Chapter 574: Doing everything you can
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In terms of performance, the R-82 Topol medium-range air-to-air missile, which was only put into service in 27, is far superior in performance to the Super Matra 530 missile and the American Sparrow missile. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info≦≧
At this time, the distance between the two sides has flown close to 40 kilometers, almost at the limit range of the Super Matra, if the Soviet MiGs turn around and fly away, it is likely that the missiles will not reach, but as long as the other side does not turn around and fly away, the distance between them will be close when flying head-on.
After the carrier aircraft launched the missile, Reyer, who had rich combat experience, began to maintain a definite course and speed, and provided radar signals for the missiles he launched in an orderly manner, so as to meet the needs of such missiles guided by semi-active radars.
The MiG-29 fighter is equipped with an omnidirectional siren-3 radar warning receiver, and after the sound of the radar warning receiver came from the headset, the pilot of the MiG-29 was completely speechless, he had already judged that in this case, even if the other party found himself, they would not be able to lock themselves at all, such as the most advanced fighter of the Soviet Union he piloted, and it was like this, swapping the positions of the two sides, and his radar, it would be good to be able to find each other. ≦≧
He originally thought that with the advantage of his own concealment at a low altitude in the mountains, he would launch missiles, quietly kill the other party, and then immediately sneak back from the mountains and quietly.
Who knows, the other side launched a missile!
In air combat, whoever launches the missile first means who has achieved absolute superiority, because. In order to avoid the fate of being shot down, the other side can only choose to maneuver and fly.
"Release the platinum bar interference and reduce the height." The pilot of the MiG-29 long plane in an instant, firmly using this method, he did not believe that the opponent's fighter airborne radar was able to find itself out in the complex ground clutter, now. Maybe you're still flying a little high, so you'll lower your altitude!
The pilot of the MiG-29 made the right way in the midst of the crisis, because if, as usual, he used a serpentine maneuver that caused a temporary disappearance on the opponent's radar screen, it would not necessarily work. ≦≧ as early as when the Iraqi Air Force used the Mirage F1, it cracked this trick through the transmission of the data link.
Although in fact, at low altitudes, the radar of Iraq's Mirage 4000 fighters can still filter them out of the clutter on the ground, but if the opponent lowers to a very low altitude, the radar of the Mirage 4000 may still be unlocked, for example, the opponent drills into the valley and transmits electromagnetic signals in a straight line. Completely blocked by the peaks on both sides!
It's just that drilling into the valley requires great skill, the old propeller plane is okay, and the fast jet is a great test for the pilot.
As a front-line fighter, the MiG-29 fighter does not use the latest fly-by-wire operating system, but only the old-fashioned hydraulic operation, but the control system is equipped with a more advanced C2Y-451 automatic control system. It was actually possible to control it without fly-by-wire operation on such a statically unstable aircraft, (it was not until the later MiG-29M that the fly-by-wire operation was replaced, so the military industry of the Soviet Union of the Red Empire was really powerful and perverted). ≦≧ moreover, due to the rational aerodynamic layout coupled with a high-power engine. Makes this fighter very flexible.
As the latest fighter of the Soviet Union, which has just been in service for two years, those who can fly this kind of aircraft are the elite of pilots in the Soviet Air Force. The two MiG-29 pilots were like this, they pushed the operating stick, the plane lowered the altitude again, and the anti-collision lights on the dashboard had already begun to stay on, and they were still undaunted, looking at the undulating mountains outside the cabin.
Although no ergonomics were adopted, the bubble-like cockpit of the MiG-29 still gave Soviet pilots an unprecedented sense of openness, and they relied on their skillful technology to shuttle through the mountains and rivers. The radar warning receiver in the headset has been ringing, and until now, the Soviet pilots have known that the information they received from the latest textbooks is wrong, and in this case, the opponent's airborne radar can lock itself!
This shows that their airborne radar has a fairly powerful ability to process data from ground clutter! You know, what they are facing is not the powerful US Air Force, but the Iraqi Air Force, which is at most second-rate!
The current Soviet pilots no longer have time to scold those intelligence gatherers, what they need now is how to dodge those two damn missiles that are fired at them, it doesn't matter if they are shot down, they are a little overwhelmed by the backward Iraqi Air Force. ≦≧
Now what? Pull it up? I'm afraid there is no time, and pulling it up now will give the opposing fighters a stronger radar reflection signal, giving them a better chance of shooting down themselves.
Fight for it! The pilot of the MiG-29, when he saw the valley in front of him, pressed down on the lever again, and this was the last valley, and when he got out, he went to the plain.
Come on! The pilots of the MiG-29, with great fearlessness, got into it.
The eyes are firmly fixed on the front, the operating stick in the hand and the rudder under the feet, as if they have become one with them, this is a dance with death! In the valley, their warplanes, like light swifts, almost touching the ground, were flying. ≦≧
Reyer cursed in his heart, and at the same time admired his opponent, in order to avoid the opponent's missiles and use the terrain, they actually lowered to such a height! Then, due to the blockage of the mountain peak, he lost the trace of the other party, and the Super Matra 530 missile launched was also released from the lock because of the loss of the target.
The two missiles, after losing their targets, flew for more than ten seconds and chose to self-detonate in the air, and this attack failed.
Reyer vigilantly looked at the radar screen with the peripheral vision of his eyes, and when the other party finally disappeared, the distance between the two sides had approached twenty kilometers, and at this distance, for a fast-flying fighter, it would soon enter the line of sight.
The pilots of the MiG-29 were engrossed in the struggle with death from the valley, and they were relieved until the sound in the radar warning receiver disappeared.
The series of actions just now has made the MiG-29 consume a lot of fuel, and if they don't return now, their fuel may not be enough.
This is also the sadness of front-line fighters, the Soviet Union's MiG-29 and Su-27, corresponding to the United States' F-16 and F-15, however, the United States' highland collocation, because the heavy F-15 is more expensive, they can't be equipped in large quantities, so they chose the F-16 This low-cost fighter, and the Soviet Union's MiG-29 and Su-27, because of the Soviet Union's air defense concept problem, Mikoyan Design Bureau long-term design of field front-line fighters, such as the classic MiG-15, MiG-21, Almost all of them are small and flexible, but they have a short air time and a short range. The Sukhoi Design Bureau is responsible for the design of homeland air defense fighters and medium- and long-range ground support combat aircraft, such as the Su-15, which shot down a Boeing 727 twice in interception missions. Because the MiG's front-line fighters are generally based at front-line airfields with poor conditions, they carry out short- and medium-range air superiority combat missions, taking into account ground support. Therefore, compared with the Sukhoi fighter models of the same period, the MiG fighter is generally light and small, so the range is short, and by the MiG-29, this difference still exists.
The advanced MiG-29 carried six air-to-air missiles and one belly fuel tank at the front-line field airfield to take off and carry out the escort mission of defending bomber and attack aircraft formations with a combat radius of 230 kilometers. If it only carries two medium-range and short-range air-to-air missiles, and at an appropriate speed, the MiG-29 has a combat radius of only about 600 kilometers, and is called an "airport guardian" by the West.
Now, the pilots of the MiG-29 fighters have not yet begun to fight back, and they have to consider whether they need to return home.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he had already flown out of the mountains!
As soon as they relaxed, the two Soviet pilots habitually scanned the entire airspace with their eyes and found those two bright spots in the distance, that is, the Iraqis who attacked them!
"Switch to short-range mode and prepare the R-73 short-range missile." The pilot of the MiG-29 said that now, since they have discovered each other, let them taste their own strength!
Soviet pilots were quite confident that with this air-to-air missile, which was in service in 82, which could be locked by a helmet sight, they could completely defeat any opponent in this sky!
As a cross-era fighter of the Soviet Union, the MiG-29, in addition to the advanced aerodynamic layout, on the one hand, is the creative introduction of a new way of locking missiles, in addition to radar, you can also use the S-31E2 photodetector and ZSH-3UM helmet sight.
Soviet engineers were also very creative, and the helmet-mounted sight of the MiG-29 was the most distinctive part of the entire fire control system. Combined with the R-73 close-range combat air-to-air missile, the MiG-29 can occupy an advantageous position in close-range combat. The 'helmet' sight is to determine the observation line of the target through the helmet-mounted observation device in the case of visual sight of the target, and guide the radar, EOS and missile infrared seeker to quickly intercept the target. After visually spotting the target, the pilot turns his head so that the observation mark is aligned with the discovered target and presses the input button on the throttle handle. The cockpit is equipped with sensors that measure the rotation of the pilot's head and helmet observation device, and the information input by the on-board computer is converted and provided to the EOS, radar, and the missile's infrared seeker for target designation.