The Peshawar Air Base in western Pakistan was once a front line against the Soviet Union, and now, with an agreement with the Soviets, the gradual withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan is a long process, but the dawn of victory in Afghanistan is at hand.

Therefore, now the Peshawar Air Base is no longer as tense as it was during the war, but after many developments, it has become the largest air base in Pakistan, and it has more meritorious troops in Pakistan.

Moreover, because the powerful figures such as Mhammad and Musha'f are all from the Peshawar Military Region, it has also become a glorious place for the Pakistani army.

When Mhammad arrived at the Peshawar base, the base commander, Major General Kamal, greeted Mhammad and the others at the airport.

"President Mhammad, welcome to the Peshawar base." Major General Kamal said to Mhammad: "Now, the main force stationed at our base is Tomcat fighters, and there is already a squadron equipped with F100 engines, which are powerful and powerful. ”

The production of engines was limited, and the focus was on supplying Tomcat fighters transferred to the Navy, so the Air Force has so far only replaced one squadron of engines.

Even so, after the F100 was replaced, it immediately showed the stronger combat performance of the Tomcat fighter, solved the engine problem, and the Tomcat fighter really soared into the sky.

"Well, that's good." "The Peshawar Military Region is our key military region in Pakistan, and the Tomcat fighters, as the most powerful force, must be able to take on the task of guarding our airspace at any time," Mhammad said. ”

"Yes, we'll get the job done." Kamal gave a military salute to Mhammad.

"Half a month ago, our technicians have completed the integration of the new air-to-air missile, this target test. It's all up to our technicians. "The Chief of the General Staff of the Air Force, the elder Arslan said to Mhammad.

"Completely integrated by our technicians?" Mhammad asked.

"Yes." The elder Arslan said: "Our personnel have completely eaten the fire control system of the Tomcat fighter. ”

A smile flowed from Mhammad's face, almost since Mhammad became the commander of the Peshawar base, Mhammad began to pay attention to the technical understanding of the Tomcat fighter, and now. Several years have passed, and Pakistani technicians can finally fully master all the fire control technology of Tomcat fighters, and at the same time, integrate their own missiles.

In the future, in the event of a war, there is no need to worry that the Americans will jam Pakistan's neck in terms of air-to-air missiles, which have nothing to do with the United States at all. This is an air-to-air missile jointly developed by Pakistan and Sweden, with an active sky flash!

Sky flash, can be traced back to the British Space Corporation, when AIM-7E-2 was the basis, in 78 years successfully developed this third generation of radar-guided air-to-air missiles with downward firing capabilities, as the most important seeker, is a single-pulse semi-active radar seeker developed by Marconi Company, with strong anti-electronic jamming ability and guidance accuracy. At that time, it surpassed the American air-to-air missiles until after the advent of the AIM-7M. It can be regarded as giving the Americans an advantage in their missiles.

The sky flash is excellent, but. After all, it is a semi-active air-to-air missile, and in a future war, a semi-active missile will be completely obsolete.

The biggest disadvantage of semi-active missiles is that in the process of missile guidance, the carrier aircraft is required to constantly carry out radar irradiation, so. The carrier aircraft can't do a big overload maneuver, it's just a live target, if the two sides shoot at the same time, it depends on luck who kills the deer.

This is due to the radar of the missile seeker, which can only receive. It cannot be launched, and the point of improvement is to make the seeker also emit radar waves, which becomes an active radar missile.

Pakistan is equipped with the Immortal Bird missile, and the last stage is the active seeker, so at the last 20 kilometers, the Tomcat fighter can be withdrawn to avoid the opponent's strike, which is the advantage of the active missile.

However, the seeker of the immortal bird, because of its huge size, allows the function of the seeker to be expanded and has an active guidance function, while the ordinary air-to-air missile is very small in size, and the diameter of the seeker is even more limited, and it is difficult to develop an active seeker.

Sweden was very interested, and the British aerospace company hit it off, the British aerospace company provided the missile body technology, the Swedish company carried out the development of the seeker, and the two sides shared the development funds, but unfortunately, the British later ran out of money, divested, and became Sweden's own project Saab, at this time, Pakistan intervened, jointly shared the development funds, and at the same time shared the technology.

Several years have passed, and Pakistan's efforts have not been in vain, and now, this missile is finally put into practical use.

This missile is of great significance to Pakistan, and when this missile can be used in conjunction with the Tomcat fighter, Pakistan will no longer need to look at the faces of the Americans.

Now, even the Americans' advanced medium-range active air-to-air missile, that is, the AIM-120, has not been put into practical use, so this Pakistani missile is the first active medium-range air-to-air missile!

"045 is ready, request to take off." On the runway, in a silver warplane, the pilot, Amjad al-Assad, shouted over the radio.

"You can take off." Walking into the tower and watching the warplane on the runway, Kamal responded on the radio.

Since this is only a test, under the belly of the Tomcat fighter, only two active sky flash missiles are mounted, and at the same time, the inside of the plane is also half oil, and under this weight, the take-off of the Tomcat fighter is almost the same as the ejection of an aircraft carrier.

The tail erupted with flames, the Tomcat fighter slid quickly on the runway, and then, Bashar gently pulled the operating stick, and the fighter took off smoothly, the F100 engine is a perfect match for the Tomcat fighter!

On the radar screen, flashing with several bright spots, Kamal introduced to Mhammad: "The early tests have been done in Sweden, and now, we are verifying the performance of this missile in a complex tactical environment." ”

In actual combat, complex electromagnetic interference, dense airspace, and large overload enemy planes will all reduce the actual performance of the missile, so when the Americans first developed the Sparrow, it was very good at shooting targets, but in actual combat, it became a rocket.

What Pakistan needs is missiles with actual combat capability, so this test was carried out in a complex tactical environment.

An electronic jamming aircraft has taken off and will release radio interference in the target airspace, and at the same time, an E-2 early warning aircraft will supervise the entire firing situation, and at the same time, as the protagonist, the target of the active sky flash, is a J-6 target aircraft.

As Pakistan continues to equip with new fighters, a large number of early J-6 fighters have been eliminated, and Mhammad provided some of them to the Free Afghan Army to form the Air Force of the Free Afghan Army, and the other part has been modified and turned into drones.

The J-6 has long been outdated, and it is also a good destination to convert into a drone, and this kind of aircraft can fly at supersonic speeds!

The Jian-6 target plane has already taken off by remote control, and the entire target shooting has begun in a tense atmosphere.

Bashar in the air, ordered the radar operator in the rear cabin to turn on the radar, and soon, the pulse Doppler radar in front of the nose locked on the target, although the surrounding electromagnetic environment is complex, and the jammer is constantly releasing interference, but the flat slit radar has a good anti-jamming performance, coupled with the optimized processing program, firmly locking the target.

When it was forty kilometers away from the target, a flash of fire flashed under the belly of the Tomcat fighter, and an active sky flash missile, dragging a tongue of fire, flew to the opposite side.

The J-6 unmanned target aircraft was still flying, it seemed to realize the arrival of its mission, turned on the afterburner, sprinted quickly, and a cloud of air appeared in front of the nose, and then, it surpassed the factor.

The active sky flash missile, still flying smoothly, the active seeker in front, using passive mode, firmly locks on to the target.

Due to the size limitation of the missile's seeker, the radar antenna will not be too large, and the power is limited, even if it is the AIM-120, which is the pride of the United States in the future, the active guidance distance is not more than 20 kilometers.

The nose of the Tomcat fighter pointed ahead, and the radar at the front of the nose provided a steady stream of guidance signals to the missile, and the active sky flash missile flew quickly towards the target!

At a distance of fifteen kilometers from the target, the seeker switches to active mode, and from this time on, the task of the carrier aircraft is completed!

Bashar pressed the pole and skillfully made a roll to get rid of it, although now it was only a target, there was no threat, he still followed the actual combat method, and came to a big overload detachment.

And the active sky flash, still continuing to fly towards the target, in the field of vision of its seeker, the target aircraft became clearer and clearer.

"Let the target dive." Mhammad said suddenly.

Missiles are flying, where is the target maneuvering with a little overload! As Mhammad watched the process, he immediately added to the difficulty.

"Yes." Kamal picked up the radio and said, "Sky Eye, guide the target plane to dive!" ”

The target aircraft is remotely controlled by early warning aircraft.

The J-6, which had already flown to its maximum speed, suddenly had its nose downwards and dived at high speed, further increasing its speed.

The seeker of the active sky flash firmly locked on to the fighter in front, and when the target began to dive, the missile immediately followed the same turn, getting closer and closer.

"Boom!" A brilliant spark bloomed in the sky, and the J-6 target plane had been successfully hit! (To be continued......)