The criticized manually adjusted variable sweep wing has been improved to a computer-controlled variable sweep wing, and of course, there is still a gap between the analog computer and the digital computer control of the Tomcat fighter. The single engine in the tail of the fuselage www.biquge.info turned into two engines with a total thrust of more than 12,000 N, for which the rear fuselage was redesigned.

After various improvements, the MiG-23 had the number of MiG-23A in 77 years, and the combat effectiveness has undergone radical changes.

It can be said that in addition to being unable to compare with the Panda fighter in terms of long-range interception ability, in other aspects, the MiG-23A can compete with the Tomcat fighter.

Moreover, the variable sweep wing of the MiG-23 can reduce the required take-off speed when taking off, and it has the inherent advantage of being on the aircraft carrier.

It's a pity that the time was not right, the Soviet aircraft carrier ups and downs, all kinds of plans continue to die, when the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier was finally built, the MiG-23 has fallen behind, the new MiG-29 and Su-27 have come out, naturally these two aircraft were used to modify carrier-based aircraft, and finally the Red Navy chose the Su-27K.

Now, the time is right! There is still hope for the MiG-23 to be on board.

"Andrey, your proposal, the Navy will consider it carefully." Gorshkov as commander of the Navy. Naturally, I knew about the MiG-23A carrier-based aircraft, and I heard Andrei bring it up. Suddenly there is a feeling that the hero sees something in the same way.

"Report, Eagle Squad is refueling in the air." That's when it happened. The captain of the aircraft carrier came over and reported to Gorshkov.

Refueling in the air! As long as this in-flight refueling can be successfully completed, the task of confusing the Yankees this time will be considered complete.

A big guy like the MiG-25 has no possibility of going on board the ship by nature, and a series of previous actions were all to confuse the Americans!

At the front of the beveled deck of the aircraft carrier Kiev, the jumping deck that appeared was actually built with scaffolding, and a layer of tarpaulin was laid on it. From the perspective of outer space, it is a jumping deck, in fact, it can only be stepped on by people, and the car will collapse when it is started!

Then, before departure, two scrapped MiG-25s were hoisted on the Kiev by crane and hidden in the hangar first. When the US reconnaissance satellite swept overhead, it was hoisted up through the elevator on the side of the port in a big way, and just like that, the Americans were fooled!

The Americans in order to verify. There will be tentative contacts, so they must find out that the aircraft is a MiG-25!

Those two MiG-25s. Of course, it took off not from the Kiev, but from the Haiyan base, more than a thousand kilometers to the north. Take off at a time when the fleets of the two sides are about to come into contact, in order to avoid being discovered by the Americans. All the way to the ultra-low altitude to fly.

Although the maximum combat radius of the MiG-25 is 1,000 kilometers, this is data at high altitudes, and at low altitudes, the dense atmosphere will bring several times more drag, and the range will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, the Americans will definitely not suspect that these two MiG-25s are flying from land, which can only fly at high altitudes, and will definitely be detected by their AWACS aircraft and the radar of warships.

At an ultra-low altitude, flying near the aircraft carrier Kiev and then flying towards the US aircraft carrier group, the Americans will naturally think that these two MiG-25s took off from the Kiev and want to give the US aircraft carrier group a "surprise".

Even if the Americans will find out that this is a hoax in the future, but at least for now, the Americans have been fooled, the American AWACS aircraft has escaped, and the American aircraft carrier formation has retreated!

The Americans did not observe that over the sea area more than four hundred kilometers from their formation, two MiG-25s, which were almost depleted of fuel, were refueling in the air.

The two Tu-16 tankers flew smoothly at an altitude of 3,000 meters, each with a refueling pipe hanging from their tails.

Tu-16 is the main bomber of the Soviet Union in the early days, two turbojet engines in the wing root part, forming a unique aerodynamic layout, this kind of bomber in addition to equipping the Soviet Union, but also exported to many countries, in China, formed its own H-6 series bombers.

Since the range of bombers could not meet the needs, the Soviet Union had long begun to study the technology of accompanying refueling between bombers, and one bomber used as a tanker to refuel another bomber in the air to extend the range. It can be said that the earliest air tankers in the Soviet Union were modified with bombers, and it was not until the successful development of the Il-76 that the Il-78 air tanker was improved on the basis of this transport aircraft, which was already in the eighties.

Now, the Tu-16 has become old, and the Tu-22 has taken over the baton, and there are more and more air tankers improved by this kind of bomber. It's just that the improved air tanker of this bomber has a limited carrying capacity, which is simply not enough to provide enough fuel for two MiG-25s, and at the same time, also for backup, in case one Tu-16 fails, there is another one that can be evenly refueled.

Just last year, the MiG-25 underwent a mid-term refinement and also had a retractable aerial refueling probe.

At this time, the refueling port at the front end of the nose of the MiG-25 has been opened, and the refueling probe is sticking out of the nose, just above the number 027.

Lieutenant Alexander opened the goggles of his helmet and looked through the glass in front of the cramped cockpit and looked at the probe outside.

Although I have received several in-flight refueling trainings, this subject is still very difficult and cannot be successfully completed every time. And now, there is no way back, and if you can't successfully dock, then you can only skydive.

The gloved hand, gently pushing the lever, had just soared in the air, the temperature in the cockpit exceeded fifty degrees, and now, his palms were still sweating, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the refueling cone that was gradually approaching.

The Tu-16 in front is flying smoothly, and behind the fuselage, a refueling pipe is flying, and the refueling cone at the back of the refueling pipe is constantly shaking.

The bulky body of the MiG-25 is slowly approaching the refueling cone, twenty meters, ten meters, five meters, three meters...

A crosswind blew the refueling cone to one side, and the first docking failed like this.

After exiting, Lieutenant Alexander re-entered, and watched the refueling cone gradually approach, Lieutenant Alexander's eyes were quick, and he immediately reached into it.

"Docking successful!" Alexander couldn't help but shout.

After docking, the oil circuit is automatically opened, and a steady stream of fuel flows into the fuel tank of the MiG-25, so there is no need to worry about running out of fuel for the return flight! (To be continued.) )