Many things can be turned into small things and small things, this is human instinct, no matter which country, it is too common to do this, the US Navy will not make trouble for itself, it really lost the tomcat, how can the US Navy raise its head in front of the Air Force!

The so-called grounding is just to scare and scare yourself!

In the hangar of the aircraft carrier, Nathan was idle and bored, watching the crew repair the nose radome of the damaged Tomcat fighter.

If you look at it from the outside, the nose seems to be the same as the fuselage, but in the eyes of insiders, the difference is big, the fuselage is made of aluminum alloy skin, light weight, high strength, and the nose is not good, because there is a radar in the nose, if it is still a metal radome, then according to the principle of electrostatic shielding, this radome is unable to transmit electromagnetic waves, as if it is blindfolded, and nothing can be seen.

In the early years, after the Soviets changed the air intake from the nose to the air intake on both sides, they originally planned to install radar in the nose, but it turned out that the radome was not up to standard, resulting in a serious loss of electromagnetic waves, and it took several years to overcome this problem.

The current nose radome is a fiberglass sandwich structure, simply put, it is like a strip of paper tape, wound in a circle, like wrapping gauze around people's heads, wrapped in many layers, as a result, the gauze comes out by itself, forming a cap shell, which is such a general style.

Now, the nose radome that was cut off by the runaway fighter is like this, like a knife cutting through, cutting these fiberglasses, the cut is very neat, and at the same time, the side is also deformed under the pull.

The crew removed the damaged nose radome to reveal the radar antenna inside.

Flat slot radar antenna!

Nathan, who came from later generations, of course, knew the advanced nature of this antenna, and also knew the hard work made by the Chinese military personnel to develop this radar.

Most of the radar antennas in this era are pot lids, and in order to facilitate rotation, there are also pot lids that are turned upside down, called inverted cards, even if they are developed to the Su-27, they are also inverted card antennas.

The United States, on the other hand, relied on advanced science and technology to realize a flat-panel slot radar antenna in the 70s, an antenna in which electromagnetic waves radiate to the outside space through the gaps in the slits that make gaps in the radar antenna board in front of us.

It has many advantages, light weight, good plane structure, easy to be conformal with the installed object, easy to control the amplitude distribution of the diameter surface, high utilization rate of the diameter surface, and can achieve low or very low side lobe. At the same time, it also has the advantages of firm structure, simple and compact, easy processing, convenient feeding, and simple erection.

If there is a disadvantage, it is that the machining accuracy required is too high, and the shape of the gap is elongated, and the length is about half a wavelength.

The Soviet Union was stuck in the processing accuracy, and it couldn't get the flat slot radar, and finally went directly to the phased array.

"Major Nathan, your actions that day were so dashing." While removing the radome, the crew said to Nathan: "I was on the foredeck at the time, and I could just see that when you threw aviation fuel on the head of the Soviet warship, everyone applauded!" If it weren't for something new later, everyone would have been going to go up to the deck and lift you up. ”

This is almost a tradition of the U.S. Navy, to welcome the return of heroes, of course, it is necessary to rush over, lift up, throw it high, fall down to catch it, and throw it up again, even in Nathan's Top Gun, there are such shots.

It was a black man who spoke, and he looked at Nathan, his white teeth bared, in stark contrast to his skin.

Looking at the eyes of the crew members, Nathan smiled: "I have a plane failure, there is no way, if I don't release fuel in the air, I can't come back." ”

This paragraph about mechanical failures is almost all popular on aircraft carriers, and if it weren't for the fact that mechanical failures really happened later, it would definitely become a classic.

Even so, the crew patted their chests and made a promise, since Major Nathan said it was a mechanical failure, then we admit it.

In a short period of time, Nathan has gained recognition on the entire Kitty Hawk, even if it will discredit the crew, they are willing, look at Major Nathan's actions, that's called a cool.

It was not difficult to change the radome in the nose, and the maintenance staff quickly replaced one one, followed by the second one.

The black crew continued: "It's a pity, one of our fighters crashed into the sea, and I don't know what to think about it, don't salvage it, and don't let it be publicized, what a good plane!" ”

Hearing this, Nathan couldn't help frowning, yes, he reported his worries, and the top didn't think so, it seems that they are planning to cover their ears and steal the bell, it's really stupid, the Soviets will definitely take advantage of this opportunity now, they will definitely go to salvage!

However, it is certain that even if the Soviets salvage it, they will not be able to copy it, and the processing of the flat slit radar antenna will stump the Soviets.

Well, the Soviets are trying every means to engage in American planes, and the United States is also trying to engage in Soviet fighters, for the United States, the biggest threat is the MiG-25, I don't know if the incident of Belenko's defection will happen as scheduled, this time and space that I have traveled through is always a little chaotic!

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Soviet, Far Eastern Military District.

"032, skydive, 032 skydive!"

An anxious voice came from the radio, a beautiful twin-engine twin-tail fighter, the huge air intake was so dazzling, this is the star fighter of the Soviets, the MiG-25.

And at this time, it is spiraling down from a high altitude, which is a terrible stall tailspin!

I saw that the tail of this plane suddenly released a white deceleration parachute, and at the same time, the rudder surface moved, and this fighter plane actually successfully changed out of the stall tailspin!

In the cockpit, the young pilot Andrei said firmly: "Sokolovka, 032 has been leveled. Request to continue training. ”

"031, 032, return immediately."

With the sound in the headset, another MiG-25 almost dived and chased after it, flying level with the 031 in front of it, heading back.

In the cabin, the long plane Belenko can see clearly, and Andrei is still the first to change it from the MiG-25's speed-per-hour tailspin, although he has only been here for a short time, his skills are really quite amazing!

The two planes began to return to Sokolovka, but, just as they were looking at the land, a new order came again: "031, 032, course 270, there is an unknown target in the sea area of the fourteenth, immediately go and intercept it!" Cruise at Mach 2.4 speed. ”

With the order, the two fighters quickly turned, and after aiming at the course 270, a blazing flame came out of the tail, and the afterburner engine was turned on and roared, and the huge fighter quickly broke through the sound barrier and continued to accelerate forward, until it soared to the terrible Mach 2.4, this is the flying fox, the most powerful trisonic fighter in the Soviets!