The AN/APG-63 all-weather multi-mode radar system at the front end of the F-15 is an advanced flat panel slot radar that works in the X-band, has a long detection range, and has the ability to look down and fire. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, when using the downward view mode of pulse Doppler, the scanning distance of the radar will also be greatly reduced, and when the Tornado fighter is detected, the medium/high PRF mode is used, which can obtain better head-on and tail-chasing search results. And just when the radar switched to single-pulse locking mode, the target disappeared!

It is clear that the Germans on the opposite side know all kinds of data on American fighters, after all, the two sides often conduct confrontation training together. They definitely flew to a super low altitude!

"Medium PRF mode, 64 km detection range." As he spoke, the pilot of the long plane flicked the electric door and switched his radar mode.

At the same time, the F-15 fighter continued to move at high speed, and finally, at a distance of 50 kilometers, the target was found again, and at this time, the target was indeed flying at an ultra-low altitude and high speed on the ground at a height of twenty meters!

At this time, the American pilot hesitated.

In this mode, the radar can intercept the target, but this does not mean that it can launch missiles to attack, because the down-looking and down-firing ability of the Sparrow missile is still insufficient!

After all, when the Sparrow missile just came out, it was the same as an uncontrolled rocket, and the hit rate was not even five percent, and after continuous improvement, it was not until the AIM-7F that it stabilized, and it still did not have a very good downward firing ability, and then it came to the AIM-7M, equipped with a new reverse single-pulse seeker, which can be regarded as having a certain ultra-low-altitude capability.

However, as now, if the target aircraft flies fast on the ground at a height of twenty meters, the Sparrow missile will still have a 100% miss-target rate!

A semi-actively guided missile with radar illumination provided by a carrier aircraft, which is guided by receiving a signal reflected from the target. However, at ultra-low altitudes, the target's signal is drowned in a huge pile of clutter! As a result, it is difficult to analyze the correct target, after all, the processing power of the CPU on the missile is far lower than that of the fighter.

Sparrow missiles, there is no way to use them, they can only continue to fly close and use Sidewinder missiles to greet them!

Of course, you are not useless. For example, now, the air is thin and the speed of the fighter has reached Mach 1.3, and the Tornado fighter below, probably because of the lack of fuel in the aircraft, did not dare to turn on the afterburner, and at ultra-low altitude, it only flew to Mach 0.6, and it will not take a few minutes for the side to catch up!

Then, dive down and finish them off with Sidewinder missiles!

The disappearance of the alarm on the radar warning receiver relieved the hammer and sickle, but they knew that the Americans would never give up so well, and if the Americans did not shoot down the big things they had just done, it would be absolutely the most humiliating!

"Turn right, there is an anti-aircraft missile position in front." The scythes in the rear cabin are constantly providing early warning signals, and they are flying at ultra-low altitudes, although they seem arrogant, but many weapons will pose a threat to them, especially on the ground and anti-aircraft fire.

In front of it is a US military base, where anti-aircraft missiles will not release water!

"Understood." Push the lever and the Tornado begins to turn.

Now the time is measured in seconds, although the hammer does not turn on the afterburner, the fuel consumption of the engine continues, and as the fuel gauge continues to fall, soon, they will lose control of the fighter.

You can't give up until the last moment!

"The fighters of the Americans, catching up!" The scythe in the aft compartment also acted as a lookout, and although the Americans did not use radar to lock on, he still saw the approaching American fighter planes above the side, and it was clear that the Americans were going to kill them.

The Americans are coming! The hammer did not panic and lowered the height further, and at this time, he was only ten meters above the ground!

Ten meters at a height, even in the German wilderness, is quite dangerous! And in this kind of flight, the body of the Tornado fighter is almost completely hidden in the earth! If the American planes behind want to continue the pursuit, then they can only reduce the altitude in the same way!

The pilot of the F-15 pushed the nose of the fuselage and lowered the altitude, and he tried to lock on, but the seeker of the Sidewinder missile, in this case, began to become blurry, and it was necessary to approach the pursuit from the tail, which was the best solution!

Of course, there is no need to fly to the same height, as long as the F-15 approaches from the tail, there is no problem with a height of a hundred meters!

Drawing an arc in the air, two F-15 fighters flew behind the Tornado!

At this time, the tail of the Tornado fighter burst into flames, obviously turning on the afterburner! And in front of infrared missiles, turn on the afterburner plane, and that's the best target!

Closer, closer, closer! Two F-15 fighters flew to a position five kilometers away from the Tornado, which is almost a nilable position! Then, the field of view of the pilot of the long plane wearing goggles was occupied by the target plane, and his hand pressed the button, and the Sidewinder missile under the wing was about to be launched. A missile dragging a tongue of fire will blow the target to slag!

At such heights, if you are hit, you will be destroyed immediately! The pilots didn't even have time to react!

"Boom!" At this moment, suddenly, his fuselage trembled, this sound, this vibration, was not the feeling of a missile launch at all! Then, the pilot felt the smoke coming in from behind.

Own plane, already hit? How was it hit? Definitely not the planes in front, but anti-aircraft fire on the ground! In the sound just now, it seems to be quite urgent, it should be the sound of small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery firing!

Damn, how could the anti-aircraft artillery on the ground attack itself? Are the Germans so mad? At this moment, the pilot pulled the ejection handle on the seat, and at the moment when he almost left the cockpit, the F-15 fighter had already fallen to the ground!

The landmarks below have never been seen before! The moment the parachute opened, the pilot understood, oops! This is the sky over East Germany! Just now, the Tornado fighter turned on the afterburner and flew away, just about to jump into the airspace of the GDR, and it was destroyed by the ground anti-aircraft fire of the GDR!

Another wingman, spotting the attack of ground artillery fire in advance, fled the area, and under the white umbrella, the American pilot fell towards the land of East Germany.

In the midst of the Cold War, this was definitely a grim event, and could even lead to the outbreak of World War III! (To be continued.) )