Chapter 170: A-7 Pirates
Two F-16 fighters, planes simulating the invasion of the Soviets, flew from a low altitude in the distance, although they were in a complex ground echo, they were detected by the E-2 AWACS aircraft, and under the guidance of the E-2 AWACS aircraft, two F-14 Tomcat fighters, taking off from Peshawar Air Base, quickly intercepted.
With the service of the AWACS aircraft, more battles will be commanded by the AWACS aircraft, compared with the ground radar station, the AWACS aircraft has an innate advantage, standing high, seeing far, and at the same time can see the low altitude.
With a smile on his face, Mhammad looked at John and Lord in front of him.
"Your Excellency Mhammad, we have upgraded these two E-2 AWACS aircraft." Lord said, "You should be satisfied with this effect, right?" ”
"Well, I'm satisfied." Mhammad said.
"So, can you give us an answer about the Yak-38?" Lord said to Mhammad.
"Yak-38? Of course. "I can give it to you if you need it," Mhammad said. ”
Hearing Mhammad's words, John was a little unconvinced of his ears, and Mhammad agreed so easily? Isn't there some kind of trap? He is absolutely unwilling not to squeeze his interests to the maximum.
"However, we still have some requests that we hope you will grant." Mhammad said.
Sure enough, if they didn't agree, they would definitely not hand over this Yak-38, Lord asked softly: "Excuse me, what else do you want?" ”
"We would like to buy twenty A-7E attack aircraft from your country." "A-7E, don't fool us with the old model," Mhammad said. ”
A-7 is a ground attack aircraft used by the U.S. Navy, although the style is ugly, but it has a strong battlefield survival and attack capability, which is a 63-year research and development. An attack aircraft that has been in service since 65 years, nicknamed the Corsair, when the US Navy was equipped, the Air Force thought that the performance was good, and it was also equipped with a batch.
Now, although Pakistan is equipped with the J-5 of the Eastern countries. This kind of attack aircraft has the same air combat capabilities as the prototype J-6, and even has the upper hand in the confrontation with the Mirage 3, but, as a strong attack aircraft, its weapon is too single, the number of payloads is too small, and it is completely inferior to the A-7 attack aircraft.
At the same time, the A-7 is a low-grade weapon in the US equipment sequence, and Pakistan can even get the F-16 and F-14. It is not difficult to have an A-7.
The only difficulty is the funding of equipment.
The F-16 and F-14 have exhausted all the funds allocated by Pakistan to the Air Force, and although there are various methods that Mhammad has come up with, that is, to maintain the normal operation of these military aircraft, there is simply no ability to equip more fighters.
Mhammad continued: "It's just that we need to borrow money from your country first and wait until our economy improves. I will pay you back with interest. ”
I see! It's a loan again! This made Lord a big head, and he had never heard of a country's air force. Armed with loans! Pakistan's F-14, except for the down payment, the rest is borrowed from American banks, no, it is the down payment, I heard that some of it is borrowed from Saudi banks.
These E-2 AWACS, etc. It was completely squeezed from the oil and water of the United States, and it was exchanged for that broken backfire, and now, they want to borrow money to buy A-7, which is simply an empty glove white wolf!
"We had a hunch. A more severe conflict with the Soviets may occur later on. "If war breaks out, our air force will not just stay on our own soil, we will also cross the border and bomb the military targets of the Soviets, a real attack aircraft, which will give us full confidence," Mhammad said. The strong -5 in our equipment sequence is too old. ”
Mhammad's words were sincere, and at the same time, these words also moved Lord, now, on the battlefield in Afghanistan, is the place where American weapons and Soviet weapons clash, through the battlefield to test the effectiveness of weapons, is the best way, this time the Pakistanis want to buy A-7, then it doesn't hurt to sell to them, although it is a temporary loan, but, no matter how many years it drags on, they must need to pay it back, and the country that can play scoundrels with the United States has not yet been born.
Moreover, even if the war in Afghanistan ends later, you can use these loans to blackmail Pakistan, and if you are disobedient, then pay off your debts quickly! If you don't return it, the aircraft carrier formation, just come here and take a turn! It's a matter of course to pay off debts.
"Okay, I'll report to the president, you know, the sale of this weapon requires congressional approval, and the loan has to go through the formalities, and it may take another month or two, that is, next year, to come down." Lord said, "Can you give us that Yak-38 first?" ”
"Of course you can, but that Yak-38 is not in Peshawar right now." Mhammad said with a smile.
"Where's that?"
"Islamabad." Mhammad watched the smile on Lord's face freeze, and was very happy, the things that offend people can't always be done by themselves, and now, it's time for the big people in Islamabad to take the top.
Watching Lord leave, Arslan said: "Chief of Staff Mhammad, the A-7 is a little old, why don't we want the more advanced A-10?" ”
A-7 is an attack aircraft of the United States Navy, and A-10 is a model developed by the Air Force, the two engines are arranged in a special form, which improves the ability to resist strikes, and is a special attack aircraft, in later generations, after the A-7 is retired, A-10 is still in service with the United States Army.
"The A-7 is a naval attack aircraft, capable of taking off and landing on aircraft carriers." Mhammad said.
This is the most important thing, so far, Mhammad has almost completed the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier, and now the difference is an aircraft carrier.
Aircraft carrier, this sentence made Arslan immediately flutter, he knew the true ambition of Mhammad.
"Moreover, the current A-10, the weapon system is not as advanced as the A-7, only the latest model, installed with a head-up device, a night navigation / attack pod, an infrared detector, a terrain tracking radar, has the ability to fight at night, this model, the Americans will not sell us, and the A-7 is different, from the very beginning, it has a perfect attack capability." Mhammad said.
In fact, there is the most important reason, the A-7E, which uses the TF41-A-2 turbofan engine, this kind of engine, the Americans originally planned to transform the Tomcat and replace the backward TF30 engine of the Tomcat, but unfortunately with the more advanced F110, this engine has no use. For Pakistan, TF41 is the only choice, Mhammad got the information last time, and this time he got the real thing, so he is more sure to get it out.
"Will the Americans agree to our request?" Arslan said that although Arslan came back from the United States, he has already purchased so many fighters in two batches, will the United States give Pakistan another loan?
"If you want to get the Yak-38, they need to sell it to us, it's only twenty, not much at all, and we don't have to pay the bill." Mhammad said.
"With our current income, we can pay off their interest at most." Arslan said.
"This is what those high-level people should think, I have already reported to the president, and the president has agreed, as for how to repay, we don't have to worry about it for the time being." Mhammad said.
"Chief of Staff, right now, we are still facing one thing." Arslan said: "The number of our fighters is increasing, so we need to train a large number of pilots, who come out of the old J-6 and train with two-seat F-16 and F-14 trainers, which is too wasteful of our precious fighter flight life." ”
Mhammad nodded, the F-14 and F-16 are both advanced third-generation fighters, mainly for combat use, and it is a bit wasteful to use them to train pilots.
A qualified pilot, first in the aviation school to fly the primary training aircraft, most of which are propeller aircraft, began to fly the middle training aircraft, then the higher education aircraft, and then change to fly specific aircraft, for example, in China, is to fly the first teaching six, then fly the Jianjiao five, then the Jianjiao seven, and then fly the specific aircraft.
And Pakistan does not have a higher education aircraft, those pilots who have flown the Chinese education plane, they began to carry out modification training on two-seat fighters, J-6 does not matter, anyway, the flight cost is very low, however, F-16 and F-14 are different.
Mhammad nodded, it is true, there can be no fault in the talent pool, the use of equipment, but also a series of scientific planning, the higher education machine is some of the equipment, but...
He is the chief of staff of the military region on the front line, and he has not yet been able to influence the top level of the army, so he can only report these things and report them to the top. Anyway, I am a combat unit here, not a training unit.
"Before Christmas, these people were gone." Arslan continued.
They were only here to help the Pakistanis quickly master the operation of these aircraft, and after these months of familiarization, the Pakistani side has been able to master the maintenance and maintenance, and the expenses of these people are paid by the Pakistani side, so according to the contract, these Americans will leave before Christmas and return to their own country for the holidays.
Mhammad nodded: "It's best, with them, many things, we are uncomfortable." The superiors came down and instructed us to welcome some guests here after Christmas. ”
"Who?" Arslan couldn't help but ask.
"Our true friends." Remembering the identity of these visitors, Mhammad said, was already filled with excitement in his heart. (To be continued......)
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