"What? Give us a ground attack mission? As a fighter pilot, Nathan didn't complain too much, and although he had only slept for a few hours and was called again, Nathan was still full of energy.

However, Nathan was puzzled by this task.

"Nathan, your speculation is completely correct, the Soviets are trying to attack the hinterland of Hokkaido through the Daisetsuzan National Park, and now, the situation is very dangerous, and the order sent to us by Lieutenant General James is quite urgent."

Nathan still couldn't understand: "How could they not find the location of the Soviet troops?" And what about the helicopter that began to be discovered? ”

How were the Soviets discovered? It's said to be a Cobra gunship! Now that this helicopter has been discovered, can't there be any trace of the Soviets?

"The helicopter just reported its general location, and then it was shot down during the battle." Petrobori continued: "Due to the difficult terrain there, it is difficult for personnel to go up, and AWACS aircraft cannot be found because most of the opponents are in the valley. ”

"If they can't find it, I can find it, as if I was Superman." Nathan didn't accept this order, he just felt confused, what did the people above think, did he think he was omnipotent?

Hearing Nathan's words, Petro Bori said with a smile: "Yes, in everyone's eyes, you are omnipotent, this time, it was you who predicted that the Soviets would go to the Snow Mountain National Park." ”

No one could have imagined it, but Nathan thought of it, although it was just a statement when he was complaining to Gus, but it was also incredible, Nathan actually accurately grasped the pulse of the Soviets!

Nathan was speechless for a moment, in short, this was an inexplicable task.

However, Nathan knows that this time there is no refusal, then, enjoy it happily, and if you can't refuse to be strong, then please bring a condom.

This time, there are also benefits, such as...

"Our Tomcat fighters, in fact, should also be improved, so that our fighters have the ability to attack on the ground." Nathan said.

As soon as Nathan said this, Petro Bori immediately froze: "What did you say? Let an air superiority fighter go on a mission to bomb the ground? ”

Although they are both flying, there is a difference between flying and flying.

Needless to say, how envious the transport aircraft pilots were, just among the fighter pilots, there are also differences.

The best, of course, is the air supremacy fighter, which can maneuver with a large overload, fight the enemy freely, and launch missiles one after another.

And the pilots of attack aircraft, it is very sad, the performance of the fighters is low, many of them cannot even fly at supersonic speeds, and at the same time, they need to risk the attack.

Flying an attack aircraft, of course, is it very dangerous, risking the enemy's dense anti-aircraft fire to dive and throw bombs? Watching those anti-aircraft shells flying around them, and even missiles flying in, and themselves, having to continue to dive forward, it was simply a suicidal attack, and it was definitely a nightmare for attack aircraft pilots, but they still had to complete the task.

The Tomcat fighter is a heavy air superiority fighter, let it do the work of an attack aircraft? Isn't that a joke?

There's no time for now, now that the mission has been ordered, Nathan has to take off.

Only Nathan smiled bitterly in his heart.

Air supremacy fighters, can't they carry out ground attacks?

The original F-15, when it was developed, once claimed that not a single gram of weight was used for ground attack, but later, the F-15E came out, which is a modified ground attack aircraft, but it retains the same air combat capabilities as the F-15D, but it is more useful.

At the same time, the same is true for the Tomcat fighter, which already has the ability to attack on the ground when it was to be retired.

And the variable sweep wing of the Tomcat fighter is simply a good helper for ground attacks, look at the European Tempest, isn't it an attack aircraft with a variable sweep wing?

In situations where low-altitude and high-speed penetration are required, the variable sweep wing is a great advantage.

And if the upper echelons can now be persuaded to improve the attack aircraft, then the navy will be surprised to find that this aircraft not only has an all-round superiority in air combat, but also has a huge superiority in ground attack.

Why are you still developing the F-18? It's enough to use a tomcat.

From the inside, Nathan doesn't look down on the F-18, this big bug seems to be able to do anything, but in fact it can't do anything.

In terms of fleet air defense, it will not have the terrible ability of a Tomcat fighter to fight against a pair of six, nor will it have the ability to intercept more than a hundred kilometers, and even after being fully loaded with weapons, it will not even have the ability to fly at supersonic speeds.

As for ground attack, this kind of aircraft is too small, slow, and not very survivable.

As for the biggest reason, what to say about its low maintenance cost, when upgrading to the F-18E, it is not very cheap to maintain, not much higher than the F-14.

If the F-14 is given a ground attack capability now, then the F-14 is multi-purpose, and the F-18 is still needed?

You can't let it overstep.

Nathan thought as he stepped into his cockpit and said to Gus behind him, "Gus, it's all up to you. ”

It is not a digitally improved APG-71 radar, which has no synthetic aperture function at all, and cannot conduct ground mapping, and if you want to find armored troops on the ground, you can only rely on its pulse Doppler ability to filter out ground clutter and find those moving vehicles.

So, there is not much pressure on Nathan, mainly Gus's, who has to operate the radar.

Lieutenant Guth had a serious expression on his face: "Major Nathan, don't worry, I'm ready." ”

After speaking, he took out a map with a clear line drawn on it: "Let's take this route, we will definitely find something." ”

Looking at this picture, Nathan was stunned: "You didn't sleep, you were studying the route?" ”

After a day of flying, Nathan was tired, and when he returned, Nathan almost fell asleep, but after Gus was chatting with Nathan, and after Nathan told the Soviets that they were going to go to the Snow Mountains National Park, Gus ran to report to Colonel Petro Bory.

After that time, Nathan fell asleep, and Gus actually went to the intelligence officer to ask for a large-scale satellite map, studied it carefully, and marked out the route of the Soviets' advance?

That's too much effort, isn't it?

Gus touched his head: "Since I have become a partner with you, I must do my best, and, I trust your judgment, I can't sleep, so I studied it myself." ”

Nathan was moved.