Chapter 129 F-15 Eagle

Historically, the stories about the Sakhalin air battle are very mysterious. Some stories are well-documented, saying that a fierce battle broke out between the United States and the Soviet Union over Sakhalin Island. The Americans used F-15s, while the Soviets used MiG-23s and Su-15s. Both sides lost more than a dozen fighters. Some researchers even said that the Soviets even used MiG-29s, but after the battle, they found that they were not good enough, so they took them back and rebuilt them. The MiG-31 also participated in the battle.

In short, there are many different opinions, and some researchers point out that these are actually false. All the statements come from a book called "INCIDENTATSAKHALIN-THETRUEMISSIONOFKALFLIGHT007" in 1995. The author is MICHELBRUN, an islander. In other words, these are all imaginary wars that never happened.

No one will ever discover what the original history was like. With Andre's time travel, history has changed a lot. It is only 1977, and the Sakhalin air crash has already happened.

Facing this air crash, the United States' attitude is quite firm.

"The evil Soviet Union actually dared to launch missiles at an unarmed civilian airliner. This is a violation of the international order! This is a serious violation of international norms! All the passengers on the plane have become innocent souls. In this matter, the Soviet Union must admit its mistakes, apologize to the families of the victims, and compensate them!"

Behind the spokesperson was the relative of the victim, sobbing and telling how excellent her family was, but they died on their way home. The evil Soviets even spared no civilian airliners!

The families of the victims include not only ordinary people, but also personnel from U.S. government departments, because this time, Edward John, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, also died in the crash!

This is simply a slap in the face of the Americans! Since the establishment of the United States, the slogan of propaganda has been to protect every American citizen! But now, the United States can't even protect its own congressmen!

Retaliation, the United States must retaliate! The United States must show its strength and defend world peace!

Parades were held all over the United States, expressing indignation at the Soviet Union's shooting down of the Korean passenger plane and harming innocent civilians. At the same time, the United States' huge military force began to be deployed!

Misawa Base is an important aviation base of the United States on the island country. At this time, the entire base is busy and intense.

The Soviets shot down a civilian airliner, killing more than 200 people, including a U.S. congressman. This is a blood debt! Now, the United States needs revenge!

On the runway of the base, the 14th Squadron of the 35th Fighter Wing was making final preparations before takeoff.

The fighter planes on the runway were shining silver, and their appearance was completely different from the previous F-4 fighter planes.

The bubble-shaped cockpit allows the pilot's upper body to be seen outside, which gives the pilot a wide field of view and allows him to see almost the entire situation in the upper hemisphere. The full nose and the rectangular air intakes on both sides are much smaller than those of the MiG-25, which also means that the air resistance will be much smaller. The rear fuselage is twisted downward, with a pointed main wing with a sharp aerofoil shape, and double vertical tails standing on two engines that are very close to each other.

This fighter is the most advanced F-15 Eagle fighter of the US Air Force!

The successful deployment of this fighter is inseparable from the efforts of the fighter mafia. At that time, a research team organized by Air Force Major General Arthur C. Forrest was composed of pilots who graduated from fighter schools before the 1950s. Their research direction was the development of future air force fighters. These people included Charles Miles, a former test pilot and private consultant; Major John Boyd, a former tactical instructor, familiar with air combat tactics, and the founder of the "energy maneuverability theory", which had a profound impact on the development of third-generation and later fighters; Colonel Evanster Rizzioni, a consistent supporter of the "air superiority fighter" in the Air Force; the organizer, Major General Arthur C. Forrest, the director of planning of the Air Force Staff, and an old pilot who participated in World War II. They proposed their design concept to the Air Force Command: the fighter does not undertake interception or bombing, and its only mission is to fight with enemy aircraft in the air and seize absolute air supremacy! This fighter must have a good field of view, superior maneuverability, reliable close-range weapons, and requirements for beyond-visual-range air combat.

The Fighter Mafia stopped the USAF's backward FX program and eventually developed it into the fighter you see before you.

Every pound of weight is used in air combat! This is a completely maneuverable fighter for air superiority!

The emergence of this fighter is also related to the MiG-25. The MiG-25 shocked the Americans, and the Americans had to develop a pure air superiority fighter to counter the MiG-25.

From the proposal of the plan in 1962, to the first flight in 1972, and then to the equipment of the troops in 1974, the development speed of this fighter was very fast. Moreover, it has been proved by later generations that this is a very successful fighter. Until the 21st century, it is still in service as the main force of the US military and has entered the air force sequence of many countries.

Originally, after this fighter entered service in 1974, it was first equipped to the US aviation forces to practice various tactics of this new fighter. However, the situation in the Far East has been extremely complicated recently, and the Navy has mobilized Tomcat fighters. Naturally, the Air Force is not willing to lag behind and has mobilized this most advanced fighter.

The 14th Squadron of the 35th Fighter Wing transferred from the United States half a month ago. They will join Misawa Base and take on the task of fighting against the Soviet Union.

Historically, this squadron originally flew F-4s, and later switched to F-16s. However, the threat of MiG-25s in the Far East forced the United States to replace this squadron with F-15 fighters ahead of schedule and send them to the Far East.

And now, it's their turn!

The two F100 high-thrust turbofan engines at the tail are emitting blazing flames. As an air superiority fighter, its biggest feature is its thrust-to-weight ratio!

The empty weight of the F-15 is only 12.7 tons, which is lower than the 13.7 tons of the F-4 fighter. The maximum afterburner thrust of each of the two engines of the F-15 is as high as 110 kilonewtons! Even with a full tank of fuel and ammunition, the thrust-to-weight ratio of the whole machine is far higher than 1, which means that this fighter can climb vertically without losing speed!

At the same time, the climbing rate is as high as more than 300 meters per second, and at the right altitude, it can even reach 360 meters per second, which is simply invincible! You know, the climbing rate of the second-generation aircraft is almost more than 200 meters per second.

This fighter was born for air combat!

Sitting in the bubble cockpit, Nathaniel Christopher, captain of the 14th Squadron of the U.S. Air Force, took a deep breath, watched the horizons on both sides recede backwards at an accelerated rate, and gently pulled the joystick.

The F-15 at this time was also hydraulically operated, but it was quite light and its control surfaces were responsive. Following his operation, the fighter plane lifted its front wheels briskly, and then, its whole body suddenly became light and it left the runway.