In the air battle, they are all fighting fast, and the two sides are like two martial arts masters, whoever is one second slower will die.

And in close-range combat, the F-14, a heavy air superiority fighter with twin engines and two vertical tails, plus variable sweep wings, has not yet been bargained for by it.

The Phantom F1, although the avionics equipment is advanced, is only a conventional aerodynamic layout of the fighter, single-engine single-tail, moreover, the use of a single Snecma company's "Atta" 9K-50 turbojet engine, the maximum military thrust of the engine is only 5020kg, afterburner thrust 7200kg, thrust-to-weight ratio of 4.7, even if unloaded, the thrust-to-weight ratio of the whole aircraft is less than 1, so, seriously limit the maneuverability of the Phantom F1.

Close combat with the Tomcat is purely looking for abuse, but if these two Tomcats are released, they will definitely go to support other fighters on bombing missions, so Hamad resolutely chose to face it head-on, even if it is shot down, it will be a face-to-face fight with the Tomcat!

However, Amy, the wingman in the back, may not be in such a good mood, he knows that in close combat with the tomcat, there are only a few people who can escape.

In the process of climbing, Ziaz, with the good eyesight of the pilot, saw the Iraqi fighter flying in the distance.

Unlike the MiGs encountered in the past, this fighter is flank-intake, and unlike the MiG-23, it is definitely a legal fighter.

The electronic equipment of the French fighter is much higher than that made in the Soviet Union, no wonder the other side will be so successful in killing its own two fighters in the first round of air combat just now, but, compared to close combat, the Tomcat is not afraid of any fighter!

Ziaz turned on the afterburner, and the fighter was climbing rapidly, and at the same time, he activated a Sidewinder missile under the wing, which began to be in a state of readiness.

In close-range combat, short-range combat bullets are used, and these combat bullets are guided by infrared, and the strongest infrared rays are the engines in the tail.

Therefore, close combat, that is, the combat in which the opponent's tail is seized and a missile attack is launched at the same time.

Although it is possible to launch a short-range missile directly in front of it, the effect will be greatly reduced, and the guidance distance of the seeker is less than two kilometers, and it is very easy to miss the target.

And now, the two sides are rapidly approaching, that is to say, the two sides are facing the nose of the nose, and they want to carry out a tail chase attack, so they have to wait until they get close for the first time and then separate, and then turn back, and whoever quickly turns back first can get a favorable launch position.

But, once again, Ziaz found himself on the wrong side of the analysis.

Because, the oncoming enemy planes fired two air-to-air missiles at their own fighters and Mahmoud at high altitudes!

Before departure, the Mirage F1 carried a total of four medium-range Matra 530 air-to-air missiles, two of which were radar-guided and two were infrared-guided.

In later generations, any kind of medium-range air-to-air missile will not use infrared guidance, but in the era when air-to-air missiles were still in their infancy, there was indeed the existence of such missiles, and the Soviet-made MiG-25 had R-40T infrared-guided medium-range air-to-air missiles, and the radar type of R-40R, but the seeker was different.

And the same is true for the Matra 530.

In over-the-horizon, infrared-guided, in the case of face-to-face, it is impossible to lock the target at all, and can only be launched by the carrier aircraft, carry out the habitual flight, and then look for the target after approaching, in this way, the efficiency is very low, but because the radar guidance type at this time also has great defects, so there will be such a thing.

At close range, it does not have the maneuverability of air-to-air missiles dedicated to close-range combat, so it has become a chicken rib, and after the progress of electronic technology, this kind of missile has disappeared from history.

However, in specific battles, this air-to-air missile, on the contrary, has its unique advantages, such as now.

When the distance is closer, the radar's sector search area will become smaller, and the opponent's fighter will break away from the radar scanning area in front from time to time, so the radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missiles can basically no longer be used.

Infrared-guided air-to-air missiles, on the contrary, have a place to use.

As they approached, Hamad and Amy fired a salvo of two infrared-guided Matra 530 missiles under the wings, pointing at the two Tomcats at high altitude and low altitude. Although it is difficult to lock on to the target in a head-on attack, they may be shot down in the first round of dogfighting, and it is useless to keep these medium-range bombs.

In the equipment sequence of the Iranian Air Force, there are no such air-to-air missiles, AIM-7 Sparrow medium-range missiles, all of which are radar-guided.

Therefore, when he found the missile launched by the other party, Ziaz thought that the other party was launching a close-range combat missile.

Fired a grappling bullet head-on at such a distance? Iraq's air force pilots are really crazy people who are afraid of death!

Ziaz turned off the afterburner, so that the infrared signature of the plane would be less noticeable, especially in front of the nose, where the opponent's missile could lock onto the target and hit itself, and that's hell.

Instead of dodging, he bravely rushed forward in the direction where the missile was flying.

Being hit by an infrared air-to-air missile launched directly opposite the opponent in a head-on attack can only show that his luck is extremely bad.

Ziaz was watching the other side, and he had already estimated that the other party might be trying to take advantage of the gap between the two missiles to escape.

These two missiles, just smoke, and the destruction of the opponent's phantom machine is what interests him the most.

Mahmoud was thinking the same way, he was not afraid of the two thick clouds rising in the distance, for him, there was no threat at all.

The hit rate of the combat bomb fired head-on is almost zero, because without the heat source of the tail to guide it, those two missiles are simply uncontrolled rockets.

In fact, he guessed well, this infrared-guided medium-range bomb is mainly used to tail chase and attack long-distance enemy planes, and it is more reliable to attack head-on or radar.

However, there were still miracles, and during the flight, three missiles failed to catch the target, but one locked onto the F-14 high in the air.

The passive infrared seeker is equipped with indium antimonide with a working wavelength of 3.5~5μm refrigerated by a cooler of 2kg of liquid nitrogen to feel the high temperature of the enemy aircraft and lock on to the other party, and this indium antimonide seeker is mounted on the gyroscope head at the angle of the frame ± 45 °, which can look for the traces of the other party at a large angle.

Since the F-14 was at high altitude and the missile was at mid-altitude, it not only "saw" the fighter in front of its head, but also felt a wave of heat coming from the tail of the plane, roasting its fragile seeker.

In the internal circuit, the electronic signal is passing rapidly, and it is finally determined that the one above is its target!

Mahmoud didn't pay attention, but the radar officer in his rear compartment saw the missile flying fast.

The advantage of the two-seat is that at long distance, the radar in the back seat is used by the officer to make complex radar-guided immortal bird missiles, and in close-range combat, there is an extra pair of eyes to search the airspace.

"It's coming at us, hurry up and dodge!" The radar officer in the rear compartment said.

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