Babylonian Empire

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Akbari pulled the lever and pushed the rudder, and began to roll. As long as his flying direction is perpendicular to the direction of the opponent's radar beam, the opponent's lock will be released.

Chapter 427 Phoenix: Hit whoever interferes with me!

Of the opponent's two fighters, one of them has disappeared from the screen, but the other is still there. At this time, the distance between the two sides has reached the effective range of [-] kilometers.

Arslan pressed the button on the steering column, and a sparrow missile broke away from the launcher on the left and flew forward.

The maximum range of the sparrow is 44 kilometers. However, this maximum range refers to the furthest distance the missile can fly. All the missiles are flying without power, and 44 kilometers means that when the missile flies so far, the speed has been reduced to zero (or close to zero, the missile has fallen), so although the maximum It is 44 kilometers, no one would choose to launch at this distance.

In fact, 1.5 kilometers is not close. Only within [-] kilometers can we be sure of victory. However, just now Arslan has increased the speed of the aircraft to Mach [-], and the speed of the missile is superimposed on the speed of the fighter. Now the two sides are in a head-on air battle, and the distance is still close, so Arslan finally launched the missile.

After the missile flew out, Arslan could no longer perform a large overload maneuver, otherwise the missile might be unlocked.

The wingman next to him didn't listen to his order and made a rolling maneuver. Abbas suppressed his anger on the radio and said, "Blue Bird, prepare to face the enemy plane, and prepare for medium-range air-to-air missiles."

The radar operator at the back is very nervous, because the radar has detected that the opponent is launching a missile. According to the current situation, if one's own side does not evade, then it is very likely to be hit by the opponent. The phoenix still in the sky is in danger of being unable to find the target.

He suddenly felt that it was right to be the wingman. Only by dodging the opponent's missiles can he continue to attack the enemy.

However, he was not the one who flew the plane, he was in charge of the missiles.

"The opponent's missile is expected to arrive in ten seconds." The radar operator became even more nervous.

"Eight seconds."

At this time, they had already visually spotted the missile, which was flying towards them quickly.

Finally, the Phoenix missile has entered the autonomous guidance stage, and the seeker of the missile has found its original target.

Now that the target is found, it has nothing to do with the carrier aircraft.

"The phoenix has entered autonomous guidance." The radar operator said nervously. Now, they still have a few seconds.

On the goggles on Abbas's helmet, the flying missile had already appeared. Without the slightest fear, he turned on the afterburner, and the fighter plane rushed over.

In modern times, the probability of shooting down a head-on attack is less than 50.00%, and the tail-chasing attack is the highest. In a head-on attack, a very bold way to get rid of it is to fly towards the opponent's missile. At the last second, quickly maneuver, the opponent It will pass by its own fuselage.

However, this timing must be grasped very well. If the maneuver is too early, it will only consume precious energy. If the maneuver is late, it will be killed by the opponent.

However, Abbas is very confident because he is very familiar with the performance of the Sparrow air-to-air missile. Although this missile has the ability to attack head-on, the semi-active continuous wave guidance method allows it to fly at a fast speed. Both parties are slow to judge.

It's just that he didn't know that the Iraqi Air Force is already equipped with a more advanced new type of missile that uses pulse Doppler guidance!

The radar officer has started counting down, five, four, three, two.

Just when the radar operator counted to two, Abbas suddenly pushed the control lever forward, and the huge Tomcat fighter plane began to fall rapidly. Down, fly over yourself.

The radar operator in the back cabin raised his head and looked above his head, hoping to see the missile fly by.

Sure enough, the missile didn't keep up and flew over the head!

However, before he was happy, he heard a violent explosion sound from behind.

The opponent's missile, although not hitting the front, hit the engine on the rear side of the Tomcat.

The two engines of the Tomcat are relatively far apart. After one engine loses power, it will cause an uncontrollable yaw. What's more terrible is that when the engine is destroyed, the rudder above the engine is also reimbursed.

What's more, they are still in the process of diving. As a result, the yaw plus dive caused the aircraft to enter a stall and spin.

In normal times, this situation can be corrected by experienced pilots, but now, without the support of the tail rudder, Abbas is powerless.

When they were 500 meters away from the ground, the two chose to escape by bullets.

At this time, the phoenix they launched had entered the final stage.

After the formation was threatened in this way, the last MiG-23 electronic jammer in the formation finally activated full-frequency and all-round electronic jamming, but the power was adjusted to the lowest gear.

Although the electronic jammers have been with the formation all the time, they were not put into work at the beginning. It is not that the formation commander forgot, nor did the formation commander not take it seriously, but the Red Bird II launched by the F-20 fighter ahead. Cruise missiles use many electronic components for civilian use, and their ability to resist electromagnetic interference is not strong. If he activates all the interference, it will affect the attacks of his own cruise missiles.

But now, in order to deal with the phoenix, the MiG-23 jammers in the formation, which were originally intended to interfere during the bombing, finally turned on their own big killer. Suddenly, a strong electromagnetic signal filled the airspace with a radius of [-] kilometers , This kind of interference can completely make Phoenix's active seeker lose its target.

The pilot of the MiG-23 jammer has experienced this kind of mission many times. He is very aware of the power of the high-power jamming pod mounted on both sides of his wing. He just turned the power to the minimum. Even so, he can Protect the entire formation.

However, the pilots of the MiG-23 jammer did not know one thing. The Phoenix was designed with a function: if it encounters strong interference and the target is lost, then it will turn to attack the target. Interference source!

When the phoenix swooped down, the radar turned on and captured the target assigned when it was launched. However, the radar was unable to work normally due to strong interference.

The phoenix is ​​angry, since you dare to interfere with me, then don't blame me for being rude!

With the extremely high kinetic energy of the dive, the phoenix rushed to the electronic jamming machine with the electronic jamming cabin hanging under the wing.

The pilot of the MiG 23 was still flying smoothly, not knowing that a catastrophe was imminent.

The pilot inadvertently looked up at the blue sky, suddenly, his pupils shrank, and that huge missile was hitting him!

This time, the soul of the pilot was frightened. When that kind of missile fell, needless to say, it exploded. The half-ton projectile alone could wipe out the MiG-23.

Avoid it quickly!

However, with the heavy electronic jamming pod hanging, and the propeller generator in front to provide power for the electronic pod, it was very difficult to fly normally, and it was simply impossible to perform a large overload maneuver.

The MiG-23 electronic jammer originally relied on strong interference to dominate the sky. Now, it is attacked by a missile, and this missile is not afraid of electromagnetic interference, so he has nothing to do.

what to do?The pilot made a decisive decision, threw away the electronic jamming pod, and maneuvered to evade!

Anyway, in the next moment, I will be wiped out, no matter how valuable that electronic jamming pod is!Better to take a gamble than finish off with a jamming pod.

He flipped the switch on the side, and the two cumbersome pods were immediately thrown down. Then, he turned on the afterburner and quickly climbed up.

The huge phoenix missile passed by him, caught up with the pod he dropped, and blew up the pod to nothing.

The pilot was in a cold sweat. Among the pilots of the Iraqi Air Force, he was probably the first one to be followed by the Phoenix missile but not killed.

But then, he felt that if he went back, he might have to be punished. The two pods were thrown away by him. It was a project hosted by His Excellency Qusay himself, and it cost a lot, but it was better than being punished. It's much better to blast the phoenix off.

At the same time, he was also a little strange, why did Phoenix kill the pod and let himself go?

On the other side of the sky, the air battle continued. Arslan killed one Tomcat, and the other released the lock, but then, it was locked by two F-20s.

Akbari saw that the lead plane, Abbas, was shot down, and he had no intention of fighting. At this time, the J-[-] fleet behind had arrived, so after he got rid of the lock, he immediately accelerated his retreat.

In air combat, because the Tomcat is too precious, one of the strategies of the Iranian Air Force is to put the Tomcat at high altitude in the rear, turn on the radar, use it as an early warning aircraft, monitor the airspace of the battlefield, and then command the J-[-] without high-power radar The fleet engages in air combat.

Therefore, Akbari escaped at high speed, and he could not be considered a deserter by the rear headquarters. He had very legitimate reasons.

The three J-[-]s in the rear finally arrived at the theater after scrambling to take off.

"At eight o'clock, the distance is thirty, and there are eight enemy planes." After retreating, Akbari used his radar to perform air security tasks for his other fighter planes.