"Docking successful." Wearing thick gloves, every operation, must be careful, in the high-speed flight, the nose of the right end of the air refueling probe, to the refueling pipe of the tanker, is not simple.

After a third attempt, Varisyev, who radioed 011, finally aligned, and just after he aimed at the bell mouth, the pressurization process was automatically completed, and then, from the Tu-16 tanker in front of him, began to refuel his plane.

As an air tanker converted from a bomber, the Tu-16 is not outstanding, it has a total fuel load of about 40 tons, but because it has to use up part of it, it can only output about 20 tons of fuel at most, that is, now it refuels two MiG-25s in a semi-fueled state at the same time, and after refueling, it no longer has the ability to refuel.

After receiving its refueling, the fuel tanks of the two MiG-25s were refueled, which was just enough to meet the needs of reconnoitring the US aircraft carrier formation and then returning home.

In fact, in later generations of Huaxia, the prototype of the bomber oil 6 is the Tu-16, which is almost the same problem, and the refueling of the J-8 can only add six sorties at most, which is not enough at all.

For the Soviet Union, it was not until the Il-76 was finalized that the modified Il-78 tanker was considered an open supply model, which could provide more than 60 tons of fuel, three times that of the Tu-16.

Now, Varisiev, who is refueling in the air, can not relax in the slightest, as the fuel enters his fuel tank, his plane will gradually become heavier, and the plane in front will become lighter, he must adjust the power of the plane to be able to maintain balance, otherwise the distance will be widened, the oil pipe will be disengaged, and in serious cases, the oil pipe will be broken.

And just when he had just completed the air docking and refueling was carried out for less than a minute, a call from an AWACS aircraft came from the headset.

"Attention, 011, tankers, American fighters are heading in your direction!"

What are the Americans going to do?

Everyone was interrupted by the routine of the Americans, and with only one plane, did they dare to come over and provoke?

After receiving the news from the AWACS, Varisyev immediately broke away from the tanker, he pushed the operating stick, kicked the rudder, and on the tall vertical tail, the red star was so dazzling, he had already turned around and pounced in the direction where the Americans from the south were flying.

Turning on the afterburner, his fighter quickly broke through the sound barrier and raced towards the opposite side as fuel poured into the engine.

Come, Americans, let you know who is the king in the sky.

In the seventies, high altitude and high speed were still admired, even if the fighter mafia has begun to realize the role of energy in fighter fighting, high speed is still useful, I can fly faster and intercept you better.

At the same time as Varisiev flew in, Yakov also turned the nose of the plane, and two MiG-25s pounced on Nathan's fighters, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly approaching, and the relative speed was almost close to Mach 5, a distance of 100 kilometers, that is, a matter of tens of seconds.

"Two fighters, coming at us, both MiG-25s!" Guss in the rear compartment shouted.

"Don't worry, that's a reconnaissance plane." Nathan's words were calm, "Let's tease them." ”

The Soviets will definitely not send fighter planes over, there is no need, it must be a reconnaissance plane, and the reconnaissance plane, the self-defense weapon is at most a short-range missile, what are you afraid of.

Do you really dare to fight? Then let them see how wrong the Soviets' philosophy of military science and technology is.

Even the MiG-25 interceptor, equipped with R-40 "long-range" missiles, has quite limited maneuverability, which is okay against bombers, but against highly maneuverable fighters, it is just like the sparrow bombs over Vietnam, which are just aerial rockets.

As for the short-range R-60 missiles, if I remember correctly, now they only have the ability to chase after each other, and at this time the two sides are attacking head-on, and if necessary, they can use sparrows to kill each other, but the other side does not have any way to counterattack.

Nathan was not afraid, and at this time, his eyes were shining with longing.

Nathan inherited the memory of later generations, in later generations, the hegemonic United States was not a good thing, but before the collapse, the Soviet Union was not a good thing, after turning against the Soviet Union, almost the biggest threat to China has always been the Soviets from the north.

Now, being able to play with the Soviets seems to be very exciting and happy.

The distance between the two sides, on the radar screen is rapidly approaching, and two distinct bright spots are gradually approaching the center of the screen.

Without Nathan's command, Gus in the rear cabin has switched to radar mode, and can guide the Sparrow missile to attack at any time, at this time, it is really exciting, and his heart is also flashing with excitement.

Sure enough, your own radar warning receiver rang.

"Sixty miles away, locked by the other party." Gus shouted, "Do you want to lock them up?" ”

In the past, the MiG-25 was a legendary existence, but this time, it was finally a close encounter, and Nathan successfully tested an inferred data.

The radar of the opposing side.

Even if it is a reconnaissance plane, it is equipped with the same fire control radar, the huge Whirlwind-A radar, the power is super large, but unfortunately most of it is emitted, the energy that is really converted into electromagnetic waves is very small, and the detection range of a target the size of a bomber is only 100 kilometers, and the target of a fighter can intercept and lock on 60 kilometers, which is already the result of their extremely skillful operation.

"No, you don't." Nathan said, pushing the lever and kicking the rudder, at this time, the wings on both sides brushed forward, with a minimum sweep angle, and at this time had excellent circling performance.

The Tomcat quickly turned sideways, and when it turned 90 degrees, the sound of the radar warning receiver in the headset disappeared.

Turning sideways and getting rid of lock-ons is one of the most commonly used air combat tactics in later generations, and Nathan is now extremely proficient in using it, and the Tomcat fighter gives him room to play.

But when you turn around, you can't continue to fly forward, so you need to turn sideways in the opposite direction again to form a standard S maneuver.

After spreading its wings, the Tomcat maneuvered quite well, and after two turns, it pounced on the other side again.

The distance between the two sides was rapidly approaching, and two bright spots appeared in the sky, rapidly enlarged, and two silver-white MiG-25 fighters flew quickly towards the Tomcat fighters.

At this time, the MiG-25 fighters were at a higher altitude, and after both sides passed by, they began to turn around rapidly.