A fighter jet numbered 4018, with a lilac flame spewing from its tail, was speeding away from the runway, piercing the sky.

This fighter has a pointed nose, and the huge air intake adjustment cone outside the air intakes on both sides is very eye-catching, and the huge air refueling pipe in front of the cockpit also makes people feel a little domineering.

This is the latest Mirage F1 fighter imported from France by Iraq, they are the first 11th fighter squadron to be equipped with Mirage F1, and the pilot Adnan has completed the climbing stage, and the altitude has risen to 9,000 meters.

Behind him, the wingman Hamad climbed to the same heights.

They are confident in the Mirage F1 fighter they fly.

The Mirage F1 can be said to be the most advanced fighter in Iraq at this stage, and as the first fighter squadron equipped with the Mirage F1, they have finally formed a combat capability and began to take on the task of defending the airspace of Abadan.

The Mirage F-1 fighter was manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France, made its first test flight on December 23, 1966, and joined the French Air Force in 1970.

Compared with the original Phantom III, the most important difference of the Phantom F1 is that it breaks the tailless delta wing layout that Dassault has been working on and readopts the conventional aerodynamic layout. Because although the delta wing is simple to manufacture, the aircraft is prone to greater drag when maneuvering, requires a longer runway to take off and land, and has more than enough high speed and is not flexible enough, Dassault adopts a conventional swept wing layout, and the wing is equipped with a leading edge maneuvering flap and a trailing edge double opening flap. The horizontal rear wing is a low-mounted, full-motion type. Two pelvic fins were added to increase the lateral stability, and the leading edge of the wing became serrate.

The power plant of the Mirage F1 uses a single "Atta" 9K-50 turbojet engine from Snecma with an afterburner thrust of 70.6 kN. The intake tract has an adjustable center body. The total fuel capacity in the aircraft is 4,300 litres, which is contained in the integral fuel tanks of the wing (375 litres) and the three main fuel tanks of the fuselage and one inverted fuel supply tank (3,925 litres in total). In addition, two 1130-liter auxiliary fuel tanks can be mounted on the inner pylon of the wing, and a 2200-liter auxiliary fuel tank can be hung on the lower airframe of the fuselage to carry out long-distance interception missions.

And this fighter, although the power plant is slightly outdated, is equipped with the most advanced avionics.

The nose of the aircraft is equipped with the Thomson-CSF "Celano" IV fire control radar. This radar with a single-pulse system of multiple modes of air and ground is the most advanced radar in France, which is used to control the R530 missile, giving the Iraqi Air Force a truly perfect over-the-horizon air combat capability.

In addition to this, the electronics include two HF radiocommunication stations, SOCRAT 6200 VHF Omnidirectional Beacon/Instrument Landing System, a TACAN from Telephone Equipment, and an NR-AI-4-A Friend-Foe transponder. "Ulys" 47 habitual navigation system, EMD182 central digital computer for navigation / attack, 505 autopilot of French air navigation equipment, air data computer and digital weapon control/navigation control selection board from Kreuzer, THC8FVE-120C cathode ray tube head-up display, etc. The avionics equipment of the fighter planes exported by the Soviet Union is simply dirty.

Two 30-mm "Defa" 553 cannons are mounted under the front fuselage, with two pylons on each side under the wings, and one pylon under the middle fuselage, each with one air-to-air missile on the wingtips.

At this time, the two Mirage F1 are standard air-superiority mounts, with two Matra Magic infrared-guided air-to-air missiles on the wingtips, four pylons under the wings, carrying four R530 air-to-air missiles, and a 2,200-liter auxiliary fuel tank under the belly.

I don't know if I can meet the Iranian tomcat in this liftoff, Adnan muttered in his heart.

Now, in the Iraqi Air Force, the backward MiG-23 shot down the Tomcat, the MiG-25, and has an extraordinary record, only the Mirage F1 imported from France, and there is no combat exploit, which makes them hold their strength, especially seeing Arslan who shot down the Tomcat, which makes Adnan a little jealous.

Routine daily lift-off cruises to defend the airspace of Abadan are already the heavy responsibility of the Mirage F1, and at present, there are only a few radars of infantry divisions on the ground in Abadan, and the warning time for low-flying aircraft is very short, and they need to carry out combat patrols to protect Abadan from being damaged by Iranian aircraft.

Because, the chimney of the Abadan refinery, began to smoke.

The radar in front of Adnan began to turn on, searching the surrounding airspace, and the wingman behind him carried out the battlefield situation map through the data link to receive the battlefield situation map from the long plane.

After advancing a hundred kilometers to the east of Abbataan, Adnan decided to turn his fighter to the north and repeatedly cruise in this area.

Suddenly, he noticed that a small bright dot appeared on the monitor in front of him.

"Attention, there are enemy aircraft ahead, there are enemy aircraft ahead." Adnan announces the wingman over the radio.

The wingmen in the back had also seen the bright spots on the screen, and immediately made preparations for the battle in an orderly manner.

Flying quickly from the direction of the port of Khomeini, it must have been the plane of the Iranians.

"Prepare medium-range shells." Adnan gave the order.

Turn on the weapon safe, power on the Matt 530 missile, turn on the seeker, and they quickly prepare to launch the missile.

Suddenly, Adnan found that the point of light on the screen had become four.

The other side uses a dense formation! Adnan knew that in air combat, a dense formation was often used, so that only one point of light would be displayed on the opponent's radar, and when it was closer, it would suddenly separate, causing a sudden surname. For example, he and his wingman are also in dense formation, and on the other party's radar, I am afraid it is also a bright spot.

"Ready, the enemy has four fighters, two salvos, 018 strikes two targets on the left, 017 strikes two targets on the right." Adnan quickly assigned combat missions.

"Understood." Hamad said.

So far, Hamad has still not turned on its own fire control radar, and everything depends on receiving the data link of the long machine. This is the advantage of the French fighter, the powerful electronics, which have already shown more superiority in air combat.

A puff of smoke rose from under the wings, and one after another, the missiles broke away from the pylons of the Mirage F1 and flew into the distance.

Now exported to Iraq are Super Matra 530F medium-range air-to-air missiles with a range of 25 kilometers. Although it can't compare to the immortal bird, it is already on par with the sparrow.

On the radar screen, the opposing planes began to maneuver violently, trying to get rid of the incoming missiles, but Adnan knew that this was just a delusion.

The "Celano" IV fire control radar, one of the best radars in France, was also equipped with the Mirage 2000 during the test flight, which firmly aimed at the target and transmitted information to the missile at the same time.

Soon, the points of light on the screen disappeared, and several fireballs were heard in the sky in the distance.

Finally achieved the first downdown record of the Mirage F1!

Adnan pulled the rod and kicked the rudder, and at the same time turned on the afterburner, and flew towards the airspace where the enemy plane had just been shot down.

Not the Tomcat F-14 fighter he wanted, nor the Iranian-equipped F-4 Phantom and F-5 Tiger fighters, but the much older British Hunter attack aircraft! Its price is not yet worth a single R530F missile. And just now, Adnan can use two salvos.

Adnan was a little discouraged, as a result of such a battle, he would rather not, cunning Iranians!

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