, and there is no need to look at the faces of foreigners, even Americans!

Of course, all that are now produced are C2 models, with a longer head and larger front wings, and a 40% increase in the wingspan of the main wing front flaps. If you look down from the top, you can see it more clearly.

Israel's self-developed fighter jet also has great reference significance for its own side! Song Lao thought secretly in his heart, followed everyone, and walked up together.