.After receiving the president's authorization, Chandler fulfilled his promise.

In the first round of negotiations, Chandler agreed to almost all the requests made by Kida Taichiro, and also made some additional guarantees, such as intelligence support.

Taichiro Kida is not a fool, so he took this opportunity to win everything for Japan.

However, Kida Taichiro had serious lack of vision.

During the talks with Chandler, Kida Taichiro's requests were almost limited to air force without considering too much sea combat.

Of course, this does not mean that Kida Taichiro didn't make many requests.

The first request made by Taichiro Kida was to obtain the US military's F-22, and the fifth batch of comprehensive improvements was made.

Chandler agreed very readily, and this alone proves the United States' determination to promote the war.

Before the outbreak of the Second Korean War, there were three batches of F-22, of which the first batch had only some combat effectiveness, the second batch had complete air control capabilities, and the third batch made improvements for multipurpose. Without the Second Korean War, the improvement work of F-22 ended here.

During the Second Korean War, the performance defects of the F-22 were exposed.

Although the third batch of F-22s already have ground strike capabilities and can use 900 pounds of ammunition, its multi-purpose capabilities are still not outstanding enough, and it is difficult to perform off-zone strike missions. When the F-22 seized air superiority and had residual combat capabilities, the coalition still had to use third-generation fighter jets with limited penetration capabilities to perform strike missions, and as a result, a large number of fighter jets were lost in the Volunteer Air Defense Fire Network.

The fourth batch of f-22 has made more thorough improvements to versatility.

The fifth batch was still the one that brought the F-22 back to heaven, that is, the comprehensive improvements to electromagnetic warfare capabilities.

By the end of 2018, all F-22s of the US military had met the fifth batch standard, and all the fighter jets that had been in service had completed the renovation work.

However, when it comes to foreign sales, the United States has reservations.

At that time, the third batch of f-22 sold to Japan was the third batch, and even if it was sold to Israel, it was the fourth batch, not the best fifth batch.

According to the US arms sales policy, the fifth batch of f-22s will not be sold until the fifth-generation heavy fighter jets are released.

Strictly speaking, the F-22 in the fifth batch should have changed the code name, such as f-22b, or use f-22 as the code name to avoid confusion with fb-22. However, in order to promote f-22, the US Air Force cooperated with arms dealers to deliberately confuse fighter code names, otherwise other countries would not spend huge amounts of money to purchase f-22.

Compared with the first four batches, the fifth batch of f-22 improvements are very thorough.

In addition to adding an electromagnetic confrontation system, the biggest change is the power system. In the US Air Force, the main engine of the f-22 is no longer the f-119, but the f-120 that was defeated in the final competition, and it is a comprehensively improved model of this engine.

The f-120 defeated the f-119 in the competition, not because it was not advanced enough, but because it was not very reliable.

As a variable cycle engine, the initial f-120 is much higher than the f-119, and the direct impact is that the technology is not mature enough and the reliability is very low. Because in the early stages of the f-22 service, no fighter can compete with it, so using a more reliable engine can not only meet the design indicators of the fighter, but also reduce the trouble in use and maintenance costs.

The US Air Force's choice is correct. If there is a problem with the engine, the fighter will have to be grounded.

In history, such things have happened.

When the f-15 was first put into service, it was because the reliability of the f-109 was too low and it was grounded on a large scale several times. It was not until the US Air Force introduced a competition mechanism and chose the f-110 as a backup engine that solved this problem, and also prompted arms dealers to spend a lot of effort to improve the f-109.

The problem is that due to the limitations of basic structure, the room for improvement of f-119 is definitely not as good as f-120.

After the US Air Force realized the importance of fighter maneuverability, it is definitely necessary to have engines with greater thrust. In addition to the added weight of equipment in the fifth batch, a large thrust engine is needed to improve the maneuverability of the f-22. At least it cannot reduce maneuverability due to the increase in equipment weight.

This opportunity brings f-120 back to life.

Although the United States has never announced the specific performance indicators of the f-120-800, the maximum afterburner thrust of the f-119-600 used in the fourth batch of f-22 reached 183,000, surpassing the f-135-400 model that uses the same core engine, becoming the military turbofan engine with the largest thrust at that time. The US military abandoned the f-119-600 and chose the f-120-800, indicating that this engine has greater thrust.

Even if it is not larger, but comparable, the maneuverability of the fifth batch of f-22s is far beyond the past.

According to external estimates, after the addition of the electromagnetic confrontation system, the air weight of the fifth batch of f-22 increased from 16 tons in the fourth batch to 17.5 tons, and the air combat weight in the standard state was 23 tons. Therefore, its air combat thrust ratio was above 10% higher than 10% higher than the third batch. If calculated based on the increase in the fighter's air weight, the thrust ratio of f-120-800 increased by about 10% compared with f-119-600, and the air combat thrust ratio was close to 17. In comparison, even the j-20, which uses a new engine, is a big difference. You should know that the design indicator of s-15 is only to make the air combat thrust ratio of j-20 reach 145, barely exceeding the third batch of f-22. The j-11, which uses a 117s engine, the air combat thrust ratio is only about 13.

The United States' technical strength cannot be underestimated. Its decades of accumulation in the aviation field are enough to stand out in the world.

Such advanced fighter jets naturally have no reason to provide them to other countries first, even the best allies.

Now, the United States promises to sell the fifth batch of F-22s, and directly sells the existing equipment of the US military, rather than letting Japan wait in line, indicating that the United States really hopes that Japan will turn the situation around.

Of course, fighter jets alone are not enough.

The battle on the 29th showed that command and intelligence systems were more important than advanced fighter jets.

The main reason for the defeat of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force is the lack of command and intelligence systems that support air combat.

-767 has no electromagnetic resistance ability and cannot move forward near the battlefield. It can only stay over Okinawa, and must turn to avoid it when attacked.

According to Kida Taichiro's request, Chandler agreed to sell eight latest-3.

Relatively speaking, -3 is not an unsold equipment.

Because the previous number has been occupied, the -3 is not a depth-improved type of -3. It only adds an electromagnetic countermeasure system to the -3, replaces a better solid-state phased array radar and a more fuel-efficient engine. There is basically no difference between the -3 in other aspects.

For the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, this early warning aircraft is of great significance.

The eight-3 aircraft are enough to ensure that the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force maintains strategic alert at any time in both strategic directions. If supported and cooperated by other early warning aircraft, such as the Jean-767 deployed behind, it can also command two large-scale air battles in both directions at the same time.

More importantly, -3 is not afraid of electromagnetic weapons and can be deployed forward.

For the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, the -3 also has another advantage. The command and control interface of this early warning aircraft is not much different from the -767. The officers and soldiers of the Air Self-Defense Force can control it without spending huge amounts of money to hire Americans. Japanese soldiers can control the tactical dominance.

In addition to early warning aircraft, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force also needs a strategic aircraft: strategic electronic reconnaissance aircraft.

Although the -3 is not afraid of electromagnetic weapons, in severe electromagnetic warfare, the combat effectiveness of early warning aircraft is greatly reduced, while the strategic electronic reconnaissance aircraft is more adaptable to the battlefield environment. During the battle on the 29th, the US military's -135 intercepted the radio signals sent by the J-20 many times. The Chinese Air Force's electronic reconnaissance aircraft also played a major role in the operation of searching for the F-22, but Japan did not have a similar combat platform.

If not, you can only buy it.

Obviously, Chandler is very sincere.

You should know that at any time, strategic models like the -135 were not on the sale list. In terms of military value, the -135 is no less than the b-2. More importantly, in addition to playing a major role in wartime, these strategic electronic reconnaissance aircraft are also useful in peacetime.

Selling the strategic electronic reconnaissance aircraft to Japan can be regarded as the United States opening the back door for Japan.

The problem is, that's not all.

Whether it is the fifth batch of f-22, -3 and -135, its main purpose is to control air control, that is, to help the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force regain air supremacy.

If you want to use the power to control air and make it a key factor in defeating the enemy, you must also have offensive power.

It is undeniable that the fifth batch of F-22s and good strike capabilities are mainly reflected in the ground, rather than the sea targets.

To put it simply, the small bomb bay of the F-22 cannot accommodate anti-ship missiles.

To carry anti-ship missiles with the F-22 to perform sea strike missions, you can only use external pylons. When using composite pylons, the F-22 can carry twelve -84s, and six -120d and two -9s in the internal bomb bay, thus having complete air combat capabilities and its combat radius is only less than five hundred kilometers shorter than when performing air combat missions.

The problem is that after using the external hanger, the f-22 has no invisibility.

It is obviously not cost-effective to use a f-22 worth hundreds of millions of dollars to perform an assault mission.

Unfortunately, in the US arsenal, there are no tactical fighters that satisfy Japan.

The f-35 is a good multi-purpose fighter. However, when performing sea strike missions, it also has to use an external pylon to lose its stealth ability. Compared with the f-22, the only advantage of the f-35 is that it is cheaper and can withstand consumption. The problem is that after purchasing the f-22, Japan did not rush to purchase the f-35, and planned to purchase the f-35 and replace the f-2 and f-4 after the f-22j is put into service on a large scale.

As for the f-18f, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force disdained it at all.

This type of fighter jet is almost eliminated by the US Navy, and when selecting the F-type, Japan chose the F-35 instead of the F-18f. More importantly, the F-18f is a fighter jet of the US Navy, and the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force has never used the US Navy fighter jet and does not have corresponding logistics support equipment. If you purchase the F-18f, you have to purchase logistics support equipment at the same time and spend a huge amount of money to hire the US Navy support personnel. After calculating the total funds, it is better to use the F-22 directly.

Of course, Chandler proposed a compromise plan, that is, to offer the retired F-16d preferentially and upgrade this fighter to the latest batch of standards.

Relatively speaking, this is a good plan.

Japan's F-2 and F-16 are twin brothers, or developed on the basis of the F-16. They are highly versatile. Most logistics support equipment can be used for them. Japanese pilots can also become familiar with this fighter as soon as possible, thus greatly reducing the cost of use.

The problem is that the F-16 has long been behind and even the US military no longer uses it.

In two years, the last F-16 squadron will retire from the US Air Force's combat forces, and in the future, they will only see such fighter jets in imaginary enemy forces.
Chapter completed!