An excellent high-altitude and high-speed interceptor of the MiG-25. After hearing this word, you know that the main task of the MiG-25 is to come to the interception airspace at the fastest speed under the ground guidance, and attack the target. Interception, and this target is mainly bombers.
Its maneuverability is not high. Although it is a dual-engine double vertical tail, its dual vertical tail is mainly set up for sufficient control torque when the air is thin at high altitude.
In contrast, the Tomcat is different. When this aircraft was developed, the focus was on maneuverability, which is also a huge advantage of variable swept wings.
After the two sides flew over, they both began to turn around. This was also the most common type of air confrontation in the Cold War. The two sides bite their tails to attack, and see who is more powerful. Whoever can get to the other's tail wins.
In fact, the MiG-25 didn't need to turn, because their original mission was not to fight with the Tomcat, but to investigate the American aircraft carrier formation and the American aircraft carrier exercise.
But now, they have to look back.
This Tomcat fighter is so crazy, no one knows what it is going to do, especially, does it come to trouble with its own tanker
If it catches up with the tanker, it may cause serious consequences. Your fighter hasn't refueled yet!
Now, the two MiG-25 pilots have faintly felt that they are not good, but they have no choice.
They must get rid of the Tomcat aircraft first.
Both sides began to turn, but there is no doubt that the Tomcat fighter can complete this turn faster by relying on the excellent hovering performance of the unfolded wings.
At this time, both of Nathan and Guth's bodies were suppressed by a huge overload, and Nathan's eyes were almost blackened. He tried to support his arms and felt the blood in his legs in the anti-G suit. Under the action of pressing his own blood upward, at the same time, the silver steel fighter appeared in front of his vague eyes.
At this time, the Tomcat fighter had turned around, and the MiG-25 had only turned halfway, so Nathan's fighter continued to go around for a while and easily chased behind the opponent's ass.
If it was during a real air battle, he had already obtained an excellent opportunity to fire. At this time, as long as he releases his Sidewinder missile, the hit rate will be as high as 80% or more, and he can even adjust the fire control system. Go to the cannon, press the hot wire up, and perform an enthusiastic aerial bayonet attack.
It's a pity that now he can't do anything, he can only follow the other side, and at the same time, this is enough to tease the other side.
"011, Tomcat is behind you." Yakov shouted loudly on the radio.
After all, they have the advantage in numbers. Nathan can only bite one MiG-25, which just hovered in the sky in two directions. One was bitten, and the other one could be clearly seen. Chu.
The opponent's horizontal hovering ability is simply astonishingly high. When the variable swept wing is deployed, the maneuverability is really amazing. Your own MiG-23 is also a variable swept wing, but it is not as powerful as the opponent. .
Yakov could not help shouting loudly on the radio. At the same time, he also knew that Varysiev did not have that level. No matter how to get rid of it, the other party would follow closely behind, and there was only one way to get rid of the other party. .
"Turn on the afterburner and get rid of it!"
Yakov yelled loudly on the radio, and at the same time, just when he had just finished yelling, Varysiev made this choice.
Two brilliant fireworks emerged from the tail of the MiG-25, and the engine's afterburner opened!
For ordinary aircraft, when the tail is bitten, turning on the afterburner is simply a dead end, because this brilliant fire light will become an excellent target for the opponent’s infrared seeker, and the infrared seeker will quickly lock it. There is no possibility of missing the target at all.
However, for the MiG-25, there is no problem, because it flies faster than a missile!
For the MiG-25, as long as it turns on afterburner, it means one thing, I won't play with you, goodbye!
In later generations, until retirement, no missiles shot down the MiG-25 in Speedy Cyclonus, and those MiG-25 shots were achieved at subsonic speeds.
Now, when he saw the opponent start the afterburner, Nathan also shook his head helplessly. If the opponent fluttered back and forth in the sky and locked the opponent firmly, it would be bragging enough to go back this time.
Unfortunately, the other party stopped playing with himself.
It seems that I have to find another one.
When entering close-range combat, the powerful AWG-9 radar of the Tomcat fighter is almost in an idle state, and the main task of the radar officer in the back seat becomes the eyes of the pilot. He will constantly search the surroundings. Airspace provides early warning to pilots.
Just like now, he looked at the outside of the cabin and said: "At nine o'clock, a kilometer away, MiG."
The previous MiG-25 flew away, so continue to play with this MiG-25. At this time, Gus has been completely driven by Nathan, and his adrenaline is also rapidly secreted. His eyes also seemed to be sharper, almost instantly visible in the sky.
"Okay, let's go say hello." Nathan said, stepping on the rudder and pushing the joystick.
At this time, almost repeat the action just now, the two sides are parallel, the speed direction is opposite, whoever spins fast, who can bite the tail.
MiG-25 had no chance, and Yakov had no chance, he opened the afterburner.
"Well, it's all flew away now." Nathan said, "Enough fun, we should go back."
Go back now? Lieutenant Gus hasn't recollected the excitement just now: "Why don't we continue?"
"We are running out of fuel." Nathan said: "It's just enough for us to return to the aircraft carrier. There is only one landing opportunity."
The fuel is not enough, and just flopping back and forth, it is quite fuel-consuming. At the same time, Nathan also knows that the opponent's fuel consumption must be more than his own.
At this time, Yakov in the air was calling on the radio: "011, report fuel consumption."
"There are less than four tons of fuel left." Varysiev's voice came from the radio: "We are in the middle."
They got it.
Originally planned well, I completed an aerial refueling in the airspace here, which happened to be able to fly directly over the opponent’s aircraft carrier and return after the investigation. However, the interception just now caused them to consume too much fuel. Now I go back to find a tanker and replenish fuel. They can no longer investigate the aircraft carrier. Their fuel is only enough to get back to the base.
Americans, that's terrible! Just now, the other party rushed frantically at the early warning aircraft, and then at the tanker on your side, in fact, to consume your own fuel! (End of this chapter)