Chapter 68 Aim, Panda!
Anti-order? This is not the first time Arslan is not afraid at all. Pilots should have this domineering aura. If they can become the master of the sky, what else is there to be scary? Especially this time, he is going to challenge the authority of the panda, and he feels even more passionate.
The Air Force should be like the Israeli Air Force, with a bold and bold style. I will use me in the first battle and I will win! The Air Force is the sharp knife among all national defense forces.
In order to quickly reach the war zone, the sweep angle of the wing was adjusted to the maximum, 74 degrees, which was very conducive to rapid impact. He briefly opened up the afterburner, which allowed him to pass the low-altitude and high-speed speed, but then it was stopped. Although Arslan wanted to reach the war zone quickly, he also knew that supersonic flights at low altitudes were simply a terrifying thing for people on the ground. Breaking through the shock waves generated by sound barriers will lift the roof. Therefore, supersonic flights are strictly prohibited at low altitudes. However, Arslan likes that feeling, speed and passion are the same.
Arslan looked down at the simple navigation equipment, hoping to get guidance from the ground radar in a while. He had warmed up the missile and was ready to turn on the simple radar of the whipster at any time to guide the missile.
"Flying Tiger, the Iranian plane has entered the No. 4 airspace, and it is still 150 kilometers away from you. Please turn right eighty degrees, head to 1-8-7, and pay attention to discovering the other party." The sound of the tower came from the radio.
"I understand, blue sky." Arslan immediately adjusted his course and prepared for the battle.
A distance of 150 kilometers is only a matter of more than ten minutes for a fast-flying plane.
The most exciting battle is about to begin!
The MiG-23, which first entered the Iraqi Air Force, had very backward electronic equipment, only including a simple VOR (VHF omnidirectional beacon)/ILS (instrument landing system) navigation equipment, UHF (ultra-high frequency) radio stations, and SRO-3iff (en-enemy and enemy identification) transponders compatible with Egypt and Libya, did not even have a radar warning receiver, let alone radar. This equipment is exactly the same as the MiG-21mf, which is severely reduced than the Soviet army's own use. The only useful thing about the Iraqi Air Force is this set of U-enemy and enemy identification devices, so as to prevent missed attacks. In the war with Israel in 1973, most of the planes lost by Iraq were not shot down by Israel, but by Syria's Sam missiles.
It was not until later that, under the strong reaction of the Iraqi Air Force, that the second batch of more advanced MiG-23bn was equipped with a simplified version of the "High-altzlalp" j-band radar, with a search distance of 85 kilometers and a tracking distance of 54 kilometers. A laser rangefinder, a "Sirens" 3 radar warning system, and Doppler navigation equipment were installed below the nose.
Arslan was flying a MiG-23 like this. In fact, he was very dissatisfied with this kind of aircraft. Two years ago, he went to France to inspect and praised the excellent avionics equipment of the French aircraft. However, the Phantom F1, which Iraq had just imported from France, did not equip the squadron where he was.
Although he was not satisfied, Arslan never gave up. His greatest wish was to fully utilize the potential of the weapons in his hands.
Arslan knew that his chance was only once, and he missed a single blow. He had to use the MiG 23's outstanding acceleration performance to escape quickly and compete with the Pandas to fly maneuver, which was obviously a search for death.
The Iranian attack formation was still flying at an altitude of 9,000 meters. Although it had entered Iraq, as the Panda 4 aircraft formation in front opened the radar, all the Iraqi aircraft around had fled and the airspace was cleared. The only thing they had to face was the attack of ground air defense artillery. Especially in Baghdad, which was about to attack, there were Sam air defense missiles waiting for them.
Therefore, when there were still 200 kilometers away from Baghdad, the formation descended to 4,000 meters, and was preparing to lower the altitude again and penetrate at low altitude.
The pandas began to climb to a height of 10,000 meters, ready to shoot down Iraqi planes that dared to take off at any time. The sky here is their back garden!
If they complete half a week of defense and turn back, the radar will find an Iraqi aircraft raiding from a low altitude. All the radars are installed in the big nose in front of the aircraft. That is to say, any fighter can only find targets in the 150-degree fan-shaped area in front. (Under the rotational device of the mechanical radar, it is impossible to make the radar antenna at a right angle to the fuselage). Therefore, the Panda, who is in charge of air defense missions, has not yet discovered suspicious targets in the air.
They were careful not to have surface-to-air missile defense zones close to Baghdad.
"Flying Tiger, please note that the enemy planes are divided into two batches, four pandas climbing, and more than a dozen ground attack planes with a height lowered. The distance is twenty kilometers, at one o'clock, ready to accelerate and turn on the radar." The sound of ground personnel came from the headphones, providing the most information to Arslan.
It was this time that he was waiting for! Arslan knew that although he could not see the planes in the distance with his naked eyes, the enemy plane was right in front of him, and the moment he shot down the enemy plane was right now!
Arslan turned on the afterburner and started to hit at full speed. He was not allowed to fly at a low altitude at a supersonic speed? Go to hell!
Before launching a missile, the carrier must try to achieve the maximum speed, so that the missile can obtain the carrier's speed and increase the range before it occurs.
Arslan didn't want to turn on the radar. Once it was turned on, he exposed his target. He had to wait until the speed accelerated to the maximum, and in the shortest time, he turned on the radar, locked the target, and launched a missile!
The target of combat, choose a high-altitude panda or a low-altitude airplane? Arslan chose a panda without hesitation.
First of all, his purpose of taking off was to shoot down a panda and get credit for it. He didn't even look down on those other planes. Secondly, the MiG23's radar was too simple, and those low-flying attack aircraft had already entered the ground clutter and could not be filtered out at all. He even wanted to lock it, but he had no choice.
Sneak attack on the panda is his wish!
The body began to shake, and Arslan looked down and his speed was approaching the limit of low-altitude flight.
He pulled up the nose and then turned on the radar.
Suddenly, four highlights flashed on the radar screen, which were the four pandas flying at high altitude. At this time, the distance between them was only twelve kilometers, which was within the range of p-23.
Two p-23, volley! Arslan chose his own attack mode.
There is only one chance for sneak attacks. Two missiles aimed at one target, but they don’t believe that they won’t hit. The amount of rubles a missile is not what he cares about. Since it is hung on his plane, it is for him to use it.
Under the belly of the aircraft, thick smoke came out of two missiles, one in front and one behind, left the launcher and rushed towards the panda in the sky.
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Chapter completed!