"Batman received." After receiving Nathan's call, the pilot of the KA6D air tanker, nicknamed Batman, operated his own air tanker, made a big turn in the airspace in front of him, and flew right in front of Nathan.

The U.S. Navy uses hose refueling, and when it flies to the front, under the butt of the air tanker, it slowly releases an air refueling tube, and as the plane flies forward, the air refueling tube also pulls out a nearly horizontal line in the air, and the end section is the cone sleeve for refueling.

Nathan's hand pushes the lever and slowly adjusts his position.

At this time, the fuel gauge has been completely zeroed, and he doesn't know how much fuel he has in the plane, Nathan can only pray that God will bless him, and he must dock successfully at one time!

In later generations, Huaxia made arduous efforts and repeated attempts in order to experiment with air refueling technology, and finally completed it, and for the US Navy, air refueling is as common as eating and sleeping, which is a skill that every pilot must master.

One must be accurate, the second must be ruthless, and the third must be decisive.

Nathan piloted his Tomcat fighter plane, slowly, slowly approaching the taper sleeve in front, at this time, under the blowing of the air current, this tapered sleeve is up and down, left and right.

On the right side of the nose of the Tomcat, slowly, slowly, a retractable air refueling pipe stretched out, and when it stretched out, it was simply handsome.

Nathan didn't have time to appreciate the mechanical beauty of the outstretched out, he had to dock quickly, and in his senses, there seemed to be only one chance.

Docking is quite a test of pilot skills, especially now, two planes flying at an altitude of a thousand meters, flying at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour, definitely faster than two drag racing cars on the highway, but they have to be close to a terrible distance.

The cone sleeve was still flickering, flickering, Nathan operated the fighter, slowly approaching, approaching, and then, he pushed the lever violently, only to see his air refueling pipe, accurately pierced into the cone.

As long as the docking is successful, it will be immediately closed under the pressure inside.

And at this moment, suddenly, there was a shaking in the tail, and in an instant, Nathan realized that it was not good, not good, the engine was off!

Just now, the engine has burned the last fuel vapor, and now, just docked, the engine is about to turn off!

As soon as the engine is turned off, the speed of the fighter will drop sharply, and the tanker in front does not know, in this case, there will be a speed difference between the two aircraft, and the air refueling pipe will be torn off under the huge pulling force.

Being sprayed with fuel by a tanker plane, such a situation occasionally happens, Nathan doesn't care, but once the refueling fails, the only in-flight refueling pipe is torn off, and his own plane can never go back.

What to do?

“Come on ，baby！” Nathan shouted loudly, he now, there is only one way, push the throttle in his hand, push it to the maximum, and glance at it from the corner of his eye, it is the left engine to go out, and then, push the lever to the right, and at the same time kick the rudder on the right, ready to counteract the terrible deflection torque.

When the engine is turned off, it is impossible to turn off both sides at the same time, as long as you wait for a few seconds, even if it is only the fuel in the oil pipe, it can last for a few seconds, as long as you hold on for a few seconds, the fuel added by the front refueling machine will be replenished!

Nathan was waiting for an opportunity, believing that God would not abandon him.

Just as he pulled the full throttle stick, the nose suddenly began to deflect to the left, which was the deflection torque generated by the engine on the right, but then, under the control of the rudder surface, finally, the nose of the plane came over again.

Nathan looked at the aerial refueling pipe swaying in the sky, if the amplitude just now was half a meter larger, it would definitely be torn off, so dangerous!

The bubbling fuel flowed into the Tomcat's fuel tank, and as the fuel gauge began to rise, Nathan's heart was also put down, as long as the plane had fuel, then there was no need to worry!

At this time, Nathan has no chance to start the left engine that has been turned off, and the impact of the start may tear off the refueling pipe, so Nathan can only rely on the right engine, rely on the rudder surface to control the yaw, and maintain the same altitude and speed as the air tanker in front, while flying, while refueling, which is a hundred times more difficult than the previous refueling!

However, Nathan flew very steadily, and at this time, Nathan seemed to have merged with the plane, he could feel the temper of the plane, and he could feel its heartbeat.

If it is a hard-pipe refueling for the Air Force, the refueling speed is quite fast, several times faster than that of the Navy, but Nathan has long been experienced, and after filling half a tank of fuel, he broke away.

Anyway, it's not far from the aircraft carrier formation, and there is no need to fill the tank, on the contrary, it is still dangerous to fill the tank, and if you don't get to the aircraft carrier, you have to release the oil, how troublesome!

After disengaged, Nathan pulled the operating stick, leaned on this engine, slowly climbed, and at an altitude of three thousand meters, aimed at the direction of the aircraft carrier formation, and turned on the air start switch.

Any aero engine, if you want to start, must be driven by external force, the MiG-23 engine, is based on the speed and height factors, let the air into the engine, push the blades to rotate, after reaching the speed, it can naturally start.

The Tomcat fighter is newly equipped with TF41, there is no need for it, its start, relying on the fighter's precious battery, starting the APU, with the start, the engine is driven by the APU, up to thousands of speeds, the TF41 engine is whirring and rotating, and then, the fuel is injected into the combustion chamber.

In the tail, the nozzle of the engine on the left side, a burst of flames came out, and with the familiar roar, it started successfully again!

Return!

Nathan is not relaxing now, he has one last step, which is to land on the aircraft carrier, which is the most critical for any pilot, for every flight.

The air battle ahead has nothing to do with oneself anymore, and the reconnaissance equipment under the belly of the plane is brought back by oneself intact, which is the biggest gain.

The Tomcat retracted its wings, pierced the sky, and headed in the direction of the aircraft carrier.

Today's flight is really enjoyable!

The Tomcat fighter spread its wings, with a graceful attitude, and landed steadily on the aircraft carrier, and as soon as it slid to the parking position, several ground crews came quickly and began to disassemble the reconnaissance pod above.

Nathan jumped off the plane, took Gus and the two of them, and ran to the bridge together, Nathan is still worried about the Tomcat fighters covering him, fighting the Soviets?

That's a dozen fighter planes! At this level, it can be regarded as an absolutely serious conflict.