Four F-5 Tiger fighters of the Iranian Air Force took off from the rear airfield, and their mission was to bomb the nasty Iraqi armored unit besieging the port of Khomeini.

However, because of the tense war, the Iranian Air Force could not find any too advanced fighters, and only sent F-5s from second-tier airfields.

The F-5E/F "Tiger" fighter was the main type of aircraft for the United States to dump arms on its third world allies in the 70s, and because the aircraft has undergone actual combat tests and inherited the characteristics of the previous generation of F-5A/B "Freedom Warrior" fighters and easy maintenance, it was sold to 21 countries and regions around the world within 10 years after its inception. In the international arms deal, the French "Mirage" III, the Soviet MiG-21 and the F-5E/F have formed a situation in which three models are dominant.

As a former ally of the United States, Iran is also equipped with a large number of Tiger fighter jets for use in the second-line forces.

In the fighting, Iran often used F-4 fighters, but as the fighting was consumed, the number of sorties that could take off became less and less, and the Tomcat was even more reluctant to use it, so it had to reactivate the F-5 Tiger fighter. It is used to take on low-intensity battles.

For example, now, the Iraqi Air Force rarely flies low on the front line, and these days, its own fighter jets have basically not taken off, and the sky over the port of Khomeini is now very clean, and the vigilance of the Iraqis must have been lowered to the lowest level.

Therefore, taking advantage of this time, they chose to prepare to attack the Iraqi army besieging the port of Khomeini from the sea that the Iraqis did not notice the most, even if it was just to blow up a few tanks, it could boost the morale of the defenders of the port of Khomeini.

Moreover, it is said that this Iraqi armored division has self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery, so after they enter the port of Khomeini from the sea, they will have a high success rate if they directly penetrate the defense at a low altitude.

They did not know that it was very coincidental that the Iraqi Air Force also chose to attack ships in the port of Khomeini today.

And the one responsible for providing cover is the newly acquired F-20 fighter jet of the Iraqi Air Force, which and the F-5 are both from Northrop and can be said to be brothers.

However, no one could have imagined that the first victory of the F-20 would be its prototype, the F-5 fighter, and even later, in the opinion of Northro, was too ironic.

However, the warriors in the air did not have time to think about it so much, at this time, the distance between the two sides was eighty kilometers, and at this distance, the radar of the F-5 did not detect it at all, and then attack first!

Although it is also equipped with Sparrow air-to-air missiles, the United States exported to Iraq along with the F-20 is not the latest model in the Sparrow family, and it has just entered service this year and is also the AIM-7M missile that has been in service for generations to come, the missile is equipped with a new type of reverse single-pulse seeker, radio proximity fuse, digital control circuit, in addition, the missile body has also been streamlined to reduce air resistance, and the surname can be greatly improved.

And it was not the AIM-7F missile, which entered service in 1976, and its power section was equipped with a new two-stage thrust engine, which increased the range and improved electronics.

What was sold to Iraq was the same AIM-7E-4 medium-range air-to-air missile as the Iranian Air Force, and its predecessor was the AIM-7E, which had a hit rate of less than 10 percent in the Vietnam War.

However, Zhang Feng has no long-term intention to use this kind of missile, and the reason why he calls for an open weapon interface is to be able to mount a legally made missile, and Zhang Feng's longer-term plan is to jointly develop an active radar-guided air-to-air missile with a certain country.

In the current sky, medium-range air-to-air missiles are still semi-active radar-guided, the so-called semi-active, that is, the missile's radar is only the function of receiving, and the electromagnetic wave is emitted, is the radar of the carrier aircraft, therefore, after the missile is launched, the carrier aircraft needs to irradiate the target all the time, provide electromagnetic signals for the missile, and cannot do maneuvering to evade. The active radar guidance refers to the antenna in the missile seeker, which can be both received and transmitted, although it is limited by the diameter of the missile, resulting in the power of the launch can not be very large, and the distance of the self-guided guidance is only about 20 kilometers, but it is already a world of difference.

Sweden's "Active Skylight Flash" missile!

Because it is a low-cost aircraft, although Iranian F-5 fighters are also equipped with radar warning receivers, they are not omnidirectional, but only have antennas arranged in the rear tail.

It didn't notice it at all, just ahead, four warplanes had locked on to them, and, moreover, launched missiles!

After Adnan assigned the target, the radar of each fighter locked on to an opponent's fighter, skillfully turned on the missile, passed the guidance data to the Sparrow missile through the 1553B data bus, and then pressed the launch button.

A fiery missile, detached from the launcher on the right side of the wing, flew out.

After launching the missiles, the four F-20s still maintained the attitude of rushing at each other with the nose of the plane just now, and then flew forward.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was already close to thirty kilometers.

The radar of the F-5 long plane finally discovered that there was a hidden mystery ahead, and there were Iraqi fighters waiting for them! Moreover, judging by the echoes of the radar, the other side actually launched a missile!

"Drop the bomb and get rid of it immediately." The pilot of the F-5 long plane ordered.

Because it was carrying out a bombing mission, the wings and belly of the F-5 were full of bombs, and it flew heavily, and it was simply unable to make a maneuver with high overload.

Hearing this order, the four F-5 fighters immediately dropped the bombs they loaded, and at the same time, hurriedly maneuvered to both sides.

It was already too late, and at this time, the Sparrow missile had already flown into their field of vision.

The long plane climbed without any reason, and one of the wingmen behind it chose to climb with it.

The other two, made a dive maneuver.

At this point, the Sparrow missile was confused.

Because, the bomb dropped by the F-5 fighter made its brain wonder how the target that had been selected just now suddenly became two or three,...... How many?

Which one should be attacked?

Due to the large size of the bomb, the echo produced was similar to that of the F-5, so two sparrows looked away and rushed forward according to the bomb dropped by the other party.

The two F-5s, which had already been pulled up, looked at the missiles that were taken off and relaxed.

However, the two F-5s that dived were not so lucky, one of them was dried down by the sparrow, and the other dived too low and crashed into the sea, directly crushing to pieces.

Just when the long plane of the F-5 was about to choose whether to meet the enemy head-on or flee back, the opponent's four-plane formation had already entered their sight.

Close grappling?

I'm not afraid of you at all! The F-5 fighter is relatively small in size and has the same maneuverable and flexible special surname as the MiG-21, so the imaginary enemy squadron of the US Air Force is played by the F-5.

Then let's see who is the king! The Iranian Air Force is trained in the American style, and it also has a fierce style.

On the wings of the F-5, two Sidewinder missiles were also hung.

Finding that his missiles had only killed two enemy planes, Adnan was a little dissatisfied, this hit rate was too low, right?

If he knew that there was another one of them, it was not shot down, but it crashed into the sea by itself, Adnan would probably be even more dissatisfied.

"Two-plane formation, two fights each other, the long plane attacks, and the wingman covers." Adnan commanded.

Four fighters, divided into two twin formations, pounced on the oncoming enemy aircraft.

After entering the line of sight and seeing each other's planes clearly, the pilots of both sides secretly exclaimed.

F-20: I didn't expect that the first air battle was not Iran's F-14 Tomcat, nor the F-4 Ghost, but this light F-5 Tiger fighter.

F-5: I've never seen it, when did the Iraqi Air Force also equip Tiger fighters? They haven't made a difference yet, it can't be their own air force, right?

But then they saw the Iraqi flag painted on the huge hanging tail, yes!

How did such fighters of the Iraqi Air Force come from, they do not know, but, since they are enemies, then fight bravely!

Long live Ayatollah Khomeini!

At this time, both sides are coming head-on, in this case, you can't use Sidewinder missiles yet, you have to engage in a grappling, use your own nose, and aim at the area of 30 degrees of the opponent's tail!

The horizontal hovering surname of the F-5 fighter is not as good as the vertical climb surname, so the pilot of the F-5 fighter immediately pulled the lever and entered the vertical climb.

After climbing vertically, the other party will definitely climb with him, as long as whoever holds on longer, the side that can't hold on will press the bar in advance, turn around and dive, at that time, he will continue to dive, whoever dives first, whose ass will be exposed to the other party's field of vision, and the other party will burst the chrysanthemum.

It's just that the pilot of the F-5 fighter forgot one thing: the other side is flying the same fighter as himself, but after improvement, the engine is more powerful!

The two general-purpose J85 turbojet engines of the F-5 are far inferior to the F20 one F404 turbofan engine, and the pilots of the F-5 fighters just chose the actions they are best at, which is almost instinctive, but they forgot that the other party also flies this kind of maneuverable and flexible aircraft!

Adnan looked at the flat butt of the F-5 and suddenly realized that the round butt of the F-20 was actually not as good as the F-5.

The cockpit of the F-5 fighter is not bubble-shaped, so he can't see if there are fighters in the rear that are always following him.

As he climbed upward, the speed became smaller and smaller, and soon he was about to enter the minimum stall zone, and he slammed the nose of the plane, and the plane flipped one hundred and eighty degrees and dived downward.

Suddenly, he saw the fighter plane that was still climbing, passing by him.

Finished.

In the air battle, it was all about fighting fast, Adnan saw that the F-5 above his head had flipped over, and immediately lowered the nose of the plane and followed, at this time, it happened to appear within the range of the Sidewinder seeker.

"Launch!" Adnan did not hesitate to press the missile.

Adnan looked at the F-5 fighter plane that was blown to pieces, and it was so enjoyable to fight with it, he remembered the F-14 that he shot down last time, even if he encountered the F-14 again, he must fight him!

(To be continued)