Chapter 707: American Participation

The performance of the fighter jets has been known by the Soviets! When the American representative said this, he was extremely depressed. The most advanced third-generation F-15 of the US Air Force and the most advanced F-14 fighter jet of the US Navy had already been dismantled by the Soviets. The United States's magic weapon had no secrets in front of the Soviets.

Therefore, the United States had to develop the fourth-generation aircraft just a few years after the third-generation F-15 was equipped to the troops. Now, the U.S. Air Force's bidding is underway, and the two fighters, YF-22 and YF23, which have obtained experimental numbers, are already under intensive development.

However, it is not easy to surpass the Soviet fighter jets in all aspects of performance. In addition to the latest developed fighter jets, improving existing fighter jets is also an important link, especially our own F-15 fighter jets!

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The performance of American fighter planes is definitely better than that of Soviet planes! Now, in order to boost morale, they simply took out this fighter plane and went to the Moscow Air Show to slap the Soviets in the face!

Moscow Air Show! When Moscow released this news, the whole world was shocked. For a long time, Soviet fighter aircraft equipment has been a mystery in the eyes of Westerners. In addition to export fighters such as MiG-21 and MiG-23, Soviet fighter aircraft for domestic use have always been shrouded in mystery. Even the Soviet export MiG-29, NATO does not know much.

And now, the Soviets are actually going to hold an air show! After the Soviet Union released this news, the next day, the United States issued a statement that in response to the Soviet Union's Moscow Air Show, the United States will send some personnel to participate in the Moscow Air Show. They will also bring their own American equipment, especially American passenger aircraft, hoping to open up the Soviet Union's civil aviation market.

In fact, the Soviets only said they would hold an air show and did not invite foreign investors. The United States announced this news in order to give the Soviets a blow and see how they would respond.

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The result was positive. After the Soviets received the news, they agreed to the request of some American manufacturers to participate in the Moscow Air Show.

During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were in a serious confrontation. The Soviet side was highly alert to the Americans' obviously ill-intentioned visit. At the same time, they welcomed the Western guests with smiles on their faces.

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40 km southeast of Moscow, in the city of Zhukovsky, it is very lively. The international air show "Moscow Air Show-82" is held here.

There are many reasons why this place was chosen as the location for the air show. It is almost the cradle of the Soviet aviation industry. This small town with a population of more than 100,000 is the most beautiful and modern one outside Moscow. At the same time, it was designed and developed as an aviation technology center. Many scientific research institutes, research and design bureaus and aviation enterprises are located in Zhukovsky. For example, the well-known Central Aviation Research Institute, Gromov Flight Research Institute, Aviation Experimental Technology Research Institute, etc. It can be said that this is the center of Soviet aviation and aerospace.

The specific location of the air show is the Gromov Flight Test Institute, which has the longest runway in Europe and can take off and land the largest aircraft. At the same time, the wide space also ensures that the wonderful flight performances can be carried out smoothly. For this air show, the Flight Test Institute has built a new exhibition hall. The huge space can provide exhibition positions for more than 200 aircraft, and the 40 exhibition tents cover an area of ​​25,000 square meters. From here, you can also see the Moscow River in the distance and the nearby lakes. The scenery is extremely pleasant.

From time to time, the roar of engines could be heard in the sky. As a small town dominated by aerospace industry, this kind of noise can be heard almost every day. But today, when people heard the noise and looked up, they found that what was flying in the sky was a super huge plane!

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As the plane was already entering its landing path, its huge body covered the sky, just like an alien spaceship in the Star Wars cartoon! The residents who saw it were stunned. What was that?

"The American C-5 transport plane." As residents of a small town, they see airplanes more often than not, and many of them naturally become military experts and can recognize the models of American military aircraft at a glance.

"It's an American plane! Hurry, report to your superiors!" Upon hearing this, the citizens of the town immediately shouted.

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"Don't make a fuss, Steph. You must not have listened to the news recently. We are going to hold an air show here. The American plane is here to participate in the air show. Look, isn't there a fighter plane from our two companies escorting this plane?"

The citizens who had been nervous just now finally raised their heads and looked at the sky. Sure enough, this large transport plane was escorted by two of its own MiG-29 fighter jets!

"I really don't understand why the Americans come to our air show."

"I usually tell you to watch more military affairs, but you just don't watch them. Don't you understand? We hold an air show to give the Americans a warning, and the American planes come to join in the fun to ruin our show. However, the Americans will definitely go back in disgrace in the end."

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While the people on the ground were discussing, the transport plane in the sky aimed at the runway and slowly descended. The pilot slowly pushed the joystick, and when the transport plane came into contact with the ground, it shook slightly and then touched the ground.

Activate the thrust reverser!

The transport plane stopped quickly. The pilot released his hands and looked at his own personnel who had arrived earlier on the ground. He directed himself to taxi towards a hangar in the distance.

At this time, the pilots still felt like they were dreaming. During the Cold War, American transport planes could still land near Moscow, the heart of the Soviets, and participate in their air show!

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However, this is not what I need to consider. Even if my mission is over, the next step is to see the performance of the fighter pilot. I hope he will not let our side down and beat the Soviet planes at the air show!

In the distance, there were also people watching all this with interest.

"General Andrei, except for the visit of the President of the United States to our Soviet Union, this is the first time that an American transport plane has landed near our Moscow." Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, director of the Gromov Flight Test Institute, said to Andrei. The director of the flight test institute also came from a test pilot, who grew up step by step to become a meritorious test pilot and finally became the director here.

Of course he knew what the Gromov Flight Test Institute meant, as it held too many Soviet aerospace secrets! Although a lot of preliminary work had been done for this air show, with limited tourist activity areas and increased KGB security, was it necessary to go to such great lengths to put on such a flashy air show?