Chapter 589: Three Aircraft Carrier Formations

Andrei had already made a plan of action. If you www.biquge.info fight against a behemoth like the United States, you must be mentally prepared. After all, the strength of the US military far surpasses that of Iraq, and after the loss of the Far East, the focus of the United States is on Europe and the Middle East, and the Middle East is now the meat of the United States, and the United States absolutely cannot tolerate Iraq's behavior, so after the outbreak of war, the situation will be quite complicated.

Iraq's ability as a country is not necessarily capable of resisting, especially since the most important thing in the war now is to seize air supremacy. Therefore, Andrei provided Saddam Hussein with a plan to kill the US air base with ballistic missiles overnight, completely killing the US air combat capability, but the Americans are not far behind, although nuclear deterrence did not become a reality in the end, but the use of American means, also abolished Iraq's air combat capability.

The two sides did not return to the same starting line, because the United States also has a strong navy! A single aircraft carrier formation of the United States can destroy a small country, not to mention that now the United States has concentrated three aircraft carriers!

Iraq does not have an anti-aircraft carrier force, and if Iraq wants to strike at the American aircraft carriers, it has to fly over Jordan and Israel, which is almost impossible.

Therefore, at this time, Andrei asked for help, Syria's second-rate air force is not good, and it must rely on a first-class air force like Iran!

Yes, the Iranian Air Force is indeed first-class, before the HMN revolution, the Iranian Air Force has always been trained by the Americans, emphasizing active attack, emphasizing individual ability, and the equipment of the Iranian Air Force is also first-class. Although it has an enmity with Iraq, it has an enmity with the United States that is close to destroying the country, and using this war to allow Iran to obtain 20% of the mining rights is enough for Iran's war dividends.

There are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only unchanging interests, and no one will give up the big meat of Saudi Arabia.

The Mediterranean, calm and calm, from the high aircraft carrier, you can see the land in the distance, and there is Israel in the Middle East!

On the USS Eisenhower, Captain Mark quietly looked out of the porthole here, looking out on the flight deck. This aircraft carrier, which was commissioned only in October '77, is the largest aircraft carrier of the US Navy so far, with a full load displacement of 90,000 tons. Being able to command this warship is the pride of the US Navy.

After the situation in the Middle East, this aircraft carrier was also the first aircraft carrier to reach the Mediterranean, originally, according to the pre-arrangement, this aircraft carrier should have passed through the Suez Canal and reached the Red Sea, from where it would be more convenient to attack, after all, it was not necessary to pass through the airspace of other countries, just fly directly from Saudi airspace.

However, in the end, for the sake of insurance, the Pentagon decided to let its own naval formation stand by in the Mediterranean, after all, so that Israel and Jordan are blocked in front, at least Israel's strong air force can ensure the safety of its own aircraft carrier formation!

Three aircraft carriers have arrived, in addition to the USS Eisenhower, there are also the USS Constellation and the USS America, three aircraft carriers, forming a powerful attack force! For the first time in history, the United States has assembled more than three aircraft carriers at the same time, and this is the first time since the Vietnam War! There are three more aircraft carriers, on land in a hurry, and in the end, the number of aircraft carriers arranged here will reach six!

The deck was filled with white smoke, and one after another carrier-based aircraft were taking off from the aircraft carrier!

The early ejection is the bulky Tomcat fighter, this fighter is a typical air combat mount, two immortal bird missiles, four Sparrow missiles and four Sidewinder missiles, this payload capacity, has long exceeded the Air Force's F-15, until now, the Tomcat fighter is still the most powerful fighter with the payload capacity on the US Air Force!

Their mission was to fly over Israel and Jordan to seize air supremacy over Iraq and provide protection for the bombing formations behind.

In addition to the F-14, the USS Eisenhower also carried two squadrons of A-7 attack aircraft, both of which were already equipped with ground attack weapons and were ready to carry out ground bombing missions after the F-14 opened a bombing channel to further attack Iraqi forces.

"Attention, 103 Pirate Flag Squadron, please sail along the eight-thousand-meter air passage, this is Tiger Tail No. 1."

"Pirate Flag 1 understands." Pilot Hughes shouted over the radio that he was the squadron leader of the 103rd Pirate Flag Squadron, the first air force to enter Iraq during the operation.

And to provide them with guidance is the carrier's own AWACS aircraft, the E-2 Hawkeye of the Tiger Tail carrier-based AWACS squadron.

With the radio call, the Pirate Flag squadron made contact with the AWACS aircraft and continued to fly forward, and soon, the vast sea was gone, and they were already over land.

The tiny territory of Israel flew by, and then the yellow desert below, and in the blink of an eye, the airspace of Jordan.

"Pirate flag squadron, pay attention, there are warplanes cruising in Iraqi airspace, two targets, altitude eight thousand, speed three hundred, direction 030, distance three hundred."

"Pirate flag received." Hughes replied as he ordered the radar operator in the rear compartment to turn on his own radar.

The distance of 300 kilometers is beyond the search range of AWG-9, however, the distance between the two sides is now rapidly approaching, and soon the other side will appear on the radar screen, at this time, there is no need to distinguish friend or foe, they are the first fighters to enter Iraqi airspace, and the target on the opposite side must be the Iraqi plane!

At the maximum distance, first shoot out the two cumbersome Immortal Bird missiles, then rush up again, and kill the enemies who have not been eliminated with Sparrow missiles and Sidewinder missiles!

When the radar operator turned on the radar and adjusted it, there was already a bright spot on the screen, and the distance between the two sides had reached a distance of 200 kilometers.

"Lock on to the target and prepare to launch the Immortal Bird missile." Hughes said that the other side has not yet continued to climb high and accelerate, which shows that it is not a perverted cargo like the MiG-25, and last night's attack killed Iraq's main airfield, and what is flying now is likely to be the backward MiG-21 in the second-line base.

"Understood." The radar operator in the aft compartment began to operate the radar, preparing to lock on, and at the same time, the Hughes in the front compartment turned on the afterburner, and the TF30 engine pushed the fighter to begin to accelerate the climb.

Damn Congress! Originally, in order to improve performance, the Navy's Tomcat fighter and the plan to replace the F110 engine have been submitted, and the Navy pilots really don't want to serve the TF-30 engine that is grumpy and asthmatic at every turn, but then the plan was rejected on the grounds that Congress has no money! There is no money to support the Navy's renewal program, and not only that, but in order to reduce naval spending, Congress is said to be discussing various plans to postpone the construction of aircraft carriers and retire the F-14, which is expensive to operate, early!

Hughes was thinking nonsense in his head, when suddenly, the radar operator in the rear compartment said: "The targets are separated, not two, but eight fighters!" (To be continued.) )