Chapter 266 F-15J

The wingman pilot had just graduated from the aviation school last year and joined the 47th Regiment. He was a good young man with a strong combat awareness, but unfortunately he was still clumsy. Although he got behind the Japanese this time, he still didn't find a chance to attack. When the Japanese leader discovered that his wingman was attacked, he immediately dived down to fight Kuturif.

It's the best! Kutulev turned on the afterburner, pulled the joystick, and his MiG-23 began to climb at a large angle. At the same time, the wings were easily retracted to the back. Everything was so perfect.

"Baga!" Koizumi, who dived down from high altitude, immediately discovered the unusualness of this Soviet plane. Unlike the MiG-23 he had encountered in previous confrontations, this MiG-23 was obviously able to quickly change the angle of its wing sweep, as perfect as the F-14!

What happened? Koizumi had seen the F-14, and he was at a disadvantage against such a variable-sweep wing fighter. At that moment, he had the idea of ​​retreating, and he also knew that there must be another Soviet plane behind him!

Climb up, pull up! The characteristics of the F-4 fighter are still those of the second-generation aircraft, high altitude and high speed, pulling the opponent into the airspace where it is good at!

Thanks to the advanced J79 turbojet engines, the two afterburner thrusts are nearly 160 kilonewtons, and after the consumption just now, the fuel in the aircraft is already half full, and the thrust-to-weight ratio of the whole aircraft exceeds 1! In this way, the F-4 fighter can climb vertically effortlessly at this time!

The Soviet MiG-23 had a bulky body and outdated engine, and was simply unable to compete with Koizumi in vertical maneuvers. If it were the lightweight MiG-21, Koizumi would have to be more careful.

Sure enough, seeing the American fighter plane start to climb vertically, Kuturiv gave up following and attacking. If he had followed the climb, he would have fallen into the opponent's trap. The fighter plane with excellent vertical climb performance would lure the opponent into a vertical scissors maneuver. When the fighter plane with insufficient vertical performance was climbing, its speed would continue to drop. When the speed was insufficient, it would have to give up the attack and push the stick to dive. At this time, the fighter plane above could dive down a few seconds later. In this way, the one that was originally being chased suddenly became the one chasing the opponent and regained the advantage.

It was a pity that it was not the Navy's modification. The Navy's modification used two engines and could climb vertically effortlessly! Kutulev looked at the American fighter plane that was soaring upward like a sky-high monkey. He could only wait on the horizontal plane. If the other party rushed down, he would have a chance. If the other party went high in the sky and returned, he would return as well.

With this time difference, the helicopter that they were supposed to cover must have disappeared. Kuturiv looked into the distance and saw that his wingman had caught up with the injured F-4 fighter, which exploded in the air.

"063, 064, attention, a large number of fighter planes spotted in the direction of 027, return immediately, return immediately." Just when it had circled twice and did not spot the F-4 rushing down from the sky, and it was estimated that the opponent must have slipped away, Kutulev heard the voice of the ground CGI in his headphones.

Return? Hearing that a large number of planes were coming, Kutulev wanted to rush up to fight, but he still shouted on the radio: "Understood." He pushed the nose of the plane and the fighter plane began to return.

In the southern waters of Kushiro, our fighter planes exchanged fire with Soviet fighter planes and one was shot down! The defecting helicopter had already escaped! Such a result would not satisfy the US military!

The eight F-15J fighters of the 2nd Air Force took off from Chitose Base. These were the most advanced fighters exported by the United States to the island nation! In order to enable the island nation to fight against the Soviet Union, the Americans also spent a lot of money!

In history, although the island country also got F-15 fighters very early, that was after the 1980s. Now, the most advanced fighter jets in the United States have been equipped to the island country's air self-defense force! Although the island country has to spend a lot of money, it is necessary!

"Attention, use radar to search for enemy aircraft and prepare to launch Sparrow missiles!" Captain Yuji Ikeda of the 203rd Squadron shouted on the radio. He turned on his AN/APG-63 pulse Doppler radar and searched the airspace ahead in a long-range search mode.

The radio reported that one of the two F-4 fighters was shot down and the other was withdrawing from the battle. This made Ikeda Yuji very angry. As long as it was not a MiG-25, no fighter could fight against him! Even if it was a MiG-25, he would still fight them!

Shoot out the Soviet planes! Now that the Soviets broke the peace first and attacked our fighter planes, they will have to pay the same price!

In the rear, an E-2 early warning aircraft that took off from Yokota Air Base in Honshu was also catching up quickly. Although it was still hundreds of kilometers away, it had already begun to take over command.

"203 Squadron, 203 Squadron, attention, eight targets, two at high altitude, six at medium altitude. Direction 030, distance one hundred and eight." The E-2 early warning aircraft scanned the airspace in the north and immediately discovered the problem. The Soviets took off a new fleet of aircraft to meet the challenge!

After a year, the conflict broke out again between the two sides, and a medium-scale air battle is about to take place!

"Received!" Ikeda Yuji shouted on the radio: "The target has been found!"

The APG-63 radar seems inferior to the AWG-9 in terms of performance. For example, the maximum detection distance of the AWG-9 is more than 200 kilometers, while the APG-63 is only 185 kilometers, and it does not have the ability to attack multiple targets. However, in fact, the performance of the APG-63 radar is better than that of the AWG-9, such as the most important reliability, the complexity of the system, and the fully digital processing method, all of which make the APG-63's performance outstanding.

Now, at the maximum distance of 180 kilometers, Yuji Ikeda's radar accurately locked onto the enemy, and the advanced onboard computer began to calculate, preparing to give the fire control system the most appropriate interception instructions.

One hundred and eighty kilometers, you know, the detection range of the Soviet fighter planes and airborne radars is no more than one hundred kilometers! Moreover, their air-to-air missiles are also backward, and in practice, they have almost never been found to launch missiles from thirty kilometers away! We can completely detect the enemy first and fire first!

Unfortunately, he seemed to have forgotten that in the only combat instance last year, the Soviet MiG fighters launched missiles at the Tomcat fleet at a distance of 80 kilometers!