During the Iran-Iraq war, the Soviet Union provided a batch of MiG-25 fighters, which were initially piloted by the Soviets, but after the end of the Iran-Iraq war, Soviet experts were withdrawn and all were handed over to the Iraqi Air Force to operate. Because of the outstanding contribution of this squadron, Saddam Hussein personally awarded each squadron pilot a gold-plated "honorary AK-47."

At this time, the entire MiG-25 formation was led by Captain Juha Daoud, who had 1,500 hours of flight experience, and the Iraqi Air Force at this time was still guided by the CGI on the ground in accordance with standard Soviet tactics, heading towards the direction of the target.

Relying on the excellent interception performance of the MiG-25, after leaving the runway, the MiG-25 fleet has been climbing, two days ago, when the US Navy aircraft carrier arrived at the port of Pakistan, the Iraqi Air Force has been on high alert, and now, the war has finally begun!

Kill the Americans! Protect Iraq! This is the persistent belief of the Iraqi soldiers, who are now flying their own fighters, climbing to an altitude of more than 20,000 meters, accelerating to Mach 2.6 at the same time, and continuing to fly at this speed, a distance of several hundred kilometers, only a few minutes.

Under the wings, four huge R-40 missiles, which also began to enter the bootstrap before the attack, the Tomcat fighters of the Americans? On the Iran-Iraq battlefield, the Iraqi Air Force has fought with this kind of fighter many times!

Although at the beginning, the Iraqi Air Force was very afraid of the Iranian Tomcat fighters, especially the long-range Immortal Bird missiles, which made the Iraqi Air Force completely out of the situation of only being beaten and not fighting back, but as the war progressed, they gradually found a way to get rid of the lock of the Iranian Tomcat fighters.

As long as you change direction and go around the radial direction of the opponent's radar, it will be filtered out by the pulsed Doppler radar as clutter. Cause the other party to unlock! Having survived the brutal Iran-Iraq war, these pilots are all experienced.

As for the MiG-25 that the Iranians show off, almost all of them have achieved results at low speeds, and the MiG-25s at high altitudes and high speeds have rarely been accurately hit.

Both sides are heavy fighters, and both have excellent interception capabilities. In particular, the perverted supersonic flight capability of the MiG-25 allows the distance between the two sides to quickly approach.

However, the MiG-25 also has a big disadvantage, the R-40 missiles mounted under the wings have a range of only a few tens of kilometers, and if you want to hit the opponent, it is better not to launch them from a distance of twenty kilometers. And the Immortal Bird missiles carried by Tomcat fighters have a range of more than 100 kilometers!

So, the MiG-25 wants to attack the American Tomcat formation. You have to be able to get within 30 kilometers of each other! This distance is enough for the opponent to launch two rounds of Immortal Bird missile attacks!

As the signal on the APG-71 radar became more and more obvious, in the cockpit of the Tomcat fleet, the weapon operator in the aft compartment was already skillfully preparing the launch of the Immortal Bird missile.

The distance continues to approach, as long as it gets close to about 100 kilometers, the first round of salvo of Immortal Bird missiles will begin, and it is the first time since the US Navy has equipped Tomcat fighters that such a large-scale air engagement. The launch of the Immortal Bird missile by the Tomcat fighter was originally a gift for the Soviets, but in the middle of the Cold War. Such a large-scale military confrontation never took place.

Now, in the face of the imminent scene of missiles flying, the US Navy pilots are very excited, and it is about to start!

"The other party got rid of the lockdown." At this moment, the radar operator in the aft compartment reported.

The MiG-25 fighter skillfully used the tactic of rolling, moving to the radial direction of the radar. All of them were filtered out as clutter!

"TWS mode, re-search for targets." The squadron leader of the American F-14 squadron shouted over the radio.

"The hunter team has locked on to the target and requested an attack." At that moment, the voice of a Pakistani pilot came from the headphones.

They've already locked on to the target? These Pakistanis have more combat experience than their own! The squadron leader immediately shouted: "You can attack!" ”

As an alternate. The Pakistani hunters were in the rear of the American formation, but Major Bashar, who was experienced, immediately led the entire squadron to turn in one direction and split fifteen degrees from the US Air Force.

To be able to evade the lock of the pulse Doppler radar, that must be done by the old bird pilot, but it is only possible to avoid the lock of a radar, after the Pakistani flight formation diverged the angle, those Iraqi Air Force fighters that turned sideways were stared at by the Pakistani fighters.

In this way, Pakistan's Tomcat fleet got the opportunity to launch missiles, and the first shot to help Kuwait recover was fired by Pakistan!

Bashar's hand was on the red button, and if he wanted to press it, as long as he pressed it lightly, the heavy immortal bird missile would leave the pylon and pounce on the Iraqi fighter plane opposite!

Fighting the Soviets, fighting the Indians, Bashar is not ambiguous, and now, fighting Iraq is also a righteous action!

"Attention, disengagement, return in full formation." At this moment, the voice of an AWACS aircraft came from the headphones.

Disengagement, return? Joke! On the other side is the MiG-25! If you return like this now, you will be chased by the MiG-25 tail and launch the same huge R-40 missile, which will also pose a threat to your own side!

You must know that the MiG-25 uses an electron tube radar, although the function is single, but the anti-jamming ability is quite strong, followed by the two EA-6B electronic jamming aircraft, which can not effectively interfere with the radar of the MiG-25, and the speed of Mach 3 allows them to catch up with their own side.

So, despite the command in his ears, Bashar's hand subconsciously pressed the button, which was an instinctive action.

The fire flickered under the belly, and the two Immortal Bird missiles left the pylons, dragged the tail flames, and began to climb higher into the air, flying in the most fuel-efficient way.

Pakistan's formation had four Tomcat fighters that fired eight missiles, and the rest of the fighters received orders and prepared to return home.

In order to achieve the best effect, Pakistan's Tomcat fighter continued to fly forward until the missile was about 20 kilometers away from the opponent, and after the active radar seeker began to work, Bashar pushed the operating stick, kicked the rudder, and the wing sweep became the minimum, and with a small radius, the steering was completed in the air.

The huge overload made Bashar temporarily blacken, and after the eyes brightened again, the Tomcat fighter had begun to return.

Like the cavalry of Genghis Khan's era, they did not fight in close combat at first, but relied on diffuse arrows to kill and injure the opponent, and due to the range advantage of the Immortal Bird missile, the Tomcat fighter could calmly launch missiles outside the strike range of the opponent and then return home.

Because it was a head-on attack, and the Iraqi pilots had fought Tomcat fighters many times, they were already familiar with this kind of attack, so after discovering that they were locked, they immediately turned around, turned on the afterburner, and retreated at full speed.

The MiG-25 fighter that sprinted to Mach 3 can throw off many missiles by speed, although the maximum speed of the Immortal Bird missile exceeds Mach 4, but that is the power speed, and after the solid-fuel engine burns out, the speed begins to decrease.

The formation of the MiG-25 fleet was broken up, and this round of attacks, with eight immortal bird missiles, had only one result.

The Tomcat disengaged and returned to the aircraft carrier, and the pilots did not know what was going on, how did the attack stop temporarily?

Colonel Dennis looked at the landing planes one after another, his eyes full of annoyance.

Just a few minutes ago, he received an order from the White House to temporarily renounce the use of force against Iraq!

Give up for now! It is not because the United States is afraid of Saddam, nor because the United States began to try to solve it peacefully, but because the US Air Force is involved!

When it was learned that the US Navy was going to act alone and launch an air attack on Iraq, the US Air Force immediately stopped doing it, clamoring in the Pentagon, and stating various reasons to the Secretary of Defense that the Navy would not be able to undertake the task of attacking Iraq at all, and would still be able to startle the snakes, and this must be a huge and orderly battle plan, which requires the cooperation of all kinds of attack aircraft, including stealth fighters, and strive to defeat Iraq at one time, instead of the Navy's tickling tactics!

Seeing that the Navy is going to shoot the first shot, the US Air Force is of course not happy, especially the Navy's Tomcat fighters are about to be retired, and the strongest striking force should be the US Air Force! If the Navy's Tomcat fighter is allowed to perform well and fight a lot of beautiful air battles, maybe the congressional guys will change their minds again.

The competition between the US branches of the armed forces is quite fierce, and there is no doubt that every time it is the US Air Force that can gain the advantage, this time, the persuaded Secretary of Defense and US President George H.W. Bush held some consultations, and finally decided that the mission of the no-fly zone was suspended, and the United States should concentrate all its forces and prepare for a fierce attack!

In this way, the only chance for the Navy to show its face was stranded under the stirring of the US Air Force's-stirring sticks, and Colonel Dennis was quite annoyed in his heart, originally thinking that during this time, he would shoot down some more Iraqi fighters, but now, the only result was created by the Iraqi naval aviation!

Although he was depressed in his heart, as a soldier, it was his duty to carry out orders, and he could only order the formation to return to Gwadar Port for a temporary rest before the war.

Two days later, the advance team of the US Air Force finally arrived at the airport near Gwadar Port, and the strategic transport planes brought a large number of personnel and supplies, and on the same night, some special black painted planes also flew to Pakistan. (To be continued.) )