Chapter 177: Data Link Advantages
"Enemy attack, alert, attention, this is not a drill." At the Basra airfield in the rear, the tension was already in place before the battle.
Urgent information from the front, the 115 Mirage fighter squadron, which was on a patrol mission, encountered a large group of Iranian aircraft, and the situation was critical.
And even more dangerous is the safety of Aladan. A huge oil refinery, with just one bomb hit, will be reduced to rubble in the fire.
The first to take to the air were the four Mirage F1s of the 11th Fighter Squadron, the squadron leader Adnan was ordered to go to the United States to modify the F-20 in advance, and Hamad went to be promoted to the squadron leader of the 115th Fighter Squadron, which was served by the original wingman pilot Fibeer.
Upon learning of their brother's encounter with the Iranians, they were in a hurry and immediately took to the skies.
Due to the increased combat readiness level of the Southern Military Region, their squadron has always been fully fueled and air-superior, with the same configuration as the Matra 530 missile and the Magic air-to-air missile.
The third Mirage F1 squadron was unable to participate in the lift-off operation because it was being maintained in the hangar.
Immediately behind the Mirage F1 were two squadrons of MiG-23s led by Arslan, whose fighters were also air-superior, but they carried short-range R-60 air-to-air missiles, each with four fighters.
Because the medium-range R-23 surname can be too backward, therefore, since the Mirage F1 entered the Southern Military Region, the tasks of over-the-horizon air combat have all been handed over to the Mirage F1 to complete, and the MiG-23 is only a supporting role in air combat, although Arslan is dissatisfied, there is no way, however, after the F-20 is equipped with troops, the MiG-23 will be eliminated as a special ground attack aircraft.
At this time, it was only two hours before Zhang Feng's special plane landed at Basra Airport in Iraq.
In other words, Arslan also got off the plane and rushed to his own fighter plane, ready to take to the air to fight, this young man, also excited to be able to fight the Iranians.
Zhang Feng, on the other hand, began to get busy in the operational command hall.
Just as 1981 was about to pass, the Iranians counterattacked, starting from their most advantageous skies.
At this time, the most dangerous is the 115 fighter squadron in the sky.
Even the radar of the F-14, which claims to be able to guide multiple missiles to attack multiple targets at the same time, can only attack one target at the same time in actual combat, and if there are more advanced electronic equipment in the future, which can attack multiple targets at the same time, Hamad's squadron may still be able to hold out for a while, but now they are facing enemy planes several times their size, and no one can be happy, except for Arslan, who has always wanted to fight.
However, they have no choice.
"The target is the enemy aircraft at the front." Hamad still assigns combat targets.
On the radar screen, the opposing fighters are all bright spots, and it is impossible to distinguish which one is an air superiority fighter and which one is carrying out a ground bombing mission, and the only way is to launch a few more missiles before the other side arrives.
They locked on the F-14 Tomcat fighter squadron at the very front.
Just as they locked on to each other, the sound of being locked on their own plane also came.
Amy heard the sound of being locked, and her heart was nervous, in the sky, being locked by the other party, that means that it is possible to be eliminated by the other party.
Hamad didn't have any expression, he calmly ordered: "Launch!" ”
Suddenly, under the wing, a missile, the engine burst into flames, smoothly detached from the launcher and began the process of accelerating the flight.
Locked on by enemy radars more than once, Ziaz ordered: "The two-plane formation dispersed, maneuvered and disengaged, ready to launch Sparrow missiles." ”
Suddenly, the four-plane formation was dispersed into two two-plane formations, and the variable sweep wing was automatically adjusted by the computer to the smallest sweep angle.
Roll on the side is a very effective way to get rid of the opponent's lock, according to the pulse Doppler principle, anything perpendicular to the radar beam and the direction of flight will be filtered out by the radar, so as long as the angle is right, it can disappear on the opponent's radar screen, so that the opponent temporarily loses its own information. Even if it is lost for even a second, the missile that has already been launched will become a missile without a target and eventually self-destruct.
The mighty F-14 Tomcat, showing off their stunts, has not been so vigorous in front of the Iraqi Air Force for a long time.
After locking it just now, they could launch Sparrow missiles, but they were also locked by the other party, so the first thing they did was to get rid of the other party's lock, and then destroy the other party.
Otherwise, it's like two people standing on the ground and throwing bricks at each other at the same time.
Moreover, if the two sides launch missiles at the same time like this, then, even if it is a one-to-one exchange ratio, it will not be worth it, and the Tomcat fighter is too precious.
Therefore, they have to protect these fighters, not to mention, they are also familiar with the road, they are the best pilots who have experienced countless air battles.
It's just that the mature stunt that F-14 relies on to get rid of lockdown is an out-and-out suicide in front of the eyes of Phantom F1.
Because, the Phantom F1 is installed with a data link.
Four Mirage F1, then, there will be four radar orientations, no matter how the Tomcat rolls sideways, at most it can only disappear on one radar screen, however, the remaining three radar screens, still have to show their original shape.
The radars of the four Mirage F1s have been turned on, using the data link to continuously transmit the position of the Tomcat, and at the same time, to guide the Matra 530 missile that has just been launched.
When you finish rolling twice, the sound of being locked by the opponent is still in your ears, because after you locked the opponent just now, you rolled sideways first, and you lost the opportunity to launch the sparrow.
Worst! Ziaz remembered the No. 472 Tomcat fighter, even after completing the side roll, he still did not get rid of the opponent's lock, this time he miscalculated!
The other side must have a new type of radar! The fighter of the other side is definitely not the MiG fighter of the Soviet Union that he is familiar with, but a new type of fighter, is it the newly imported French Mirage fighter from Iraq, or the American F-20 that has been rumored recently?
He didn't have time to think about it anymore.
"The missiles are coming." The weapon officer in the rear compartment said nervously: "It is expected to arrive in fifteen seconds!" ”
"Spread out, each maneuvered, ready to get rid of the opposing missiles." Ziaz commanded over the radio, and at the same time, he turned on the afterburner, pulled up the nose of the plane, and said to the weapon officer in the rear compartment: "Release the platinum strip interference." ”
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