Chapter 682: Tabas Air Battle (1)
"Alright, Nita, you lower your height and see if there's anything missing on the ground." Major Shetri Lennon, the leader of the F35 squadron who had just destroyed the Persian radar car, said to his wingman teammates. To be honest, Major Lennon himself was very dissatisfied with this sortie, because the Persians were too cunning, 4 missile launchers, and now he has only found and destroyed two.
"Yes, Captain!" After Second Lieutenant Nita replied, he quickly lowered the altitude of the fighter, descending from an altitude of 5,000 meters to more than 1,000 meters.
Just as he was about to fly again to take a closer look, suddenly an urgent call from the captain came from the plane: "Nita, hurry back to the team, we have found the Persian fighters." ”
Hearing this news, Nita's heart tightened, this is the hinterland of the Persians, and it actually encountered the attack of the Persian fighters, and it seems that the missile engine that chased the Persians has caused problems. However, Nita is not too worried about her own safety, piloting one of the most advanced stealth fighters in the world, and Nita believes that they want to go, even if the Persian fighters pour out of the nest, they will not be able to help them.
Soon, Nita pulled the fighter to a normal height, and reformed the formation with Lennon's long plane, and sure enough, on the radar of his own fighter, there were already dense Persian fighters, and from the analysis results of the airborne radar, the other side dispatched MiG-29 and SU30 fighters.
Nita made a rough calculation and found that there were more than forty of them, and the Persians probably dispatched the remaining two main fighter squadrons.
"Major, what do we do now?" Rao is Nita's courage, but in the face of enemies who are several times his size, he still trembles. Because when they set off, in order to attack the ground radar system and the air defense missile system, in addition to carrying two anti-radiated shè missiles, they also carried four AIM9X short-range combat missiles.
Although this missile can attack the target in all directions, but the range is limited, it must be carried out in close combat, which is actually short for the F35 fighter, close combat is equivalent to giving the MiG-29 and SU30 fighters a chance, not to mention that the number of the two sides is too different, even if the luck bursts to hit all the targets, it is only half of the opponent, can the rest be killed with machine guns?
"We will keep these fighters within a range of about 50 kilometers and indicate the target for the Iron Fist squadron." Major Lennon said. Nita breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, it seemed that even the captain who was a tall and bold captain was not ready to punch and rush at any time. They only had 6 fighters, and it was obviously a wise idea to give the task of annihilating the main force of the Persians to the F15EF Iron Fist squadron, which followed behind.
With these 6 F35 advanced radars as temporary air command, the pressure on the F15EF with one-to-two is not too great. After all, there is a big gap in the strength of the two sides, and each F-15EF fighter of the Iron Fist Squadron carries at least six or more AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, just to prevent the Persian fighters from suddenly attacking, and the sortie of the two third-generation aircraft squadrons of the Persians has long been in the operational plan, although it appeared a little suddenly today.
Soon, the Iron Fist squadron, which was dozens of kilometers behind the F35, received the information and accelerated over, and then rushed towards the Persian fighters together.
"Turn on the radar system!" As the wireless message sent by Major Hassan before his martyrdom was transmitted to the temporary command center of Tabas, Major General Jabri, who commanded the air force, gave an order that all the radar systems deployed around Tabas were turned on, and after taking off, the Thunder Squadron, which was hiding far behind the MiG squadron and remained more than 100 kilometers away, immediately turned on the afterburner and pounced on the target displayed by the radar at full speed as soon as it received the information from the ground radar station.
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Raymond of the Iron Fist squadron, somewhat confused by the Persian fighters, did not expect that about 70 kilometers close to the other side, the Persians began to turn around and flee in the northeast direction, it seems that it was in this position that the opponent's radar discovered the existence of the Iron Fist squadron.
But after Raymond and they pursued for a while, Lennon's F35 fighters were the first to spot a large number of unknown Persian fighters approaching at high speed, which was a trap, and when Raymond and they found that the MiG-29 and SU30 that had fled were regrouped and killed, Raymond understood that he had been ambushed by his opponent.
However, at this time, Raymond has no choice, and now turning to escape is equivalent to giving the other party an excellent opportunity to attack, because at this moment on the radar screen, you can see that there are about 3 squadrons of unknown fighters are approaching at 2 times the speed of sound at high speed, although for the time being, everyone can not be sure of the specific models and sources of these fighters, but it is certain that these are third-generation fighters.
Judging from the radar area displayed so far, the experienced Lieutenant Colonel Raymond judged that these fighters should be from the Thunder Dragon fighters jointly developed by China and Pakistan. Then there was nothing to be afraid of, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond calmed down almost instantly, and despite facing several times the enemy, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond made up his mind to fight.
In the face of this kind of legendary Thunder Dragon fighter, which is equivalent to the F16, at this moment, the Iron Fist squadron, which mainly carries medium-range bullets, has no reason to be afraid, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond calmly issued a combat order to the whole squadron, and soon all the fighters of the Iron Fist Squadron entered the afterburner flight state, and the fighters began to accelerate suddenly.
Lieutenant Colonel Raymond's tactics, relying on the superiority in the airborne radar, to deal with the Persians by launching long-range attacks, and now the F15EF fighters, which have entered afterburner flight, are not inferior in maneuvering, and they are fully capable of using the advantage of fire control radar to launch over-the-horizon attacks, so that the numerical superiority of the opponent is not very significant.
Judging by the results of previous battles, the Persians were able to carry out a pitiful number of medium-range shells capable of long-range attacks. As long as the distance of more than 30 kilometers is maintained, the Persians can only watch and be beaten passively.
Under normal circumstances, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond's plan will definitely not have any problems, not to mention, they also have Major Lennon's 6 stealth fighters as a temporary pre-jǐng command center, and the F35 F15EF fighters can be seamlessly linked to the data, which can be closer to the radar information of the Persian stealth fighters for lock-on attacks.
So Lieutenant Colonel Raymond divided his squadron into 6 formations, each group followed an F35 for a joint attack, calculated by the medium-range bullets carried by the Iron Fist squadron, each formation has the ability to compete with a squadron of Persians, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond is very confident in the ability of his squadron comrades.
In the Iron Fist squadron, pilots who don't have the slightest ability can't stand up at all. This squadron, which was originally stationed in Europe, participated in the wars in Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Syria, and has a glorious combat tradition and rich combat experience.