June 17, 1981, at 3:50 pm, Echion Air Force Base, Sinai Peninsula.

The delta wing, full-action flat tail, single vertical tail, single-engine, huge abdominal air intake, and wing body fusion layout. The one that parks on the runway is Israel's most advanced and one of the world's most advanced fighter jets: the f16 Fighting Falcon.

Sitting in the wide bubble cockpit, Zeeve-Raz "lying" in the flight seat and carefully checked all the instruments.

Raz was the commander of the 117 fighter squadron and began to fly F16. Raz immediately fell in love with this kind of aircraft. Compared with the previous F4 ghost-type flight, one was a Mercedes-Benz BMW on the highway and the other was a hand tractor on the farm.

Unlike all fighters, the f16 is the first side rod layout. The driving rod is not between the legs, but on the right side. The seat with a 30-degree backward tilt is enough to ensure that the aircraft can be operated more easily under heavy overload. The static and unstable design and the four-degree fly-by-speed control system make this fighter very flexible and has excellent range combat capability. However, this time the mission is bombing, not fighting with the MiG fighter.

After the inspection, Raz released the brakes and gently pushed the accelerator with his left hand, sliding towards the track.

After approaching the runway, Raz checked all the instruments again and waited for instructions from the tower.

"Ba,ba,ba,ba," three red signal flares emitted beautiful light in the sky.

The powerful f100-pw-100 turbofan engine ejects a lilac flame, the afterburner chamber has been opened, and the powerful thrust of 111 thousand nuns makes the war falcon start to accelerate on the runway.

Raz liked this feeling, and felt a strong thrust on her back, and the runway around her was getting faster and faster. On the head-up display, the speed had reached more than 300 kilometers per hour. Raz used his right hand to pull the driver back. Suddenly, all the scenery left his sight, and the fighter rose from the ground and pierced the sky.

Three large secondary fuel tanks were hung under the belly and wings, and two 908 kilogram bombs were mounted under the two wings, and two rattlesnake missiles were hung under the wing tips.

Following Laz, seven F16s and six F15s took off in sequence, forming formations over the airport, and flew eastward.

Eight F16 fighters, the 117th Fighter Squadron and the 110th Fighter Squadron. The codenames of this operation are "Squad" and "Chicken", and the commanders are Lieutenant Colonel Raz and Lieutenant Colonel Amir Nahumi. They are responsible for carrying out the bombing mission. Six F15 fighters belong to the 133rd Fighter Squadron, led by Colonel Bahari, are responsible for covering the bombing mission and preventing the attack of Iraqi fighter jets.

Operation Babylon, which shocked the world, is about to begin!

Since Iraq has unswervingly carried out its nuclear program, Israel has been unable to sleep or eat.

Due to historical reasons, Israel has become in power with the Arab countries around it. From the day of its founding, four Middle East wars broke out. Although Israel won each time and expanded its land area several times. Including the current air bases, they were all stolen. For the survival of the Jews, this is the only way to do so. However, the price Israel paid for this was also huge. Countless Jewish men fell on the battlefield one after another.

The archenemy Iraq has been developing nuclear programs since the 1970s, introducing plutonium separation plants and Osirac research reactors from Italy and France. The arrogant Iraqi President Saddam claimed that the Arab nation will not be weak forever, and they will fight back against the Jewish invaders once and for all at the right time!

Two years ago, the Israeli Air Force began to prepare to bomb the Oslak reactor 32 kilometers southeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad at the right time!

However, the main model at that time was F4. This fighter had a range of too short to reach Baghdad, which was one thousand kilometers away. Last year, the United States finally sold the latest F16 fighter to Israel. Israel was overjoyed and immediately sent a pilot to receive it. After returning, the most important thing to conduct was long-distance flight training.

They prepared for this bombing mission for more than a year, and the efforts of Prime Minister Begin, Air Force Commander General Avery and others were also permeated. All preparations were found today!

Israel and Iraq are not bordered by Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. In order to travel through these hostile countries without being discovered, several F4 ghost fighters were constantly scanning these areas to find loopholes in each other's airspace. Finally, they decided to fly over at an ultra-low altitude from the junction of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, enter from western Iraq, and attack the Oslak reactor in the southern suburbs of Baghdad.

In order to confuse each other as much as possible, these aircraft were painted with standard paint from the Jordanian Air Force. Moreover, when entering the junction of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, they flew low all the way.

After the group of aircraft took off, Raz pushed the joystick to the right, and at the same time, he pushed the rudder with his right foot. A moderate force feedback came from the operating system. The fuselage rotated and flew to the right.

It turns out that the F4 Ghost Fighter is a hydraulic control system. At low altitude, the air density is high, and the relative resistance is greater. You need to press more rods, and the force used in your hands must be greater. When you reach a high altitude, the air is thinner, so you need to press less, and the force on your hands should be smaller. This f16, thanks to the advanced electronics industry in the United States, has been changed to tele-directional control. Specifically, the joystick is sensors inside, and the computer issues commands to the aircraft. This control method, high altitude and low altitude, joysticks are of the same quality, greatly reducing the difficulty of use.

The west wind was fierce, and it was supposed to bypass the Gulf of Aqaba, but before it could react, the fleet had already flew over the Gulf of Aqaba.

After the aircraft fleet entered the sky above Saudi Arabia, it lowered the altitude to 60 meters to avoid Saudi radar surveillance.

For fighters flying fast at Mach 0.7 (1 Mach is 1 times the speed of sound, 340 meters per second), flying at such a low altitude is like dancing with death, but for a fighter pilot, this kind of training is often carried out.

Since the earth is curved and the beam of the radar propagates in a straight line, avoiding the radar, that is, the lower the better, the earth will play a very good occlusion role. Now that the position of the opponent's long-range warning radar has been discovered, and there is a low altitude as a cover, the possibility of being discovered is very low.

Flying at ultra-low altitude to cover up one's own actions is already a common tactic in the air force. The solution is not just a short solution. The simplest is to move the radar to the sky, that is, an early warning aircraft.

Simple is simple, but it is very difficult to realize. After the radar reaches the sky, it stands high and sees far, and the terrain is clearly visible. It also takes all the hills and mountains, and the plane is hidden in the messy echoes on the ground, making it even more difficult to detect. Only by relying on advanced electronic technology to filter out the clutter can it be displayed that the plane is flying secretly.

In this regard, the United States is the most developed technology. When the aircraft group attacked the nuclear reactor, an e2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft imported from the United States hovered over Israel to provide information support.

You can almost see the yellow sand on the ground rushing towards you, surrounded by the same colored sand dunes. In this case, just like flying at sea level, it is easy to make people hallucinate. If you are not careful, the plane will be destroyed and the people will be killed. The way to overcome it is strict training. Those who participated in this operation are all elites among the pilots and have participated in several air combat operations.

Eight F16 fighter jets lined up in a tight formation. In this case, even if they were discovered by long-range radar, they would be mistaken for a large aircraft. Intensive formations are even more challenging to test flight technology and are also a very practical formation method.

Lieutenant Colonel Nahumi's wingman was Colonel Iftacci-Spekot, an Israeli ace pilot. If you can become an ace, you have to kill five enemy planes in air combat. Iftacci, naturally has extraordinary skills. He actually does not belong to Nahumi's flight squadron. Iftacci, whose rank is colonel, is the commander of the air base stationed in Israel's F16, and his rank is higher than that of all members of the operation team.

When I learned that two top flight squadrons were going to carry out the important task of bombing Iraq's nuclear reactors, Iftach was moved and insisted on participating in the air strike mission, even if he was not an operation commander. In order to achieve his wish, he even crossed Raz and Air Force Commander Avery and directly found the chief of staff of the Israeli army, Rafiel Itan. After being soft and hard, Rafiel could not withstand Iftach's repeated requests and replaced him with him as the original pilot.

However, unfortunately, Iftach suffered from influenza yesterday, and for pilots who need to do vigorous exercise, they cannot fly. In order to participate in this operation, Iftach concealed the incident of influenza.

Now, Iftach is a little runny. Fortunately, it is at a low altitude and the oxygen mask has been taken off. Otherwise, the snot flows into the oxygen mask and blocks the air inlet, and he will be in big trouble. He stabilizes the driving rod with his right hand and flexibly wipes his nose with his left hand.

In order to conceal, radio silence was implemented throughout the flight, and the pilots flew over Saudi Arabia according to a route they had already memorized.

The fuel from two 1,200-liter wing fuel tanks and an 800-liter belly fuel tank were quickly consumed. In the Nevde Desert, Raz took the lead in throwing the fuel tank.

Three shining sub-fuel tanks fell into the desert under the sun shining in the west.

When flying at low altitude, the secondary fuel tank will generate a lot of air resistance. After throwing the secondary fuel tank, Raz suddenly felt that the aircraft was lighter and without pushing the throttle rod, the speed reached Mach 0.8.

Captain Elan Raymond, who was following Iftach, was surprised to find that the ace pilot in front of him had forgotten to throw the secondary fuel tank? Does he want to throw the secondary fuel tank onto the nuclear reactor?

Because he wanted to keep the radio silent, Raymond did not speak, pushed the throttle lever with his left hand and gently pushed the joystick to the right with his right hand. At the same time, he pushed the rudder with his right foot. F16 was under his hands, like an obedient child, obediently turning to the right, catching up with Iftach.

Raymond looked at Iftach who was flying in the bubble cockpit, stretched out his thumb with his left hand, thought of pointing down, and then moved the joystick left and right. F16 was like a light swallow, shaking the joystick twice.

Iftach was puzzled by Raymond's movements. Is it too boring to fly long distances? Why didn't he keep the queue? When he saw the bottom of Raymond's wings, he suddenly realized: he had forgotten to throw the secondary fuel tank!

Iftach reached out his hand, turned the switch on the left panel, and the three auxiliary fuel tanks fell down obediently.

Raymond breathed a sigh of relief and the ace pilot, how could he do such a silly thing? If he could go back this time, he would definitely make a joke with him.

As the eighth fighter jet, eight people were joking together last night. If they were sacrificed, Raymond was the most likely. However, Raymond still acted as the back of the palace without hesitation, not because he was the lowest level, but because he was not married yet, he took on this mission with great consciousness.

Suddenly, a noisy radio sound came from the internationally-common response channel, "There are aircrafts in the No. 8 airspace, please report the origin." Broken English.

Oops, it was discovered by Saudi long-range radar.

"Jordanian Air Force, routine training." Raz replied in skilled English.

Saudi air control officials believed it true. Saudi Arabia and Jordan have always had friendly relations, and it is common for them to enter the border by plane.

At 5:00 pm, the fleet successfully entered Iraqi airspace from the southwestern border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

To conceal, eight F16 and six F15 fighters, once again descended to an ultra-low altitude of thirty meters, towards the Oslak reactor in southern Baghdad.

Operation Babylon is about to be played over Iraq. All Israel's eyes were gathered on several long-distance fighter jets.

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Chapter completed!