Chapter 1117: Multi-Target Attack
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The sharp sirens sounded throughout the air base, and after the news came from the early warning planes in front, the air force immediately began to make complete preparations for take-off operations. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Originally, Israel believed that when its own fighters began to sneak attack the opponent's early warning planes, it was the best time for them to take off, because even if the early warning planes showed their own fighters, it would take a certain amount of time for the other side's fighters to take off to meet the enemy.
Because, it is impossible for the other party to be on duty 24 hours a day, and it is impossible for a fighter plane to be equipped with two groups of pilots, and the pilots also have to rest, so in an airport, leaving a maximum of two squadrons of fighters on standby to take off, it is already a very high configuration, a fighter wants to take off, refuel, hang bombs, and detect, even if it is the most skilled Israeli Air Force, these actions must be completed in about five minutes, as for the Arab Air Force, generally speaking, it is impossible to play without half an hour, even if it is the Iraqi Air Force, It would take ten minutes at the earliest, and that time was enough for them to start their operations, and it was a very pleasant thing to blow up the planes at the moment when they were already being dragged out of the hangar and ready to take off on the runway.
It's a pity that this situation has not happened now, and the Iraqi Air Force is already on high alert, and their fighters are always in a state of take-off with fuel and missiles. Moreover, all of them are air-superiority mounts, ground attacks, that is a matter of ballistic missiles and Su-25, Iraq has mobilized a large number of Mirage 4ooo fighters, that is to compete with the other side for air supremacy. And just now, after receiving the news from the AWACS aircraft, the pilots in the entire air base have already gotten up, put on their flight suits, and are about to put on their flight helmets and take off on the top of their heads.
In between, the difference can be as little as ten minutes.
And just after the AWACS signal came, the fighters of the two squadrons that were waiting for their orders had already taken off from the air bases in Useli and Amman, ready to meet the enemy.
Later, a large number of fighters will also take off in 6 consecutive days.
Now, what determines the victory in the battle is the defense and struggle of the early warning aircraft in the air.
Seeing that bright spot, Sartre on the AWACS aircraft knew that he was indeed worried, and he didn't need to go on a mission, the four fighters escorting the escort saw the data transmitted from the data link, and they were ready to rush up and kill the hateful plane.
However, Sartre immediately stopped this behavior, and he only let two fighters go to intercept it, leaving two planes to protect himself.
Now, it was beyond Jon's expectations.
Iraq's air force always maintains a dense formation when flying, for example, the fighter planes escorting the early warning aircraft are two two-plane dense formations, so that in the eyes of the other side's radar, they think that they are only two planes. Therefore, Jon's original tactic was to use one of the planes to divert the opponent's escort fighters, and then, he had enough time to kill the AWACS aircraft without fighter escort. At the same time, their attack aircraft group has reached a critical position.
However, now the situation has changed, first, the AWACS aircraft did not continue to fly north according to the original course, but turned south in advance, which led to the advance of their attack, and second, the opponent's escort fighters were four, and now, only two of them went to chase their own decoy, and there were two more to protect.
It would be nice if they had three fighters, but unfortunately, no matter how skilled they are, it is impossible to hide three fighters under one airliner.
This is a last resort.
After Jon continued to follow the airliner for more than ten seconds, he finally decided that it was time for him to attack!
Even if it is shot down by the escort fighter, you have to kill the AWACS aircraft yourself!
Jon gritted his teeth and pushed down the lever, revealing the hidden F-15 fighter for what it was.
Now, the distance between him and the AWACS aircraft is one hundred and fifty kilometers, and he only needs to fly for three minutes to be able to come to the attack position at a distance of fifty kilometers, and then, shoot his own missiles, and attack!
Under his wing, four AIM-12O missiles were mounted, four of the first ten missiles urgently transported from the American side.
After learning that Iraq possessed an active radar-guided medium-range missile, and in the face of the current situation in Israel, the United States finally began to export such missiles to Israel ahead of schedule, and at the same time, the US Air Force in Israel, which had never been put into operation, also began to replace such missiles.
The mission of this attack was the most important, as Jon, as the main attacker, his fighter plane mounted this missile.
Seeing the point of light that separated from the airliner again, Sartre knew that the most cunning opponent had finally appeared.
With the transmission of orders on the data link, the other two fighters escorting the escort met them, and they would not give the Israeli planes a chance to sneak attack at all.
After Jon left the airliner, he turned on his on-board radar and used it to scan the surrounding airspace, and immediately showed his target, as well as the Iraqi fighter plane that pounced on him.
For him, the problem is that if he wants to attack the AWACS aircraft, he must knock out the two planes in front of him, and the time left for him is very short.
And knocking out the two planes flying in front of you, in a one-on-two situation, is not cost-effective for Jon.
However, Jon is not afraid, because his fighter, when equipped with AIM-12O missiles, will have a new capability: multi-target engagement.
Although Jon is now flying an F-15 with the most advanced APG-7O radar, they did not have this capability in the beginning.
It is not easy to get the on-board radar to control multiple missiles at the same time and hit multiple targets in the air, although the F-14 fighter has the ability to attack six targets at the same time after carrying the Immortal Bird missile, but it is only a product of measurement on the range. Hitting several targets at once in a real complex electromagnetic countermeasure, as well as in the complex maneuver of enemy aircraft, is only a propaganda benefit.
As for the F-15 fighter, if you want to achieve a multi-target attack, then you need to use T-7 missiles, and you can only use the R-12O to attack in this mode.
Advanced weapons, not only Iraq has, even if you look at the whole world, it is always the United States that has the most advanced weapons!
After Jon adjusted the radar to this mode, he began to use the aperture to cover the two light points in the monitor below, as long as the trap was on, it meant that they would lock on to each other.
First give each of them a missile, and after killing them, that AWACS aircraft is its own supper!
Jon kept shouting in his heart, eon, eon!
Finally, a 1o signal was displayed on the panel, and he had successfully locked on!
Then, a flash of fire flickered under the wings, illuminating the dark sky, and two AIM-12O missiles were fired.
At this time, the distance between the two sides is 5o km.
AIM-12O is a newly developed air-to-air missile with a new rocket motive that results in a dynamic range of up to 80 km, whereas in practice, it can have a head-on range of 50 km.
However, the Sky Flash Missile is an improvement from the Sparrow missile, and although the motive has also been improved, the maximum head-on range will not exceed 40 km.
In this case, Jon temporarily took the advantage, firing the missiles he was carrying, and, in the most daring way, attacking two targets at the same time.
Radar beams are constantly scanning the airspace, while on-board computers are running at high levels, providing guidance data for the missiles.
When the locked signal was heard in the headset, the Iraqi pilots knew they were in trouble.
At this time, they were also ready to shoot, but it was not yet time to be able to shoot missiles.
Missiles fly faster than airplanes, so can they continue to fly forward and then launch missiles? They rely on the process of active guidance of their own missiles in the final stage, so as long as they send the missiles to the active action distance, they can maneuver to get rid of them.
While they were hesitating, the AWACS aircraft gave an order, telling them to immediately turn to ninety degrees and fly in two directions.
An important role of the AWACS aircraft is to direct air battles, and when the missile fired by the Israeli plane appeared, Sartre's pupils immediately dilated.
One fighter plane, guiding two missiles at the same time, which was almost never seen before.
The most common F-14 Tomcat fighter of the US Navy with this capability, however, the first is that the United States has not deployed this kind of fighter to the Middle East, and Israel is not equipped with this kind of fighter, and second, if it is an F-14, then the immortal bird missile it carries can be launched from a distance of 100 kilometers, and there is no need to risk death to run to such a close distance.
Well, there's only one other possibility, and that's a new weapon system!
Iraq has never been done behind closed doors, they often communicate with the outside world, such as the Saudi Air Force, or the Western world, and Sutter also knows that the United States has a new air-to-air missile, which has entered active service, but has not been exported to Israel, however, now it seems that it is likely that the Israelis have obtained this advanced missile, moreover, mounted on their F-15 fighters!