Chapter 178: Super Seven Meets the Enemy
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---------------------- at this time, in an air base southwest of Benga, intense preparations began. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½foββ
There were only two Super 7 fighters on combat readiness duty, and the rest, some of them were maintained in the hangar, and some stayed on the runway.
Of the 28 Super 7 warplanes exported by Iraq to Libya, 20 are in this base and 8 in the other southern base.
It should not be difficult to take off 12 fighters from 20 fighters to meet the enemy, and since the United States began to harden its attitude, they have canceled their vacations and are fully prepared to meet the enemy and protect their skies.
However, the only flaw is that they are all of a relatively low quality, although they are well prepared, they are still in a hurry.
The missiles were mounted on the carrier aircraft, and then they were tested, and again the problem was discovered, and because of their improper maintenance, several of the missiles in stock, could not be monitored?
Take the missiles off and replace them with new ones, and time is wasted.
And in the Mediterranean, American fighters, having completed an in-flight refueling, are about to enter the theater of operations.
The radar on the base in Benghazi had already detected the flying target, and all of a sudden, the Libyan air force and air defense forces were put on the highest alert. ββ
The two super-seven fighters on standby, who couldn't wait, took off first to meet the enemy, and the fighters behind them, who had slowly completed the detection and mount missiles, followed behind them and also took off.
At the command of ground-based radars, they flew towards the area of engagement.
On the plane, two Libyan pilots, Abdullah Sall and Aliyal Raab, were nervous.
Compared with the confident Qaddafi, their confidence is not so sufficient, because although the two have completed the full training, neither of them has the experience of launching this kind of air-to-air missile imported from Iraq.
This batch of missiles. Although the Libyan Air Force was already equipped at the end of last year, their usual training was at most two training bombs, and there were no live ammunition to hit the target. Sall fired only two French close-range missiles. It was while flying the Mirage F1, and Rab hit an R-23 missile, which was fought on a MiG-23 fighter.
Although they have been flying this kind of fighter for more than a year, they are still far from fully mastering the performance of this kind of fighter.
Because, Gaddafi didn't pay much attention to the Air Force, so. ββAlthough they are equipped with fighter planes, they don't care much about them.
Gaddafi attaches the most importance to the army, and even Gaddafi himself is full of praise for the desert leopard infantry fighting vehicle imported from Iraq, and often drives it to patrol the field.
But. Now that the Americans have bullied them, they must not give up!
Although I have never hit a missile, I am still familiar with all the operation processes.
Guided by the ground, they quickly went to intercept in the direction where the American plane was flying.
But. They did not notice that from the north another carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy flew in! Moreover, inside those planes, there are electronic jammers!
Informed by Iraq. It's just the fighters that take off from Israeli bases, and the American aircraft carrier formations in the Mediterranean, they can't monitor, so those planes that fly at ultra-low altitudes, the Libyans don't know.
The pilots in the sky did not know either, they flew towards the east.
In the Libyan ground forces, there are ground-to-air anti-radiation missiles, which are designed to deal with jammers and AWACS, which was verified in the last conflict. ββ
So, they came this time, on the other hand, to find out these ground missile forces in Libya and kill them!
At this time, the data link of the US Air Force and Navy has been initially integrated, and the E-3 early warning aircraft can provide information for the fighters that fly in the US Navy.
Saal and Rab, piloting the Super 7 fighter, according to the data provided on the ground, they have entered a combat distance of 100 kilometers, and almost at the same time, the two turned on their fire control radar.
The fire control radar is the joint crystallization of Iraq and China, and the performance of this radar has basically reached the level imported by the United States.
On the radar screen, several bright spots appeared, and that was their target.
Four American planes, are coming!
But is it possible to engage in combat now? Because now, at a distance of 100 kilometers from their own coast, this is the high sea, and if there is an air battle here, then they may not be able to say who took the initiative to attack first.
"Report, 005 has identified the target." Sall shouted over the radio.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a noise on the radio, and their radio communication had been interfered with!
Although on the Super Seven, it is equipped with an advanced frequency hopping radio, but because the radio station in the base is still primitive, the communication between them has always been the backup radio of the Super Seven, and now, this radio station has been interfered with!
The US Navy's EA-6B electronic jammer interfered with the west direction of Bengha. ββ
Because the Super Seven uses a flat slot radar, the anti-jamming ability of this radar is relatively strong, so although there is clutter on the radar screen, those targets are still there.
However, they have not yet received the order to open fire!
Just in the middle of hesitation, an F-15E fighter on the opposite side, which had already thrown the four bombs it was carrying into the sea, also threw away the auxiliary fuel tank, and used its own fire control radar to lock on to a plane flying on the opposite side.
The AWACS aircraft showed that these two planes were flying now, and there were several others, but they were more than 100 kilometers away.
With one F-15, against two Libyan aircraft, there is still no suspense.
In Rab's headphones, the sound of the radar warning receiver suddenly sounded, oops, he has been locked by the other party's radar!
"Report, I've been locked in!" Rab shouted over the radio that they had adjusted the radio after the interference. ββ
"Get out of it now!" Salle shouted over the radio, and then, gritting his teeth, he locked onto the other party as well, and pressed the transmit button at the same time.
He didn't feel anything, even when he fired a close-range bomb, he could feel a unique vibration in the fuselage, but now, he didn't feel anything, he turned his head to look sideways, and the missile was still there.
Missile malfunction! The missile did not break away from the pylon, the launch failed!
He didn't know that it was all damn ground crew, who did not do a good job of maintaining the pylon, resulting in the pylon not unlocking at the last moment and the launch failed.
Fortunately, it was not unlocked, and after the pylons were unlocked, the missile ignited, and when the time came, the ignited missile under the wing was not launched, which was even more thrilling.
In peacetime training, this is already a serious accident, and with the vibration of the aircraft, the missile will be fired at any moment, like an infantryman's gun misfired.
Now, although with a dud, however, he could not back down, and Salle began to prepare another missile, but alas, it was too late.
Rab made a few beautiful maneuvers, but before he could get rid of the incoming missile, his Super Seven fighter plane was also blown into a fireball.
Salle felt a buzz in his head, Rab was his close comrade-in-arms, the two had been in the same squadron for five years, and now, Rab was killed by the Americans!
Revenge, revenge! Salle looked at the radar screen, the plane was already very close to him, and then he visually spotted a point of light.
Salle turned on the afterburner and rushed forward.
The turbojet-13 engine in the tail pushed the body of Chaoqi, and at this moment, Saale's back looked extremely tall.
The light Super Seven and the heavy F-15 were in a dogfight.
The pilot of the F-15, looking at the fast-approaching point of light in the distance, was a little excited, for him, after changing to fly the F-15E, he carried out more bombing missions, however, he still preferred air combat!
Air combat will make his blood boil.
Towards the Super Seven fighter flying opposite, he did not hesitate to shoot an omnidirectional attack Sidewinder missile at his wingtips.
In a dazzling escape action, Salle gasped and finally shook off the Sidewinder missile, which had almost exhausted his strength.
The pilots of the F-15 are very strange, this is the first time they have fought against this kind of aircraft, this plane looks strange, and it is actually excellent in all kinds of fighting performance! Is this the legendary kind of fighter converted from the MiG-21?
However, no matter what you do, that kind of single-engine fighter can't fight with a double-engine heavy fighter, which is determined by the most basic energy theory!
The fighter that had already circled behind them, the pilot of the F-15 did not have any fear, he turned on the afterburner, pulled up the nose, and the plane had already climbed vertically upwards.
Salle in the back was fooled, and followed him to pull up the nose of the plane and climb up together.
The F-15 climbs upwards while circling, followed by the Super Seven, if you look at it from the outside, it looks like a double helix structure of DNA, which is the classic scissor climb in air combat.
In this case, whoever has a strong engine will take advantage, because, climbing upwards, energy is consumed.
The F-15 has a thrust-to-weight ratio of more than 1, so it can climb upwards effortlessly without slowing down. However, the super seven behind is not good, although the turbojet-13 engine is replaced, it is still less than 1, so, in the process of climbing upward, due to insufficient power, the speed of the whole machine is constantly decreasing, and finally, it has reached a dangerous boundary. Salle had to push the lever forward and push the nose down.
Super Seven is destined to become a loser in the process of this competition.
And in an air battle, defeat, what that means, I'm afraid very obvious.
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