Chapter 570: Target, E-3 AWACS
As the trump card of Iraq, after losing a MiG-25 yesterday, Reyes got another one, and today, he is going to take his own formation to do a revenge blow!
They were no longer blind, but in the rear of the Persian Gulf, on the side of the province of Khuzestan, a large AWACS aircraft, also flying, indicating the targets of their attacks. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
A-50 AWACS! In the sixties, the Soviet Union had the Tu-126 early warning aircraft, which used the delay technology of fixed delay wood, and had limited downward vision ability on land, but could not effectively find the target in the complex ground clutter, so as the first generation of early warning aircraft, this aircraft has many defects.
At the same time, after the development of the Il-76 transport aircraft in the Soviet Union, the Ilyushin Design Bureau began to develop the second-generation AWACS aircraft using the Il-76 as a platform. Historically, this AWACS aircraft was developed in 78 years, and after several years of flight tests, it was finalized and equipped with troops.
And now, compared with the original, the progress of the development of this early warning aircraft is lagging behind. This backwardness is due to changes in carrier aircraft radars.
Originally, the Shmel radar carried for the A-50 early warning aircraft should be a completely new radar system, but unfortunately, because of the shortcomings of the Soviet Union in the electronic system, the A-50 early warning aircraft that finally entered service in the army carried a radar that was actually an improved radar on the Liana radar system, that is, the radar system of the Tu-126 early warning aircraft. How can it be improved? For Soviet engineers, increasing the power is the most preferred way, so the performance of this radar is not advanced, and it is still a transitional product to compete with the American E-3 early warning aircraft. Moreover, the on-board electronics were also backward and the ability to process signals was limited, which led to the fact that such aircraft ended up with the ability to guide only ten to twenty fighters in air combat.
And it was not until later generations of Russia continued to improve this early warning aircraft and adopted active phased array radar that it really caught up in this field.
However, now history has changed, with Andrey's crossing, the island country was forcibly robbed, using the advanced electronic technology of the island country, the An-50 early warning aircraft has also been greatly improved, such as the plate on the top, which is equipped with the same flat slot radar antenna as the E-3, and the efficiency of radiating electromagnetic waves has been greatly increased! At the same time, the internal on-board electronic equipment directly adopts a more mature and faster electronic computer system, and the application of large-scale integrated circuits has greatly improved its ability to process information.
Now, at a distance of 500 km, it is able to detect the American AWACS aircraft in the opposite airspace, and at the same time, guide several of its own fighters to throw throwing guns.
The MiG-31 cannot be exported to Iraq, so if you want to attack AWACS aircraft, the MiG-25 can only rely on foreign aid, which is also very normal, air combat has never been a confrontation between single aircraft, but between systems!
Breathing in the oxygen inside the oxygen mask, Reyer operated his fighter plane, constantly climbing higher, and at the same time, the turbojet engine in the tail was fully turned on, pushing the steel fighter to climb continuously.
If you want to throw missiles farthest, you need your own carrier aircraft to have more speed and altitude!
From the cockpit, the edge of the earth can already be seen, which is a very wonderful sight, however, Reel is not in the mood to appreciate such a scene, and his heart is a little impatient.
Because of the high-speed flight, the temperature in the cockpit began to gradually increase, and dense beads of sweat came out of the forehead.
"Note that the escort fighters of the target, four F-15s, are flying at an altitude of twelve thousand and are not threatening. Three hundred and fifty kilometers from the target. The sound of an AWACS aircraft continued to come from the headphones.
"Falcon received." The moment he heard the enemy plane flying, the chaotic thoughts in his mind suddenly disappeared, and he concentrated on looking at the panel in front of him, and after a few hours of temporary training, he had mastered the operation of the newly mounted missile.
The height has reached 28,000, and the speed has also reached Mach 2.6, which is already the maximum speed of the heavy missiles outside!
"Three hundred." The voice of the AWACS aircraft in the rear came from the headset: "Ready to launch." ”
"No, we need to fly closer." "Please give us the next guidance," Reyer said. ”
Closer! Because the radar of the carrier aircraft cannot see 300 kilometers, when the R-33M missile is launched, it is launched in the way of a mad dog, although the target is a large aircraft, it is said that it will not make a violent maneuver to dodge, but the farther the distance, the more time left for the other side, and the greater the chance of missing the target!
So, it has to be closer!
And now, the engine in the tail has been burning at full speed for more than two minutes, and if it goes down, the engine may be scrapped!
Hearing Reyer's words, the wingman pilot who followed behind was a little hesitant, but later, he heard Reyer's firm words: "For Iraq, for President Saddam, we are invincible!" Even if our fighter plane falls, we must complete this strike mission! ”
As a pilot of the long plane, Reyer knows more about the tactical arrangement, and they knocked out the AWACS aircraft, which is the most important part of today's counteroffensive plan! Even if you sacrifice yourself, you have to complete the task.
Moreover, to avenge the dead Iraqi people, to the dead President Saddam!
"At a distance of two hundred and fifty kilometers, the target aircraft began to descend at altitude!"
"Roger, parameters lowered, missile launched!" Reyer said, quickly adjusting the binding data of the missile, and then, the fuselage of the carrier aircraft trembled.
On the left and right, two R-33M missiles, dragging tongues of fire, left the launcher!
Because the missile does not have a datalink function, otherwise, the target can be changed again during the flight, and now, as long as it hits, it is free to fly at a high sky.
And behind him, the rest of the fighters also launched missiles one after another! Four fighters, eight R-33M missiles, can cover a large area of airspace!
Reyer watched as the missile climbed higher and higher, turning off the afterburner.
Although the altitude of the target aircraft is decreasing, in order to reach the maximum range, after launch, it is necessary to climb to a higher altitude and perform a cruise flight.
The ramjet engine is working smoothly, and the tail is spewing a blazing tail flame, pushing the missile to fly smoothly at an altitude of 40,000 meters, and the target airspace is also rapidly approaching! (To be continued.) )