At Al-Waleed Air Base, two silver-shining warplanes are preparing for an emergency takeoff in the sun.

The heavy R-40R semi-active radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missile and two R-40T infrared-guided medium-range air-to-air missiles are being hung on the wings, and the refueling trucks are also urgently refueling, and the two R-60 infrared air-to-air missiles have long been hung on the wingtips.

If you look closely, you can see that the current ground staff are mixed with some tall people with different appearances from the Iraqis, who are maintenance personnel sent by the Soviet Union.

In order to expand its influence in the Middle East, the Soviet Union tried its best to win over Iraq and sold it to Iraq, and the Soviet Union's own MiG-25 interceptor, which looked very advanced, was also regarded by Saddam as a baby-like model.

And the random additional condition is to send some Soviet personnel to carry out the maintenance of the aircraft, and in this base, the Soviet Union has the most people, there are tens of thousands.

They took the Soviet salary, plus a share from Iraq, and enjoyed it very much.

Especially now, when they learned that the goal of this operation was to strike at US imperialism, they were even more excited, and they quickly completed all kinds of preparations for the take-off of the plane.

If it weren't for the fear of disputes, the few Soviet pilots who remained here would have been eager to try and go into battle in person.

Reye is on combat readiness duty today, he is also the most outstanding pilot of the MiG-25, moreover, having experience in fighting Tomcats with the Iranians, so he flies the long plane of today's mission.

Dressed in a full flight suit, Reyes quickly stepped onto the plane.

The canopy was closed, the engine was started on the ground, various instruments were checked, and in a very short time, the preparations for take-off were completed, and then, Reyer's fighter began to slide on the runway, accelerated, he gently pulled the lever, and the plane began to climb.

When the MiG-25 was originally designed, it was designed to be an interceptor, a military aircraft specially designed to intercept invading enemy bombers, reconnaissance planes or cruise missiles in the air. The speed is fast, the climb is fast, however, the air combat capabilities are not very strong. (For example, my country's eighth master, at the beginning of the design, was also an interceptor).

Of course, it depends on whose hands it is, in the hands of Reyer, that is, all-rounders!

Behind Reyer, the wingman also took off.

They rose into the air in formation, kept climbing, climbing, and climbed directly to an altitude of more than 20,000 meters, where almost the vast majority of fighters can only look up, but the MiG-25 is very effortless.

However, they did not turn on the afterburner, otherwise the fuel consumption would have increased dramatically.

The higher the altitude, the thinner the air, the less drag, and the faster the volley speed can fly.

Guided by ground-based radars, two aircraft rushed to the theater of operations.

At this time, the F-14 fighter was already about to fly to the border of Iraq.

The entire Persian Gulf, with a total length of nearly 1,000 kilometers and a range of 2,500 kilometers, has maintained an altitude of about 10,000 meters, flying about 100 nautical miles from the coastline of the opposing side, probably the middle line of the Persian Gulf, and by the end of the Persian Gulf, Iraq has consumed half of its fuel. In order to maintain the necessary landing unsuccessful go-around, he could only hover here for a maximum of two minutes.

Here, the F-14 will turn around and return to the carrier.

This trip will threaten these Middle Eastern countries that as long as the United States is willing, it can use force to achieve its goals at any time!

This is the power of aircraft carriers, aircraft carriers are mobile fortresses, ready to appear where they are needed, and when there is a problem, the first words of the US president are to ask: Where is our aircraft carrier?

Seventy percent of the earth is seawater, and aircraft carriers can threaten any country by relying on carrier-based aircraft, and this is the power of aircraft carriers.

Since its flight range had exceeded the range of the carrier-based E-2C early warning aircraft, the Americans, although bold, took precautions, and an E-3 early warning aircraft that took off from Turkey flew over the Mediterranean Sea to monitor the movements of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and other countries.

Just when the F-14 had completed its deterrence mission and was preparing to return, a message came from the AWACS aircraft through the data link: Iraq had taken off two fighter jets, which were moving from north to south and had entered southern Iraq, altitude: two thousand four, speed: Mach 0.9.

Pilot John sneered, if it weren't for his lack of fuel, he really wanted to compete with the other party.

Among the main fighters of the United States, the F-15 and F-16 have experienced several battles, but the F-14 has not achieved any results, on the contrary, the Iranians have been boasting about how many Iraqi planes they have shot down, so the pilots of the US Navy have long held back their strength.

Hearing that the pilots of the Iraqi Air Force would flee as soon as they received the radar signal from the F-14 fighters, John really wanted to turn on the radar and scare them.

He pulled the rod and pedaled the rudder, and turned back.

Suddenly, the radar officer behind said: "Oh no, those two planes have accelerated!" ”

News from the AWACS aircraft through the data link: the two planes have been accelerating, quickly exceeding Mach 1, and are still increasing.

The distance between the two sides is in approach.

Could it be that the other party wants to play any tricks?

John felt that the blood in his body was surging upward, and the cowboy style of the US Air Force was shown in his body, since he wanted to play, then play with you!

"Spider, get ready, the radar is on!" John said.

The radar officer in the back is codenamed in the air, called Spider.

"Good!" The radar officer replied.

MiG-25 typical volley combat, first approach the target at high altitude, and then, turn on the afterburner, enter the supersonic speed, hanging missiles, in this case, the maximum can fly to Mach 2.5, nearly a thousand meters per second, the original is still dozens of kilometers apart, it only takes more than ten seconds, you can reach the range of the R-40R semi-active radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missile, you can launch, and, because of the fast speed, when launching the missile, the missile has a large initial velocity, and the range can be further improved.

Now, Reyer and his wingman, passing over the Southern Military District, crossed the Fao Peninsula, and when they were still dozens of kilometers away from the other side, they had accelerated to their maximum speed, and the red light on the dashboard kept flashing, and afterburner could not be carried out for too long, otherwise, it would lead to engine damage.

"Turn on the radar and prepare to lock on to the target." Reye and the wingman said.

In front of the nose of the MiG-25, the high-power radar once again showed its might.

A few seconds later, that point of light appeared on the radar screen, and the other party didn't run, but turned around and rushed over?

"Lock on to the target!" Reyes said.

Suddenly, when the radar locks on the fighter, it needs to send out a special pulse, and the radar warning receiver of the F-14 suddenly sounds.

At this time, the F-14 completed the turnaround maneuver and, due to the large radius that required maneuvering, almost entered Kuwaiti airspace.

"Drip, drip." Hearing the sound coming from inside the headset, the radar officer in the rear compartment immediately said, "Oh no, we're locked." ”

In air combat, being locked is a very troublesome thing, if there is no good opportunity, being locked up, there is a good chance that ** will be shot down, and even now, in air combat where missiles are not very mature, it is not a good thing to be locked.

"The direction of nine o'clock is the direction of the beam of the opposing radar." Said the radar officer. At this time, his radar had been turned on and the position of the other party had been found, but at this time, the powerful APG-9 radar, before it had time to exert its power, had already begun the painful process of maneuvering with the large overload of the fighter.

The F-14 Tomcat immediately rolled sideways towards nine o'clock with agility, which was a common way to get rid of the opponent's lock, and every pilot used it very skillfully.

However, they did not know that in the course of the battle with the Tomcats of the Iranians, all the tricks of the F-14 were already well known to the Iraqi Air Force pilots, and although they could not defeat their opponents, they were already very familiar with this fighter.

The radar of the Mirage F1 is most effective against the opponent's roll, and the MiG-25 can also use the same tactics, two fighters are separated from two angles, then, no matter which direction it rolls, it can appear on the radar of the other aircraft.

The MiG-25 had turned off the afterburner, and the two planes separated by a certain distance, each using its own extremely powerful radar, aimed at this time, and the aircraft carrier in the rear knew that something was wrong, and the two F-14s had already arrived in a hurry.

John felt some congestion in his brain, which was a normal reaction to the overload of high-maneuvering flight, but after several rolls, dives, and various high-maneuver maneuvers, he couldn't get rid of it, and John felt that his breathing began to become rapid.

Because this is exactly the sea surface, there will be no interference from complex terrain, so the radar of the MiG-25 is magically not unlocked.

John took off his oxygen mask, released the lever, and the plane switched to level flight.

He was already gasping for air, his altitude had already been reduced to less than three thousand meters, and he was more comfortable without an oxygen mask, and the beads of sweat on his head were dripping.

Some pilots, usually in various flight maneuvers, are very proficient, and are very good at engaging in simulated combat with people, but once they really fight, they will drop the chain at a critical time.

This kind of person is a fake ace, and he is not suitable for the profession of fighter pilot.

Overhead, a fighter jet whizzed by, and it was the other side demonstrating.

John's vision was a little blurry, and he struggled to fly towards the Arabian Sea at the call of the radar officer in the rear cabin.

And Reyer, after successfully driving out the opposing fighters, also chose to return to the base.

At this time, the two F-14s that came to support had already spotted the hapless John, and they flew together to assist John in returning to the aircraft carrier.

After receiving the report of the battle results, the base in the rear was already full of jubilation, especially the Soviet officers, who were even more excited to learn that the MiG-25 had successfully gained the upper hand in the confrontation with the F-14 fighters.

(To be continued)