Babylonian Empire

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What does Saddam want to do?

"Report, I found a fleet of forty fighters flying southeast along the center line of the Persian Gulf." The air combat situation officer quickly reported the information back to the aircraft carrier behind. At the same time, the battle situation was also transmitted through the data link. Back to the aircraft carrier.

"Take off two F-14s for surveillance." The captain immediately issued an order.

Although those planes should have taken off to bomb Iran, and although Iraq is now a friendly country of the United States, special circumstances must also be prevented. You must know that the Iraqi Air Force is equipped with legal-made Exocet missiles and Chinese-made C801 missiles. "Wrongly" fired a missile at himself, and the consequences would be very dangerous.

The captain looked at the two Tomcat fighter jets on the deck of the aircraft carrier, which fired one by one and left the aircraft carrier.

F-14 is the most powerful air superiority fighter of the U.S. Navy. Each F-14 fighter carries two Sparrow air-to-air missiles and two Sidewinder missiles, and does not mount Phoenix missiles.

Because of the huge weight of that kind of missile, the F-14 Tomcat cannot land safely on the aircraft carrier. Therefore, every time after carrying the Phoenix missile into the air, when landing, the missile must be thrown into the sea in advance. The navy is rich and powerful, and it cannot afford such consumption.Therefore, the F-14 will mount the Phoenix only in the case of fast interception or air defense patrol, but now, it is only to monitor the Iraqi fleet, they do not need to mount this missile.

After the F-14 took off, it immediately got in touch with the early warning plane, and under the command of the early warning plane, it rushed to the predetermined airspace for surveillance.

The Iraqi Air Force has dispatched so many fleets this time, what will be the effect of their bombing?The US Navy is very interested.

Moreover, there is another reason that cannot be said, that is, to show off the power of the U.S. Army!No matter how powerful Iraq is, it is only a child-level military strength. The entire combat effectiveness of the Iraqi Air Force dispatched in full force is not as powerful as an aircraft carrier formation of the US Navy.

This is already the second launch of Phoebe's No.30. He is flying a Mirage F1 fighter jet, leading his 11th Fighter Squadron, and following Hamad's F-20's 115th Fighter Squadron. These two squadrons are flying at the forefront, and all air superiority mounts are responsible for air dominance.

Due to the limited range, even if the auxiliary fuel tank is installed externally, and they land at the nearest air base in Saudi Arabia when they return, they can fly over the Strait of Hormuz for 10 minutes at most, which is a test of the formation commander's command ability when.

The bombing was divided into several teams, responsible for several islands such as the coastline and Qeshm Island. What they needed to focus on bombing were the Iranian missile launch equipment and the fortifications on those islands.

Due to the relatively long distance, the Iranians never thought that Iraq could plan such a bold air strike plan. Moreover, the number of long-range police radars in Iran was not large, and many of them were transferred to the Western Front. Therefore, they did not The Iraqi fleet that came to attack was discovered!

After arriving over the Strait of Hormuz, the 11th Fighter Squadron and the 115th Fighter Squadron began to climb to an altitude of 115 meters, ready to deal with possible situations at any time.The 11th Fighter Squadron flew over the coastline and entered Iranian airspace, while the [-]th Fighter Squadron flew over the center line of the strait.

The lead planes of the two formations turned on the fire control radar and scanned the surrounding airspace with the radar.

When the fighter plane turned to the southeast, suddenly, two light spots appeared on Phoebe's radar screen, and there were two fighter jets flying fast!

"Report, direction 0-3-1, found two suspicious targets." Phoebe immediately reported to the commander-in-chief of this formation, the leader of the F-20 fighter ahead, Hamad.

"Continue to monitor," Hamad said.

That direction is the direction of the open sea.

Suddenly, a signal appeared on Phoebe's on-board electronic equipment, which immediately surprised Phoebe.

That's a characteristic signal of AWG-9 radar!

In order to fight against the Iranian Tomcat fighters, the electronic equipment on these legal-made Phantom F1 fighters can recognize that kind of radar signal.

"Report, there are two Tomcat fighters, and they are approaching us quickly!"

"Stay vigilant immediately and be ready to fight at any time." Hamad said, and at the same time, he also ordered his fighter squadron to start flying in this direction.

Two Tomcat fighter jets flew from the open sea. This news surprised Hamad. The Tomcat fighter jet is a heavy-duty air superiority fighter jet with a long range. Did it fly from Sistan, or was it a US Navy fighter jet?

If the formation commander was Arslan, he, who is not afraid of anything, would immediately order to prepare to fire. However, Hamad is still relatively stable. When he sent his squadron to the battlefield, he was also facing the rear The commander-in-chief of this air strike, Air Force Commander-in-Chief Abed reported.

"Your Excellency Qusay, I found two Tomcat fighters approaching our formation, and they may encounter them at any time," Abed said.

At this time, Qusay had returned to Baghdad, and, in order to provide a suitable airport for the returning fighter planes from Iraq, Prince Sultan also followed Qusay to the command center in Baghdad.

In fact, it was just a cover. As the Minister of Defense, Prince Sultan had long been envious of the combat effectiveness of the Iraqi army. This time, the Iraqi Air Force dared to attack the Strait of Hormuz area, which shocked him even more. Would also like to meet in person.Therefore, Prince Sultan followed Qusay to observe the entire command process of the air strike.

Although the commander-in-chief is Abed, and the bombing operation has been studied many times in advance, but when encountering emergencies, Abed still dare not call the shots, especially now.

Tomcat Fighter!Qu Sai sneered: "Keep an eye on it. If the opponent flies into our attack circle, or if the opponent poses a threat to us, then shoot it down!"

If two years ago, hearing the name of this fighter, the only thing the pilots of the Iraqi Air Force could do was to fly away and hide as far away as possible, but now it is different, the Iraqi Air Force is fully capable of taking the Tomcat fighter End it with an over-the-horizon attack.

Prince Sultan shivered when he heard Qusay's words. Although he was a bystander, he couldn't help but kindly reminded him: "Your Excellency Qusay, those two Tomcats may belong to the U.S. Navy."

"It is more likely to belong to the Iranian Air Force." Qusay said, "We can't be in awe of it just because it may belong to the US Navy, because it is approaching our formation and will pose a huge threat to our bombing formation. , if it is really an Iranian Tomcat, how many planes and pilots do we have to lose? This is a war!"

Qusay put it bluntly, how about the U.S. Navy?This is the Persian Gulf, which is the territory of the Arabs. They Americans drive aircraft carriers, what are they doing here?And no one invited you to show off?

If it is the Iranian Tomcat fighter jet, it will cause a lot of damage to the formation. For the Iranian Tomcat, the most certain thing is to shoot down the opponent from a long distance. If it is the US Navy, sorry, then Just made a mistake.

Qusay thought about it.

After Prince Sultan heard it, he sweated. If this is a wrong type, will the U.S. Navy give up?

The U.S. Navy is also thinking about it.

Even if it is the air force of the Red Empire, they are not afraid, and naturally they will not be afraid of the small Iraqi air force and the almost negligible Iranian air force. For them, this will be their sky in the future.

Although the captain of the aircraft carrier ordered the two F-14 fighters to carry out surveillance missions, as the proud son of heaven, as the aviation arm of the US Navy, the pilot of the F-14 fighters did not think so.

"George, how about we play a game?" Two F-14s soared in the blue sky, and the radar operator behind one of the pilots said.

Chapter 457 It's a waste of money

One of the great characteristics of the U.S. Air Force is that they are very independent, they carry forward the spirit of freedom in everything, and they are very brave in combat. However, sometimes they ignore discipline.

Like now.

Performing this kind of surveillance mission is the most boring. Therefore, one of the F-14 wingmen, without asking for instructions and without the permission of the leader, made a decision that he regretted for life.

"Okay, no problem." George said in the back cabin.

"There are four planes in the sky ahead, they are Iraqi escort fighter jets, let's practice to lock them up and scare them." Pilot John said.

During the Cold War, American pilots often confronted Soviet fighter jets in the air and locked each other. This is a very dangerous action, and it is also something that many pilots enjoy doing.

The pilot was clearly one of the thrill-seekers, and he thought surveillance was boring and needed some fun.

And the radar operator in the back cabin happened to be the same kind of person as him. He immediately started to operate the radar to lock on to one of the fighter jets. That was the complete set of procedures for launching Phoenix missiles, although there was no such thing on his plane. It is still possible to mount Phoenix missiles and conduct a drill.

The AWG-9 radar in front emits a special beam, which is the special illumination needed to lock on to the opponent.

This radio wave hit one of the Mirage F1 fighters.

Immediately, the sharp sound of the radar warning receiver entered the pilot's ears, and you have been locked!

"Report, I was locked by the Tomcat." Although the pilot was still calm, he was already a little flustered. You know, being locked by the Tomcat's radar is almost equivalent to being sentenced to death.

"Haha, that pilot must have been quite frightened." John was a little happy.

He didn't know that disaster had come.

"Attention, there is an enemy plane ahead, prepare to launch missiles immediately." The leader of the formation, Phoebe, said calmly: "No. 03 will maneuver to escape, 02 and 04, prepare for data link transmission, and launch Matra 530 missiles! "

One of the characteristics of the Phantom F1 fighter plane is that it has a data link, which can exchange information about enemy planes at any time.