On the runway, the ground crew of the Iranian Air Force, who were carrying weapon parts, suddenly heard a familiar roar in the sky, and they couldn't help but look up at the sky.

Suddenly, a sharp air defense siren sounded, and the ground crew remembered that the plane was not their own, but Iraq's!

Fast! Take cover! They immediately jumped into the car and transferred the parts that had already been moved to the hangar.

It's a pity that it was too late, and at this time, the black-pressed group of planes had already flown over them.

According to the pre-arrangement, it was to bomb the planes in those hangars, but when the first Su-20 squadron leader discovered the big guy on the runway, he immediately decided that the wingman would go to the bomber hangar, and he himself would kill the big guy!

As the alarm sounded, the antiaircraft artillery positions guarding the airport also began to fire, but without the guidance of the early warning radar, the antiaircraft artillery rarely achieved results against the low-altitude and high-speed planes, and they just blindly fired at the sky.

And the most proud of the Hawk anti-aircraft missile, this kind of missile used to shoot down dozens of invading Iraqi planes at the beginning of the war, but now, it is also a headless fly.

The white flowers on the radar screen continue, in this case, the missile cannot lock on to the target at all, and even if it is launched, it is a waste.

After hearing the siren, the F-4 pilot, who was on combat readiness duty, immediately ran to the runway, ready to take off quickly to meet the enemy.

By this time, the bomb had already fallen overhead.

At this time, the Iraqi Air Force lacked precision-guided weapons, what laser-guided bombs, TV-guided bombs, there were no at all, and GPS, at this time, it was even more impossible, they used the most ordinary free-fall bombs.

However, before that, the pilots had undergone repeated training, all the bombs had been carefully overhauled, and besides, it was low-altitude bombing, and the accuracy was not low.

The long plane of the Su-20 accurately dropped the bomb on the big guy on the runway, and suddenly, there was a sea of fire.

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft has a fuselage layout with an upper single wing, four engines, and a large tail cargo door. One of the most successful transport aircraft in the world, this layout was almost the "standard" for the design of transport aircraft, and the vast majority of medium-sized transport aircraft did not jump out of this box after that. A similar design is used in numerous heavy transport aircraft. Therefore, the C-130 can be said to be the "originator" of contemporary transport aircraft.

And in the Iranian Air Force, this kind of transport aircraft left over from the period of the Bavile dynasty is almost the strategic transport force of the Iranian army.

One C-130 is more strategically valuable than two Tomcats!

The bomb hit the middle of Hercules, and the strong impact force immediately smashed Hercules into a big hole, and then, the delay fuse exploded, blowing Hercules into two, igniting the few tons of aviation fuel that Hercules still had left, and suddenly, a fire rose, and the scene was very spectacular.

However, the smoke that came out also caused problems for the bombing formations behind and obstructed their view.

The Su-20 wingmen who followed closely behind, it was lucky, at this time the smoke had not yet risen, and they crossed the runway and came to the sky over the tarmac and hangar.

The planes on the tarmac, F-4 ghosts, F-5 freedom fighters, immediately hit one after another, some of them are cluster bombs, even if the hit accuracy is not high, but the scattered warheads have caused great damage to these aircraft, although cluster bombs are prohibited in international conventions, but none of the participating countries take it seriously, especially Daddy Saddam, when he was red-eyed, even chemical weapons have been used, if there are nuclear weapons, I am afraid that even nuclear weapons dare to use them.

Soon, the tarmac was also a mess.

The second Su-20 formation in the back was dealing with the fighters in the hangar.

The hangars are all reinforced concrete structures, and to deal with such targets, armor-piercing aerial bombs are required, so the aerial bombs they carry are relatively large in size to increase the kinetic energy when falling, and in the two world wars, huge aerial bombs can penetrate even the heavy deck of battleships, not to mention reinforced concrete structures.

In the flying shrapnel, in the smoke rising, no one noticed that the two F-4s on the runway were forcibly taking off.

At the beginning, the Iraqi Air Force decided to bomb the runway first and then the planes, because it was afraid that the Iranian planes would rise up and beat them, and the Iranian Air Force has always been tough in its style.

This time was no exception, during takeoff, one of the F-4s behind was hit by shrapnel and suddenly turned into a fireball, while the long plane managed to take off.

Damn Iraqis, since you dare to come and sneak attack, let you taste it!

After the Su-20 finished throwing the bomb, the fuselage was light, and the pilot adjusted the wing sweep angle to a larger level, ready to climb high and return from the battlefield.

The Su-20 is a variable-sweep wing aircraft that is primarily used for ground attack, but two air-to-air missiles for self-defense are retained on the wingtips, allowing for air combat if necessary.

After completing the mission, the pilots relaxed a little, they did not notice the F-4 Phantom that was flying from the direction of nine o'clock.

Although under the wings of the F-4, two Sparrow medium-range air-to-air missiles are mounted, the weapons crew in the rear cabin has found that the radar interference this time is very strong, and their own airborne radar, after turning on, is a white flower on the screen, and nothing can be seen.

Therefore, all they could use was the four Sidewinder air-to-air missiles at the front of the wings, and due to the original design problem, the F-4 Phantom did not have a cannon.

At this time, Arslan, who was patrolling the sky, visually searched for the Iranian plane that came out of the thick smoke, and immediately shouted on the radio: "Blacksmith squadron, pay attention to the direction of nine o'clock!" ”

Blacksmith Squadron is the code name for the Su-20 squadron.

After saying that, Arslan dived down from the middle space, and he must not let the goblins cause any damage to his formation!

At this time, the Su-20 squadron also spotted the plane of the Iranians flying from the side, however, it was too late.

Although the powerful jammer interfered with the radar of the F-4 Phantom, the infrared-guided air-to-air missile was still unrestricted.

The pilot quickly locked onto one of the closest Iraqi planes, pressed the launch button.

A Sidewinder missile, dragging the flames, flew to one of the wingmen on the far right of the Su-20 formation.

The original model of the Su-20, the Su-17, is already a very resistant aircraft in the equipment of the Soviet Air Force, and the Su-20 is its simplified model, simplified to the point that even the infrared decoy jamming bomb is not complete.

Although the bomb was dropped, the pilot was not too sure about dodging the flying missile.

"Dive, blacksmith squadron, dive now." Arslan shouted over the radio.

In ordinary dives, you will never be able to avoid this infrared missile, but today is different, there are fires everywhere on the ground, as long as the opponent's missile dives with the locked target, you can let the poor missile fall into the fire all over the ground.

This was also thought of by the pilots of the Su-20 squadron, who collectively made a dive.

The seeker of the Sidewinder missile, which has been firmly locked onto the target, is flying correctly in the face of strong electromagnetic interference.

It noticed that the plane in front of it was diving, so it did not hesitate to dive down.

As soon as it lowered its head, it found that it was wrong, there were strong infrared rays everywhere, more powerful than the infrared signature of the tail nozzle of the plane that it had just locked, and in the moment it hesitated, it found that it could no longer find the trace of the plane just now, and it had lost its target!

The rattlesnake continued to fly for a few seconds before being planted in a sea of fire.

The pilot of the Phantom fighter, watching the opponent dive, dodged the missile, and pulled up in the fire, unscathed, very depressed, and immediately prepared another Sidewinder missile.

Suddenly, the weapon officer in the rear compartment shouted: "At three o'clock, there are missiles!" ”

Arslan, who led his wingman, had already swooped down, and seeing that the Su-20 had successfully escaped, he immediately and methodically launched the infrared missile he was carrying.

The pilot of the F-4 Phantom fighter, without thinking about it, immediately pushed the rod and dived.

If the Su-20 just now can get rid of missiles, then it will be able to get rid of it yourself!

Just know you're going to dive! With a charming smile on his face with an oxygen mask, Arslan followed a putt and dived as well, while maximizing the sweep angle of the wing.

The MiG-23 followed with a dive, but it dived faster, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly approaching.

Ignoring the pain in the face of being pulled by the high g-force, Arslan turned the fire control to the machine gun.

Under the belly of the MiG-23, there is 1 GSH-23L 23-mm cannon with a charge of 200 rounds.

Do you know what an aerial bayonet is? Arslan counted examples of air battles on the Korean battlefield.

In the scope, the outline of the F-4 Phantom grew larger and clearer, and Arslan held his breath.

Arslan's wingman, looking at his long plane with some surprise, alas, this guy, flying, always like a madman!

"Tutu, Tutu" a tongue of fire was fired from under Arslan's fuselage, and in the middle of every few shells, there would be a tracer bullet, although it was daytime, it was still possible to see the trajectory of the shells.

The 23 mm caliber artillery has a relatively curved trajectory, which is not as straight as the small-caliber artillery, but the benefits are also obvious, as long as one shell hits, it will completely tear the opponent's aircraft apart!

Although air combat has long entered the era of missiles, the machine gun is still not outdated!

The pilot of the F-4 Phantom fighter felt the air flow around the fuselage tremble, and he was trying to dodge, when suddenly, he felt a shock from the fuselage, and several frightening red lights began to flash on the instrument panel in front of him.

Left engine failure, hydraulic failure, fuel leakage... The pilot tried to pull the nose hard, but the plane did not respond.

F-4 Goblin, all the way down into the fire below.

(To be continued)