Chapter 901 Entering East German Airspace
The AN/APG-63 all-weather multi-mode radar system on the front end of the F-15 is an advanced flat-plate slot radar that operates in the X-band, has a long detection range, and has the ability to look down and shoot down.
However, when using the pulse Doppler downward mode, the radar's scanning distance will be greatly reduced. When the Tornado fighter was detected just now, the medium/high PRF mode was used, which can achieve better head-on and tail-chasing search results. But when the radar switched to the single-pulse lock mode, the target disappeared!
Obviously, the Germans on the other side knew all the data of the American fighter planes. After all, the two sides often conducted confrontation training together. They definitely flew at a super low altitude!
"Medium PRF mode, 64km detection range." The pilot of the lead plane said as he flipped the switch to switch his radar mode.
At the same time, the F-15 fighter continued to move forward at high speed, and finally, at a distance of 50 kilometers, it found the target again. At this time, the target was indeed flying at an ultra-low altitude and high speed above the ground at a height of 20 meters!
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Now the American pilot hesitated.
In this mode, the radar can intercept the target, but this does not mean that it can launch a missile to attack, because the Sparrow missile's downward look and shoot capability is still insufficient!
After all, when the Sparrow missile first came out, it was just like an uncontrolled rocket, with a hit rate of less than 5%. After continuous improvements, it was not until the AIM-7F that it was stabilized. It still did not have a very good look-down and shoot capability. Later, it came to the AIM-7M, which was equipped with a new reverse single-pulse guidance head, which gave it a certain ultra-low altitude capability.
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However, as it is now, with the target aircraft flying fast at a height of twenty meters above the ground, the Sparrow missile will still have a 100% miss rate!
Semi-active guided missiles are guided by receiving signals reflected by the target, provided by the carrier aircraft. However, at ultra-low altitude, the target's signal will be submerged in a large amount of clutter! This makes it difficult to analyze the correct target. After all, the processing power of the CPU on the missile is far lower than that of the fighter.
The Sparrow missiles are no longer usable. We can only fly closer and use the Sidewinder missiles to deal with them!
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Of course, our side is not completely useless. For example, now we are flying at a high altitude, the air is thin, and the speed of the fighter has reached 1.3 Mach, while the Tornado fighter below, probably because of the low fuel in the aircraft, did not dare to turn on the afterburner, and flew at a super low altitude, only 0.6 Mach. In a few minutes, our side will catch up!
Then, swoop down and take them out with Sidewinder missiles!
The disappearance of the alarm on the radar warning receiver made the Hammer and Sickle breathe a sigh of relief. However, they knew that the Americans would never give up so easily. After all the big things they had just done, it would be absolutely the most embarrassing thing if the Americans did not shoot them down!
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"Turn right, there is an anti-aircraft missile position ahead." The Sickle in the rear cabin was constantly providing early warning signals. They were flying at an ultra-low altitude, and although it looked very arrogant, many weapons would pose a threat to them, especially the anti-aircraft firepower on the ground.
There is a US military base in front of us, and the anti-aircraft missiles there will not be let off!
"Understood." Pushing the joystick, the Tornado fighter began to turn.
The time now is calculated in seconds. Although Hammer did not turn on the afterburner, the engine's fuel consumption continued. As the fuel gauge continued to drop, they would soon lose control of the fighter.
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Don't give up until the last moment!
"The American fighter planes are catching up!" Sickle in the rear cabin was also acting as a lookout. Although the Americans did not use radar lock, he still saw the approaching American fighter planes from the upper side. It was obvious that the Americans wanted to kill them.
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The Americans are coming! Hammer did not panic, and lowered his altitude further. At this time, he was only ten meters above the ground!
Ten meters high is quite dangerous even in the German wilderness! In this kind of flight, the body of the Tornado fighter is almost completely hidden in the ground! If the American planes behind want to continue chasing, they can only lower their altitude in the same way!
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The F-15 pilot pushed the nose of the plane and then lowered the altitude. He tried to lock onto the missile, but the seeker of the Sidewinder missile began to become blurred in this situation. The best option was to approach and chase from the tail!
Of course, there is no need to fly at the same altitude. As long as the F-15 approaches from the tail, a height of one hundred meters will be no problem!
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Drawing an arc in the air, the two F-15 fighter jets flew behind the Tornado fighter!
At this time, a blazing flame appeared at the tail of the Tornado fighter, which obviously turned on the afterburner! In front of the infrared missile, the plane with the afterburner turned on was the best target!
Closer, closer, closer! The two F-15 fighters flew to a position five kilometers away from the Tornado fighter, which was almost a sure kill position! Then, the pilot of the lead plane wearing goggles saw the target plane in his field of vision. He pressed the button and the Sidewinder missile under the wing was about to be launched. The missile with a tongue of fire would blow the target into pieces!
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At this altitude, if it is hit, it will be destroyed immediately! The pilot does not even have time to react!
"Boom!" At this moment, suddenly, his fuselage trembled. This sound, this vibration, was not the feeling of a missile launch at all! Then, the pilot felt the thick smoke filling in from behind.
My plane has been hit? How was it hit? It was definitely not the plane in front, but the anti-aircraft fire from the ground! The sound just now seemed quite hurried, it should be the sound of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns firing!
Damn it, how could the anti-aircraft guns on the ground attack him? Are the Germans so cruel? At this moment, the pilot pulled the ejection handle on the seat, and the F-15 fighter jet fell to the ground almost at the moment he left the cockpit!
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The landmarks below were something he had never seen before! When the parachute opened, the pilot realized, oh no! This was the sky above East Germany! The Tornado fighter jet had just turned on the afterburner and was about to jump into East German airspace, but he was destroyed by East German ground-based air defense firepower!
Another wingman plane discovered the ground artillery attack in advance and fled from here, while under the white parachute, the American pilot fell towards the land of East Germany.
During the Cold War, this was definitely a serious event and could even lead to the outbreak of World War III!