"Successful docking." Wearing thick gloves, you must be careful with every operation. During high-speed flight, it is not easy to point the air refueling probe on the right end of the nose to the horn of the refueling pipe of the tanker.
Varysiyev, who called 011 by radio, finally aligned after the third attempt. Just after he aligned the horn, the pressurization process was automatically completed. Then, from the previous Figure-16 on the tanker , Began to fill his plane with fuel.
As an aerial tanker modified from a bomber, the Tu-16 is not excellent. The total fuel capacity in the aircraft is about 40 tons, but because it uses a part of it, it can only output about 20 tons at most. In other words, it is now refueling two and a half-fueled MiG-25s at the same time. When it is full, it no longer has the ability to refuel.
After the two MiG-25s received its refueling, the fuel tanks were filled with fuel again, which was just enough to meet the needs of investigating the US aircraft carrier formation and then returning.
In fact, the later generations of China used the Houyou VI, the prototype of which was Tu-16. It was almost the same problem. To refuel the F-8, it could only add six sorties at most, which was not enough at all.
For the Soviet Union, the modified IL-78 tanker was not considered an open supply model until the IL-76 was finalized, and it could provide more than 60 tons of fuel, as shown in Figure-16. Tripled.
Now, Varysiev, who is refueling in the air, cannot relax at all. As the fuel enters his tank, his aircraft will gradually become heavier, and the aircraft in front will become lighter. He must adjust the power of the aircraft accordingly. , Can maintain the balance, otherwise the distance will be pulled apart, the tubing will be separated, and the tubing will even be broken in serious cases.
And just after he completed the aerial docking, and less than a minute after the refueling process, a call from the early warning aircraft came from the headset.
"Attention, 011, tanker, American fighter jets are heading in your direction!"
What are Americans doing
Everyone was interrupted by American routines. With only one plane, would you dare to come over and provoke
After receiving the news from the early warning aircraft, Varysiev immediately separated from the tanker. He pushed the control stick and rudder. On the tall vertical tail, the red five-star was so dazzling. He had already turned his direction toward the south. The Americans flew in the direction they came.
Turning on the afterburner, as the fuel was poured into the engine, his fighter quickly broke through the sound barrier and hurried toward the opposite side.
Americans, come, let you know who is the king in the sky.
In the 1970s, high-altitude high-speed was still advocating, even if the fighter mafia had begun to realize the role of energy in fighter fighting, high-speed is still useful, I can fly faster and better intercept you.
Just as Varisiyev flew in, Yakov also turned his nose, and the two MiG-25s rushed towards Nathan’s fighter. The distance between the two sides was approaching quickly, and the relative speed was almost close to five. Mach, a distance of one hundred kilometers, that is a matter of tens of seconds.
"Two fighter jets, they are all MiG-25s!" shouted Gus in the rear cabin.
"Don't worry, it's a reconnaissance plane." Nathan said calmly, "Let us tease them."
The Soviets will definitely not send fighter jets over here. It is not necessary. It must be a reconnaissance plane, and the reconnaissance plane, the self-defense weapon is at best a close-range missile. What are you afraid of
Do you dare to fight? Let them see how wrong the Soviet philosophy of military science and technology has been.
Even the MiG-25 interceptor, equipped with the R-40 "long-range" missile, has very limited maneuverability. It is okay against bombers. It can deal with highly maneuverable fighter jets. Like the sparrow bombs over Vietnam, they are all aerial rockets. That's it.
As for the short-range R-60 missiles, if I remember correctly, they now only have the ability to follow. At this time, the two sides are attacking head-on. If necessary, they can use sparrows to attack each other, but the other side has no way to counterattack.
Nathan was not afraid. At this time, his eyes flashed with hope.
Nathan inherited the memory of later generations. In later generations, the hegemonic United States was not a good thing, but before the disintegration, the Soviet Union was not a good thing. After rebelling against the Soviet Union, almost China’s biggest threat has always been the Soviet Union from the north. people.
Now, being able to compete with the Soviets seems to be very exciting and exciting.
The distance between the two sides approached quickly, and on the radar screen, two obvious bright spots gradually approached the center of the screen.
Without Nathan's command, Gus in the rear cabin has switched the radar mode and can guide Sparrow missiles to attack at any time. At this time, it is really exciting, and his heart is also shining with excitement.
Sure enough, his radar warning receiver rang.
"The distance is sixty, locked by the other party." Gus shouted: "Do you want to lock them?"
In the past, the MiG-25 was a legendary existence. This time, it was finally close contact. Nathan successfully tested out an inferred data.
The opponent's radar.
Even the reconnaissance aircraft is equipped with the same fire control radar, the huge Tornado-A radar, with super power, but unfortunately most of it is emitted. The energy that is actually converted into electromagnetic waves is very small, and it is only useful for targets the size of a bomber. A detection range of 100 kilometers, and the ability to intercept and lock the fighter's target at 60 kilometers is the result of their extremely proficient operation.
"No." Nathan said, pushing the joystick and pedaling the rudder. At this time, the wings on both sides are brushed forward and the minimum sweep angle is at this time, which has excellent hovering performance.
The Tomcat fighter turned sideways quickly, and after turning 90 degrees, the sound of the radar warning receiver in the headset disappeared.
Turning sideways and getting rid of the lock, this is one of the most commonly used air combat tactics in later generations. Nathan is now very proficient in using it, and the Tomcat fighter gives him more space.
But after turning, you can no longer fly forward, so you need to turn to the opposite side again to form a standard S maneuver.
After unfolding the wings, the Tomcat's maneuverability was quite good, and after turning twice, he pounced on the opponent again.
The distance between the two sides was rapidly approaching, and two bright spots appeared in the sky, rapidly zooming in, and two silver-white MiG-25 fighters quickly flew toward the Tomcat fighter.
At this time, the height of the MiG-25 fighter was higher, and after the two sides passed by, they both began to quickly turn around. (End of this chapter)