The exchange program between the Navy and the Air Force was originally intended to allow the Navy and the Air Force to communicate with each other and improve together, but the formulators of this plan ignored the contradictions between the Navy and the Air Force.

The current confrontation drill has made the two sides tense even more.

At this time, the Navy already had AWACS aircraft, but their performance was limited and they were able to deal with the situation only with a simple echo at sea, and as for the Air Force, their E-3 was still during the test period, and in an ordinary air confrontation, it was not possible to count on effective information from AWACS.

After taking off, each side relied on its own airborne radar and experience in air combat to discover its opponent in advance, and whoever discovered the enemy first would be able to go around the rear first and launch a sneak attack.

It's a battle of skill and experience.

Dressed in full flight suits and carrying their flight caps, Nathan and Steve stepped onto the plane.

"Steve, it's up to you today." Nathan said.

In medium-range air combat, locking on the opponent is the win, and of course it depends on the radar operator in the back seat.

Steve stepped into the cockpit and fastened his seat belt as he said, "As long as the radar doesn't fail, we can definitely detect the opponent in advance." ”

In actual combat, Steve has locked on to his opponents many times, and is quite proficient in radar operation, although they use Air Force fighters, but they are almost no different from the Navy.

The only thing to worry about is the radar, due to the progress of electronic technology, the radar that the F-4 has just been manufactured and used in the past, and a large number of electron tubes are used, and the current AN/APQ-120 radar is already a mixed circuit of transistors and integrated circuits, however, its average trouble-free interval is still very short, if the radar has a problem, they will definitely lose.

When the canopy was snapped up, the two of them turned to their side, and they could see the Alaskan Air Force pilot, also preparing for takeoff on another plane.

Craig, who had been clamoring for the competition last night, did not show up today, and it is said that Craig vomited and diarrhea in the flight dormitory in the middle of the night, and now he is still in bed and has not gotten up, he has become a joke in the base.

In a short period of time, many versions have been circulated, and the most exaggerated one is, of course, Craig's statement that the feces and urine came out when he wrestled his wrists.

Nathan could only laugh at this, he didn't want to do that at the beginning, but unfortunately that Craig was too arrogant.

"Left hair is normal." With the pull of the electric doors one by one, with the help of the ground power supply car, the roar of the turbine engine has been heard from the tail, and the various instruments in front of it have begun to deflect.

"Right hair is normal."

On the front and rear seats, most of the meters were the same, and seeing that all the meters were normal, Nathan pressed the intercom switch.

"Elmendorf, the eaglet asks to take off." Nathan shouted over the radio.

"Can take off, airspace No. 6. Good luck with you. The tower's response came from the headphones.

Hearing this, Nathan released the brakes, and at the same time, his left hand gently pulled the throttle lever back, and the two J79-GE-17 afterburner turbojet engines in the tail turned orange and red.

When accustomed to the catapult take-off of aircraft carrier-based aircraft, the take-off in the land base seems slow, Nathan does not plan to use afterburner, in the case of a long enough runway, normal military thrust is sufficient.

Driven by the engines, the F-4 began to glide forward along the center line of the runway, getting faster and faster, and at the same time, the fuselage gradually became lighter.

As the lawns on both sides receded rapidly, Nathan glanced at the dashboard out of the corner of his eye, always sensing that something was wrong.

What's wrong?

Although they are naval aviation and often take off and land on land, it seems that this take-off is quite difficult! What's going on?

Could it be that these guys from the Air Force are manipulating and limiting the thrust of their own plane? It is impossible to say that it is, after all, it was only in private in the bar last night, and if it did something in this kind of formal confrontation, it would definitely become the object of ridicule of the whole army, and the air force would no longer be able to raise its head in front of the navy.

It's like a motorcycle with a large displacement that should have jumped out of the throttle at once, but now there is a trailer towed behind it, so it's slow.

He looked out curiously, and suddenly, he felt every hair on his body stand on end.

The wings didn't lock, and now, the wings on both sides are folded up!

In order to park on a narrow deck, carrier-based aircraft can be equipped with a few more, carrier-based aircraft generally have a folding wing design, that is to say, the wing is divided into an inner wing segment and an outer wing segment, the two are connected by a hinge, when the carrier-based aircraft is parked on the deck, the outer wing segment can be folded up, put down before take-off and locked by a locking mechanism.

The F-4 fighter is designed in such a way that this folding mechanism, which will increase the weight of the aircraft, but this is a last resort. And the F-4, an aircraft originally designed for the Navy, was photographed by the Air Force, McDonnell Douglas did not modify the way the wings were folded, and it can still be folded!

Just like the ship hook, the Air Force also has aircraft, exactly the same as the Navy.

There is a locking mechanism on the folding mechanism, and at the same time, for calibration, there is a locking indicator lever at the wing fold, 5 cm long and 2.5 cm in diameter, once it is extended, it indicates that the outer wing segment of the wing has been unlocked.

On the fighters of the Navy, this locking indicator rod is marked in bright red, which is quite clear, while the Air Force's are actually the same gray livery!

Before taking off, Nathan had to look around the plane, Nathan actually ignored this step, and now, he knew that the situation was quite bad.

First of all, whether it is artificial or unintentional, in short, now the external wings on both sides of the F-4 have been folded up and become a vertical shape, so that the lift he can obtain is greatly reduced.

If the runway was long enough, he could have slowed down and stopped immediately, but a simple mental calculation would have made it difficult to do.

Well, there's only one way!

Almost at the same time as the sweep arrived, Nathan's hand flexibly flipped the switch and turned on the afterburner!

In an instant, the two J79 engines in the tail spewed bright red flames, and the afterburner was spewing surging flames, radiating a maximum thrust of 79.6 kN, and a familiar feeling suddenly came from the back.