Chapter 146: Fighter Spare Parts
Tehran.
The war with Iraq has entered its most intense stage, and Abadan is almost in ruins, and the current shape of Iran is not optimistic.
In a private house, a very simple private house, an elderly man with a gray beard, was listening to the report of the people below.
"Report leader, we have lost a lot of land, and the Iraqis are fighting fiercely on the southern front." A voice said.
In Iran, there is only one person who can be called a leader, the spiritual leader of all Iranians, Ayatollah Khomeini!
"Yes, our fighters can no longer suppress them, especially now, our powerful Tomcat fighters, the number of which can take off is very small, and we have to protect Tehran." As the commander of the Air Force, Hawamy was depressed.
However, after more than a year of war, the strength of the Iranian Air Force has been consumed a lot, many fighters cannot take off due to lack of parts, and the inventory of Immortal Bird missiles is also rapidly depleting, and Iraq has introduced a lot of fighters from the Soviet Union, and now, the Soviet Air Force is gradually showing off its might.
"How many fighters are there that can be used?" The elder looked at Hawami and said to him.
"Thirty more." "A lot of them are missing key parts and are being donated as organs," Hawami said. ”
"Can we manage to buy it from a third country?" Khomeini continued.
Hawami shook his head: "Tomcat fighters, except for us, only the US Air Force has them, and we can't get them through a third country, and the United States has stepped up its care for the parts of this kind of fighter." We would have turned against a U.S. Navy officer. The result was discovered by the CIA, and the naval officer was sentenced. ”
It was easy to find a channel, but as a result, before the smuggling of parts began, the channel was blocked by the Americans.
"Even without planes, we still have people. If we have our own beliefs, we will be able to achieve the final victory! Khomeini's eyes suddenly lit up: "We will win!" Allah will bless us! ”
"Report, there are two envoys, who say they are from Afghanistan, who want to ask to see the great leader." Outside, a guard came in and reported.
"We're talking about the war on the Western Front now, so let's wait." Mohsin, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said.
While Iran is fighting Iraq, it is also supporting the guerrillas in Afghanistan to the west, but when the war with Iraq is at an absolute disadvantage. Iran has always had to take care of its own interests first, and now that these people are coming, they must be here to ask for weapons and ammunition, so let them wait first.
"Let them in." Khomeini said: "If we want to export the revolution to Afghanistan, we have to pay something, and now Afghanistan is fighting a great battle against the Soviets, and we must support it." ”
The reason for the war with Iraq was to export the revolution. Khomeini is adamant that he is right.
"We are honored to meet great leaders." Two young men came in from outside. One of them bent down, put his right hand on his chest and saluted Khomeini: "We have come with great friendship. ”
What kind of friendship is it that we give you alms, okay? Mohsin couldn't help but think in his heart.
"We brought a gift." The person next to the young man took out a piece of paper and handed it to Hawami next to him: "This is General Hawamy?" You should be most interested in this. ”
Hawami took it in confusion. I saw that it was written two TF30-P-412 afterburner turbofan engines, ten AN/ALE-39 electronic countermeasure chaff projectile launchers with integrated jammers, ten AN/AWG9 pulse Doppler radar spare parts ...
The more I watched Hawami, the more frightened I became, and the more I watched, the more excited I became. These things are the most lacking spare parts in their Tomcat fleet. If you have these, then at least a dozen Tomcat fighters can fly into the sky again!
"What is this?" Turning to the last page and seeing the AN/AWG9 pulse signal transmitter, Hawami couldn't help but ask.
"As long as the fighter plane is hooked up to this thing, it will emit the same radar signal as the Tomcat fighter, which is used to expel the opponent's plane."
Iraqis have a natural fear of Tomcat fighters, and if their backward fighters can also transmit the radar signal of Tomcat fighters, they can avoid a lot of unnecessary losses.
"Where did you get these things?" Hawami asked.
"Special channel," the other party replied, "So, the price is a little expensive, and we are also taking a big risk." ”
In the end, the total price was 200 million US dollars, even if Iran, which became a rich country by exporting oil, this price is very expensive, however, Hawamy knows that many times, it cannot be measured by money alone, with these spare parts, the resurrection of more than a dozen Tomcat fighters can greatly increase the strength of the Iranian Air Force, this deal, it is still cost-effective, after all, 200 million US dollars, can not buy a dozen Tomcat fighters.
"Excuse me, can you get the Immortal Bird missile?" Hawami continued.
"Yes, it's more expensive." The visitor said, "That thing is quite expensive. ”
"No problem, as long as we can get it, we are willing to pay as much as we want." Hawami said.
"Then we will take our leave, these goods will be transported to the border within half a month, and I hope you can deliver our funds on time." The man said to Hawamy, saluted Khomeini, and walked out.
"What's the situation?" Mohsin asked.
"Great leader, you are right, Allah will always bless us, and now, someone has sent us parts for Tomcat fighters." Al-Hawami said: "Allah sent them to help us." ”
"Let's figure out their identities first, how did they get the parts of the fighter?" "We can't be fooled by them," Mohsin said. ”
"They're from the east of Afghanistan." Khomeini spoke: "Allah guides them and comes to help us." ”
The great spiritual leader is omniscient and omnipotent, and when he heard Khomeini's words, Hawami immediately understood that they were members of the Free Afghan Army in northern Afghanistan, and this team maintained close relations with Pakistan, and now Pakistan has maintained close relations with the United States, so they established a channel from it.
However, how did they get the parts for the Tomcat fighter? After all, apart from the US Navy, this aircraft is only owned by Iran? Whatever name they use to get these parts, they will eventually be suspicious of Iran, unless... Pakistan also has the same fighters!
"We did it very easily in Saudi Arabia, and in Iran, we also met their spiritual leaders." On the way back to Afghanistan, Aboud said to Osama.
"Yes, His Excellency Mhammad is simply a god, these calculations can be easily successful, and soon, there will be no more Soviets planes above our heads." Osama said.
In order to raise enough money, Mhammad has thought of many ways, such as borrowing from wealthy Saudi Arabia, such as using fighter jet spare parts imported from the United States to sell them to the Iranians at a high price and make a high profit.
This method is still Arslan's idea, but Arslanti's construction is to seek cooperation with the Iranian side, for example, the Iranians are more skilled in operating Tomcat fighters, have more combat experience, and have a better set of maintenance and maintenance fighters.
The Americans will not teach all the operations of the Tomcat fighters to the Pakistanis, if they want to give full play to the power of these fighters, they have to apprentice with the Iranians, and Mhammad is not just an apprentice, Mhammad has a more perfect plan, this first step is to sell some spare parts to the Iranians, so that the Iranians can taste the sweetness.
Osama, on the other hand, is a very suitable practical operator, and Mhammad only needs to command remotely.
Now Mhammad is still in Grumman.
With the support of more than half of the congressmen, the U.S. government affirmed the arms sale, and at the same time, part of the amount was offset by the U.S. government's military aid, and the down payment has been paid by the Pakistani government.
If there are qualified pilots, the Pakistani side can now fly all these fighters back, but now, there are only the first pilots.
Rick and Hussein, carrying their flight caps, stood in front of Mhammad in high spirits.
"Report, the young eagle (hunter) is about to fly solo, ask for instructions!"
Hussein got the radio code name of the Hunter after the last air battle, and Rick liked the code name of the Eagle very much.
After a short period of training, the two of them successfully passed the assessment on the simulator, and today is the first time to fly solo.
Hussein has flown a jet many times, and this flight is a normal training, while Rick is flying a jet for the first time.
Generally speaking, it is not possible to fly such a big guy in a jet for the first time, and you have to go through the training of a high-level aircraft, and at Rick's insistence, Mhammad agrees to his request, and Rick learns quickly and passes with a perfect score on the simulator.
"The motherland needs you." Mhammad said: "Our blue sky needs a powerful Tomcat fighter to defend it, take off!" ”
Tomcat fighters are two-seater, and there is a radar operator in the back seat, who is responsible for operating missiles, identification of friend or foe, state perception, navigation and other work.
Two Tomcat fighters, in the eyes of their American counterparts, slid off the runway, the first time that the Pakistani Air Force operated a heavy air superiority fighter. (To be continued......)