Babylonian Empire

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Flying at the forefront are four MiG-23 fighter jets. This variable-sweep wing fighter is the main model of the Soviet Union’s foreign military sales. In Iraq, the MiG-21 has begun to be phased out. When this type of aircraft was used, for the Syrian Air Force, it was still the main air superiority fighter.

At this time, the wings are almost perpendicular to the fuselage, providing the maximum low-altitude performance, so that this fighter can obtain good lift. On the pylons on both sides, there are two R-23 missiles and two R-60 missiles, allowing them It can deal with the counterattack of the Israeli Air Force at any time.

Behind the MiG-23 formation is the Su-22 squadron of two squadrons.The Su-22 is a simplified export model based on the Su-20. This type of aircraft has a large wing area, can perform well at low altitudes, and has a large ammunition load. It was the main model of the Soviet Union in the 70s. At this time, On the ten pylons under the fuselage and wings, two PTB-800 auxiliary fuel tanks, two R-60 missiles for self-defense and six 250 kg low-drag bombs are mounted.

The Syrian Air Force has almost no precision-guided bombs. Although the precision-guided bombs used by the Soviet Union have been equipped with troops, they have not been exported.

However, the eight planes carried a total of forty bombs, which was enough to flatten the base. The two Su-22s behind were also equipped with rocket launchers, which were used to supplement firepower.

This is the first time for a long-distance raid to assault a target on land in Israel.

Colonel Al looked out through the glass of the cockpit, and the sea water of the Mediterranean Sea was clearly visible. This bombing operation can only succeed, not fail!This is a great opportunity to boost the morale of Syria. In the last operation, the Syrian army failed to keep the Golan Heights. If the Arab army hadn't been dispatched urgently, it would have been beaten to Damascus by Israel.

He withdrew his short thoughts, and a strange voice came from the headset: "After 3 minutes, prepare to turn left, at nine o'clock, and enter the land."

This voice came from an Iraqi police aircraft flying over Jordan.

This operation, the Syrian raiding force, was guided by the Iraqi early warning aircraft.

If you want to complete the task of air raids, you can't do it without a pair of sharp eyes. The land of Israel is narrow, and Iraq's early warning plane is flying over Jordan. The radar can monitor the land of Israel, as well as the land of Israel. The west coastline of China, the Syrian planes flying over the sea, and the temporary take-off locations of fighter planes in Israel are all the objects of his surveillance.

For more than ten days, the pre-warning plane has been flying at this time, mainly to paralyze the Israelis. When flying on the first day, it aroused strong attention from Israel, and even used the US air force base in Turkey The warning machine.

On the second day, Israel just took off its fighter planes to monitor from the side of Israel's land.

And on the fifth day, the Israeli Air Force finally couldn't hold on anymore. They were already considering whether this was a ploy by the Iraqis to consume Israel's precious reserve aircraft.

Because not only the plane was lost last time, but also the pilot and the ground crew, so although Israel now has dozens of third-generation planes, the maintenance and maintenance of the plane has already consumed the ground crew Considerable energy.

As soon as the plane takes off and lands, it needs to carry out some necessary maintenance, and it also needs to use the Israeli combat readiness planes. Then, when something happens in other places, it will affect their quick arrival.

Therefore, when the early warning plane flew to the ninth day, the Israeli Air Force finally turned a blind eye. They stopped wasting their feelings and tracked the early warning plane over Jordan.

However, in the past few days, the early warning plane has already figured out the distribution of the air force in Israel, where there are combat-ready aircraft, how long the emergency take-off time is, and where there is air defense radar. through.

The navigation equipment of the MiG-23 and Su-22 aircraft is very backward. If you are flying on land, you can also use the landmarks on the ground to determine the position and correct the error. on airborne equipment.Fortunately, they can get the support of the early warning machine.

The place where the Syrian Air Force enters Israeli territory is within a safe radar blind zone.

Now, the early warning plane is flying like this, and has been shouting for a few days that wolf is coming. This time, it is really wolf.

In Iraq, H-3 Air Force Base.

Four heavy-duty air superiority fighters are ready to go. The large bubble-shaped cockpit has a delta wing configuration with active canards in front. This is Iraq's main equipment now, the Mirage 4000 fighter jet. It has become The absolute power of the Iraqi Air Force is a model capable of confronting heavy fighters such as F-14 and F-15.

From the outside, this fighter plane is still exactly the same as before, but the helmet worn by the pilot sitting in the cockpit is already different.The helmet is still the original helmet, but a special rectangular box device is installed in front of the helmet.

That is the helmet sight that President Qusay worked so hard to import from the Soviet Union!

Correspondingly, under the wings of the Mirage 4000, the magic air-to-air missiles have been replaced with R-73 missiles with large off-axis launch capabilities.

In order to introduce helmet sights and R-73, Qusay spent a lot of money. For example, the F-14 fighter was taken by the Soviet Union. The blackbird was also given to the Soviet Union by Qusay, and those things were exchanged for these two things.

Moreover, with the efforts of Qusay, and through the efforts of Iraqi technicians and technicians hired by the Soviet Union, it took nearly a year to finally complete the work of mounting the R-73 on the Mirage 4000.

The first batch of modifications was the squadron led by Reyer. Reyer was full of expectations for this weapon, hoping that it could show its talents on the battlefield.

Because Reyer has a deep understanding. In the process of fighting the Soviet MiG-29 last time, Reyer saw the power of this large off-axis launch missile, so he made up his mind. Do not engage in close combat with this aircraft!

Now, he finally has this kind of weapon. Once this kind of weapon is in his hands, it is an absolute weapon!

At the same time, the medium-range missiles under the wings have also changed. Although the medium-range missiles such as the Super Matra 530 gave Iraq enough confidence to shoot the F-14 for the first time, this missile is still too backward. Iraq has begun using more advanced Sky Flash missiles instead.

For the installation of the sky flash, Iraq did not have any major problems. When Iraq equipped the Sparrow missile used by the F-20, it began to study the problem of mounting the Sparrow on the Phantom 4000. The sky flash can be realized with the Sparrow. GM, therefore, the F-20 first completed the attempt to replace the sky flash, and now, the Mirage 4000 has also fully obtained the ability to launch the sky flash after improved fire control.

Two R-73s, four sky flashes, this is the standard configuration of the Mirage 4000 squadron.

"Get ready to take off." An order came from the tower.

Chapter 8 Where is your own air force?

In the Kingfisher base, it is time for dinner. Because of the intense training, everyone seems to have become a big eater. They can eat three meals of ordinary people, and sometimes they can endure a whole meal. Hungry without eating for two days, doing various training.

The food is good, as the most elite special forces in Israel, their budget is very sufficient, and the food is only a little lower than the standard of air force pilots.

Second Lieutenant Yoval stayed in the computer room, watching the light on the screen rotate round and round, which was the radar antenna rotating accordingly.

Suddenly, several bright spots appeared on his screen.

Altitude, one hundred, speed eight hundred, distance, fifteen, target, two batches!Second Lieutenant Joval's eyes widened. While using voice to report to the above, the base had already sounded the air defense police siren.

The Israeli Air Force will not conduct any flight training in this airspace at this time, so the only ones that come are enemy planes.Moreover, the enemy plane actually flew from the west!

Watching those spots of light approaching gradually, it became clear gradually that a total of twelve enemy planes were penetrating at low altitude and high speed!

Damn!

If there was an early warning aircraft in the above list, it would have been detected in advance. Now, the radar station on the ground will greatly shorten the early warning time for this kind of ultra-low-altitude aircraft, and only found it at a distance of 1 kilometers. On the other side, for a plane that penetrates the defense at a low altitude and a large speed, this is less than [-] minute.

However, the reaction speed of the above-mentioned air force is very fast.

On the simple runway of the backup airport, two F-15 fighter jets that had been in combat readiness turned on their afterburners, and the two-aircraft formation took off in an emergency, ready to intercept.

The other fighter planes were also urgently ready to take off. The pilot put down the food he was eating, lifted his flight helmet, and ran towards his fighter plane.

At the same time, at the air force base in Iraq, a formation of four Mirage 4000 fighter jets has also taken off, heading west and entering Jordanian airspace.

"Attention, 2 kilometers to the north, two fighter planes took off in sè column, and they are expected to arrive in [-] minutes. The formation has only one chance to bomb. After the bombing is completed, immediately leave at high speed. The thunderstorm formation immediately climbs up to prepare for emergencies "In Al's earphones, the sound of an early warning machine came.

Until now, he was finally able to break the radio silence, and replied to the early warning machine: "Received by Thunder No. 1, climb up immediately!"

The Syrian Air Force has always been pursuing the Soviet way of fighting, and fighting under the guidance of the ground. This method is relatively rigid, but it has been deeply rooted.However, if they ran long distances and attacked the opponent's base, they would never be guided by their own CGI. Now, they have replaced it with an Iraqi early warning machine, condescending, and can clearly see the situation listed in color. This kind of battle becomes more refreshing.Al was full of confidence in Iraq's early warning plane command.

The four MiG-23s turned on the afterburner, adjusted the sweep angle to the maximum, and began to climb.

At the same time, the eight Su-22s continued to lower their altitude and flew towards their target.

Israel's air defense systems acted urgently, but at this time, they still didn't know which country the incoming aircraft belonged to and what their target was.

The most damning thing is that the flying position of the opponent's plane is just outside the coverage area of ​​the Hawker air defense missile position. The air defense missile cannot reach it, so it can only wait for the fighter plane to intercept it.

After the two F-15 fighters took off, they turned on the afterburner and flew towards the direction where the target was found.

The Su-22 adopts the air intake method of the nose, which is somewhat similar to the MiG-21 from the outside.Inside the sharp cone in front of the nose, there is a laser range finder, and under the belly, there is an attack navigation device.

After accepting the command of the early warning plane, they corrected the navigation error again. In a few tens of seconds, they will enter the bombing area. good gift!

The Air Force Special Forces Command is responsible for the training and command of all special forces of the Air Force, because the Palmashin Air Force Base has not yet been fully put into use, and the training of special forces requires a larger venue, so the headquarters was transferred to the Kingfisher Special Forces in the training base.