When the Americans came into contact with the MiG-25 that Belenko had defected from, they came to the conclusion that the maneuverability of this fighter was poor based on the fact that it was made of steel, but in fact, this was completely wrong.

Even in the Gulf War, the MiG-25 could still engage in a single-plane confrontation with the Americans, and it had also shot down American fighters. This kind of steel fighter is still impressive in performance under the action of a powerful engine.

Moreover, the high strength brought by stainless steel allows this fighter to do large overload maneuvers, like now, Andre felt his body pressed against the seat, and just a roll, he pulled out the 4G overload.

Although this gets rid of the other party's lock, but at the same time, it also means that the distance from the other party is increasing, and the solution is quite simple, that is, to make another turn! This double turn forms an S-shaped route, which is the most basic serpentine maneuver in air combat.

The MiG-25 has been reduced to subsonic speed, and a turn just now has also drawn a turning radius of one thousand meters in the air.

In later generations, many people criticized the MiG-25 for only flying in a straight line, and it was also nicknamed a straight line fighter. Indeed, if you fly at the highest speed, the MiG-25 wants to turn a corner, and it is impossible to have a radius of tens of kilometers, but now, after the MiG-25 slows down, the required turning radius has also begun to shorten rapidly, especially the differential flat tail of the MiG-25, which provides additional steering torque, so that this fighter with sufficient steering torque can complete the steering more quickly.

In order to adapt to maneuvering at high altitudes, the MiG-25 has very large rudder surfaces, and at low altitudes with plenty of air, the torque of the rudder surface is even more amplified, and there will even be cases where the steering is overdone because of excessive torque. And from another point of view, it means that as long as it is operated properly, this fighter will also have strong maneuverability!

You know, the current second-generation aircraft, even the F-4, has a steering radius of 1,500 meters!

Let those bricks who talk on paper go coolly! Andre operated this huge steel fighter, under the control of a large area of rudder surface, completed two turns, and at the same time, the height dropped from 22,000 to 18,000, Andre's eyes looked outside, and he found two bright spots in the clear sky.

It's already within sight!

On the display panel of the newly added TP-26-SH1 forward-looking infrared search / tracking system of the fighter aircraft, the signal of intercepting the target has already appeared, and in such a clear sky, the interception distance of this system can reach forty kilometers!

The Soviets had a very poor single electronic technology, but the integration of these systems with low performance could exert a strong effect, and this was the advantage of the Soviets.

Andrei flicked the switch with his fingers, and the R-60 missiles under the wings have begun to warm up, and the infrared missiles of this era have not yet had the ability to attack head-on, so they can only chase after them, and for the time being, they don't have to worry that the other party will launch missiles to intercept themselves.

The two sides were approaching rapidly, and when they passed by, Andre's pupils appeared with that eye-catching plaster red.

It's an islander! These shameless dwarves! Andre pushed the lever to the right, and at the same time kicked the rudder on the right side, the huge rudder surface of the double vertical tail rotated, the differential vertical tail, and the rudder surface of the wing followed the action, and the entire steel fighter plane was rapidly steering.

Almost at the same time, Andre turned on the afterburner of the engine, and when turning, it would lose altitude and speed, and these needed to be provided by strong power.

Eleven tons of fuel have been burned, plus missiles, and now the weight of the whole machine is about 25 tons, and the two engines that can each provide more than 11,000 N thrust add up to 23,000 N, and the thrust-to-weight ratio is more than 0.92, which is almost the same thrust-to-weight ratio as the light and flexible J-7.

At the same time, the two F-4 fighters are also turning, their mission is to intercept this terrible invading fighter, the other side has broken free of lock in the over-the-horizon air combat, and now, after flying head-on within visual range, they are also beginning to turn quickly.

The body was pressed tightly against the seat by the huge overload, and Warrant Officer Yamada tried to turn his head and look at his side and rear, he was going to turn over first, and then use his nose to aim at the opponent's rear hemisphere!

Although it was only a moment to fly head-on just now, he had already clearly seen that the huge fighter with two engines and two vertical tails painted with red five stars was the latest weapon of the Soviets, the MiG-25 fighter!

When this kind of fighter plane first appeared at the military parade in Moscow, listening to the commentator's statement that it could fly up to 3 times the speed of sound, the West fell into an inexplicable panic, and it was impossible to say that there was no fear of this kind of fighter.

And now, although he encountered this kind of fighter, in order to protect the AWACS aircraft in the rear, Warrant Officer Yamada had no choice but to intercept this fighter!

As you turn sideways, the sky in your field of view rotates, but where is the target?

"Captain, at six o'clock, he's behind you!" Just after almost two hundred and seventy degrees, the voice of the wingman pilot came from Warrant Officer Yamada's headphones.

When the wingman completed a large overload maneuver and almost recovered from the black vision, the wingman pilot found that the MiG-25 had flown behind the ass of his long plane!

Six o'clock direction! It's a popped chrysanthemum location! The opponent's fighter plane is so flexible?

After only a few seconds of afterburner, Andre was already distressed about the fuel that had been burned, but looking at the F-4 fighter in front, the two J79 turbojet engines in the tail were emitting blazing flames, and the R-60 missile he was carrying had already completed the pre-launch lock, as long as he pressed the button on the operating stick, he could stab the chrysanthemum of the F-4 fighter.

Island people, the master is attacking, you are a beast!

Suddenly, the flames in the tail of the F-4 fighter in front became even hotter, and apparently, the other side had turned on the afterburner and wanted to get rid of it.

This is an inexperienced pilot! At this time, you still turn on afterburner, afraid that your missile is not locked firmly enough? Andrei looked at the fighter plane through the goggles of the narrow helmet, since this is the case, I will play with you!