After the Soviet Union launched the shameful war in Afghanistan, Pakistan's geographical superiority was suddenly revealed, and the United States suddenly drew Pakistan into a close ally, which could export advanced technology and equipment to Pakistan.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Pakistan has ordered a batch of F-16 fighters from the United States, the initial batch of 40 fighters, and since this year, these fighters have paid an advance payment and placed an order.

The Pakistan Air Force has suddenly transitioned to the level of third-generation aircraft, although they have not yet received this batch of fighters, but the preliminary training has already begun, and General Jamal has also been to the United States several times to experience this advanced third-generation aircraft.

At the same time, in front of the cockpit, the flat display is also eye-catching, and now it seems that this flat display and the J-7's flat display are almost identical.

Of course, it's the same, you know, this piece of glass doesn't have much technical content, what is high-tech is its processing circuit, and the F-16 head-up display is still supplied by Marconi Company, of course.

Although Pakistan bought 40 F-16s, the planes were too expensive, and they borrowed $200 million from Saudi Arabia to buy them.

Pakistan got these fighters to use as high-end aircraft, and their main force is still the J-6 and Mirage 3.

Now, looking at this flat display, General Jamal is interested.

"Absolutely." Qin Feng said, and began to wave his hand downward, and the power supply car, which had been waiting on the side, began to power the fighter.

The fighter itself has a battery system, but the capacity is very small, and when the fighter is on the ground, it is powered by a ground power supply vehicle.

In the rumbling sound of the power cart, Qin Feng turned on the switch, and a few seconds later, clear characters appeared on the heads-up display.

During this period of test flights, the main problem was the clutter of the ranging radar, which was no problem for a long time, so it looks clear now.

Not only the appearance is the same, but even the characters, layout, and size displayed are almost the same!

General Jamal was full of interest, watching Qin Feng switch back and forth between different interfaces, and when he switched to the machine gun, a machine gun hotline appeared on the flat display.

"Yes, it's really good, it's a right direction to install a flat display for the fighter and realize the cannon hotline aiming!" General Jamal sighed and said, "This modification is in line with our ideas. ”

Now, the third-generation aircraft has just begun, and a large number of second-generation aircraft in service are second-generation aircraft, although there are missiles, cannon air combat is also very common, and the use of flat display, after the hotline aiming, greatly facilitates the pilot's operation, General Jamal, as a veteran of the Pakistani Air Force, can still see this trend.

This is the direction of the development of fighters in the world in the future!

When he saw this, General Jamal had already made a decision: "We, the Pakistani Air Force, also need such aircraft!" We're going to send two pilots here to fly this kind of plane. ”

General Jamal's statement made the people below excited, and the other party just saw the cockpit of this kind of aircraft, and said that he wanted it, and his own direction was not wrong, and his own side walked down firmly, which was aimed at the direction of the development of the fighter!

This fighter has once again opened up the prospect of export!

However, there must still be many difficulties and problems, and Tu Lao also has a clear understanding of this.

In the past, it was military aid to Pakistan, and money was not given in vain, and even the overhaul plant of Jian-6 was military aid, so the Pakistani brothers would not say anything, and if they were given for nothing, they must have asked for it directly.

Now it is different, the history of military aid has ended, reform and opening up, we must also follow the market economy, it is necessary to sell fighter planes, and if we want to sell them, we must pay attention to the needs of customers.

The Egyptian Air Force does not have much combat experience and has put forward so many opinions, what about Pakistan? They have been fighting wars all the time and have a lot of combat experience, so they will definitely put forward more opinions, and these opinions of theirs are all summed up on the basis of actual combat, and only when they meet their opinions and improve their fighters can they obtain their orders.

Now, although the other party said that he wanted it, he definitely did not make a decision directly, and the other people's statement was to send two pilots to come over for a test flight, so that they could understand the plane thoroughly.

At this time, everyone did not know that Pakistan's order, of course, was quite cautious, not only to send pilots to fly here, but also to bring them to Pakistan to fly and shoot targets in the local area to avoid adapting to the water and soil.

Unlike previous fighters, this kind of fighter with a large number of electronic equipment must take into account these problems, and different climates can lead to various failures.

General Jamal was very cautious.

Although Tu Lao had made great preparations in his heart, at this time, everyone did not expect that the cooperation with Pakistan would be long and tortuous.

Just a year later, when the export of this aircraft was about to be negotiated, Pakistan, in addition to importing the Jian-7M, began to make further requirements, requiring that the aircraft's maneuverability be strengthened, the combat radius increased, the interception effectiveness improved, and the ground attack capability should be a certain extent. The specific requirements are to replace the American F404 engine, increase the fuel volume in the aircraft by 1,000 liters, and install radar with downward view function. In addition, it is also hoped to add inertial navigation, radar alarms, in-flight refueling, improve the pilot's rear vision, and consider two-seat trainers.

Where is this improvement, it is simply a new development! This project, bumpy and bumpy, before and after, actually went for nearly 20 years, and when it finally succeeded, it was no longer similar to the J-7, and it completely became a new fighter, which has a loud name, called Thunder Dragon.

"Absolutely." Tu Lao nodded: "You are welcome to send pilots to test fly this fighter with us." However, we are still working with Marconi to solve some of the technical problems in the installation. ”

First of all, I have to explain that the equipment on this aircraft is still being tested, and there are various problems, and sometimes, it may not work properly.

After all, to improve a fighter, it is necessary to go through continuous test flights, which is normal, and the current Mirage 2000, isn't it still going on test flights?

General Jamal nodded: "These are understandable, we already have a batch of F16s, the demand for this fighter is not very urgent, we do not pursue the progress, but it must be stable." ”