If a reconnaissance plane flies at night, of course, it does not turn on its navigation lights, and if it flies over the enemy's airspace, it will not only show off, but will simply look for death, and if the altitude is not enough, the antiaircraft artillery will be able to beat it down.

In addition to the take-off and landing phase, that is, when refueling in the air, navigation lights are needed.

Nathan skillfully flipped the switch and turned on all the navigation lights, and Graham in the back couldn't help but say, "Nathan, I can't believe you're flying a blackbird for the first time, you're just like our veteran flyer." ”

"I never forgot it, and before I got on the plane, I only read the cockpit manual once, and I remembered it all." Nathan said teasingly.

If it's a glass cockpit, touch screen, menu method, it's really hard to find, in case it's a three-level menu, maybe it will be looking for a long time, and now, all kinds of knobs, although there are too many switches to count, but after all, as long as you know where it is, open it directly.

On the wings, on the nose, the navigation lights were all turned on, and in the sky, the outline of the Blackbird reconnaissance plane could be clearly seen, and its huge figure was slowly approaching the air tanker.

In the dark night sky, the back of the Blackbird reconnaissance plane, the position of the air refueling port, was flashing with fluorescence.

If you can see it clearly from the side, the Blackbird reconnaissance plane and the air tanker in front of it are quite close in size, and at this time, the two sides are flying smoothly at a refueling altitude of 8,000 meters, and the refueler of the air tanker in front of them said on the radio: "The position is normal, steady." ”

Then, he began to operate his small handle, and under the tail of the tanker, a telescopic hard refueling rod slowly moved backwards.

It's the same as playing a video game, but if it fails, the consequences are very serious, and every cheerer is a skilled hand who has been trained thousands of times.

At this time, the two sides were flying steadily, the relative speed was almost zero, and the hard rod of refueling was firmly docked with the back of the Blackbird reconnaissance plane.

"Docking is normal, start refueling." The refueler said.

In the world, only the United States Air Force uses hard rod refueling, and its benefits are self-evident, greatly reducing the work intensity of the pilot, the pilot does not need to dock the constantly fluttering cone sleeve, as long as it maintains a smooth flight, at the same time, because the tube is relatively thick, the speed of refueling is very fast, and even, when necessary, the tanker can also use the refueling tube to drag the damaged aircraft forward.

There was no difficulty in the operation, and soon, the voice of the refueler came from the headphones: "Refueling, good luck." ”

As the refueling rod began to retract and disappear from the top of Nathan's head, Nathan felt his adrenaline start to secrete, well, from now on, the real flight has just begun!

Now that you've filled up your tank, let's start the long-awaited flight!

Afterburner opens!

Blazing flames erupted from the tails of the two engines, dragging the flames more than twenty meters long backwards, and with the strong thrust, the blackbird began to climb upwards.

"Turn off the navigation lights." At this moment, Graham in the rear cabin reminded that this is the only reminder that it is normal to turn on the lights before refueling and turn off the lights after refueling.

However, Nathan actually forgot.

"Understood." Nathan's swift killing of the navigation lights was indeed a mistake, and if he had been on a mission, such a small mistake would have killed him.

The navigation lights were all turned off, and the huge blackbird disappeared into the darkness, only the heat flow in the tail continued to bubble outward, gradually rising and rising.

There was only a small shudder for a moment of passing through the sound barrier, and then the plane accelerated again, and as the speed increased, the air intake cone in front of the engine began to move backwards and change its working state.

The blackbird became lighter, and finally, Nathan saw the edge of the earth again, and the small shining stars reflected in the goggles of his helmet.

The more times you go, you'll fall in love with it!

Time passed quickly, and I thought that it would be enough to stay at the base for a few days, but I didn't expect that half a month had passed, and the MiG-25 had not been installed by those technicians.

Soviet, Far East, 30,000 meters in the air.

"Coming into the skies over the USSR and launching reconnaissance equipment." It was a Blackbird that had undergone a refueling in the air, just in the air, and now the pilot in the front cabin, Lieutenant Colonel Olmsted, calmly ordered the reconnaissance system officer in the back.

"Understood, now the reconnaissance begins."

It was just a routine reconnaissance operation, and if the Soviets wanted to protest, it would be better to protest, in short, they couldn't reach it.

But today, it seems that there is some surprise.

"Radar irradiation detected."

"Leave it alone."

Time passed little by little, and the reconnaissance system officer in the rear cabin had already focused on reconnaissance, and suddenly, the sound of the radar warning receiver sounded.

"We are locked by the on-board radar, it's the MiG-25!"

"Don't be afraid, it's just a stainless steel plane." Lieutenant Colonel Olmsted in the front cabin said calmly, now, in the Blackbird base, everyone already knows that they used to think that the MiG-25 was terrible, and it was as sci-fi as their own titanium alloy aircraft, who knows, it turned out to be stainless steel.

Don't be afraid, keep flying!

He was not afraid, the reconnaissance officer in the rear cabin, the heartbeat had begun to accelerate, and then, he saw the warning on the screen.

"The other side has already launched missiles, four!"

At this time, just twenty kilometers away from them, Andrei piloted his MiG-25 fighter and launched all four P-40 missiles he carried.

After the last conflict passed, the Americans were evil and always came to the Far Eastern Military District to reconnoitre, so the order from the higher authorities was to shoot it down!

If you intercept, you can only fly head-on, the window is only once, and Andrei is also very calm, under the guidance of the ground radar, he flew to the most suitable position, and then launched the missile!

The R-40 missile, weighing half a ton, is specially designed for the MiG-25, and in order to hit in one shot, these four missiles, are of two models.

The radar-guided R-40R, fei is in the front, and the infrared-guided R-40T, due to the fact that the infrared seeker in front is round, leads to a significant increase in flight resistance and falls behind.

Although the infrared bomb of this era only has the ability to chase the attack, due to the large flight speed of the Blackbird, the friction of aerodynamic drag, and the high temperature of several hundred degrees, this missile can also lock on to the target in a head-on attack.

Four missiles were flying in the sky, and the ground personnel, Andre, were all staring nervously at their radar screens, and the relative speed of the missiles and the Blackbird was as high as Mach 8, only to see that the trajectory of the other party was slightly tilted, and they calmly passed by the missiles.

Interception failed!

The blue Blackbird reconnaissance plane flew over Andrei's head in a dashing manner.