E-3 early warning aircraft.
This is the most valuable strategic early warning aircraft. At this time, it has also played a powerful role. Without this early warning aircraft, the actions of the Soviets would not be taken seriously.
At this time, it is still in the north of Honshu Island, cruising in the east-west direction. When it makes a circle, the most northern part is the edge of Honshu Island. In this case, it should be very safe.
At the same time, there are four F-4 fighter jets flying with them to protect the safety of this early warning aircraft at any time.
At this time, in the spacious interior of the early warning aircraft, in front of a row of operation stations, a famous early warning officer was constantly commanding.
The Soviets took off a large number of fighters and flew over Hokkaido. At the same time, their own fighters are also taking off in batches. It is conceivable that an air war will erupt in full swing!
The pressure of the early warning aircraft is heavy. They have to guide their own fighters to approach the target in batches and direct their battles.
All the planes that took off from Hokkaido were planes from the Air Self-Defense Forces of the island country. Therefore, after the battle began, they were also guided to fight against the Soviet planes flying on the opposite side.
Anyway, this is to protect their own territory and let them fight bravely. There is nothing wrong with it.
The U.S. aviation unit stationed here, as a second-line reinforcement force, is ready to take off at any time to meet the enemy. Hokkaido's airspace is as large and there are too many planes to go, which is not appropriate.
However, because they are concentrated in the north, the Nemuro in the east can only rely on naval aviation, hoping that they can block the Soviet landing operations.
Nemuro is too far away, so the early warning aircraft can only show the situation there when it flies east of the center line. At the rest, the Navy's own E-2 early warning aircraft can give them early warning.
This is more convenient because the navy and air force systems are not connected. If the air force's early warning aircraft is used to command the navy's aircraft, it can only be voice command, without a data link, so the efficiency of command is too low.
In fact, even in the Gulf War in later generations, the Navy and the Air Force did not integrate the data link. Both sides looked down on each other, and coordinated operations. That would be a joke.
Now, the fighter planes taking off from one's side and the fighter planes flying from the other side are about to come into contact with each other.
Over Hokkaido, the weather is clear and cloudless.
A F-4 fighter plane is arranged in a horizontal line, and more than 20 F-4 ghosts form a wall in the sky.
"Attention Chitose Flying Team. I am Captain Yamada. I dropped the auxiliary fuel tank and started to accelerate. The AWACS reported that the target was 100 kilometers away."
These ghosts now come from the 201st Flying Squadron of the 2nd Air Force at Chitose Base. As the captain, Yamada gave orders to fight to his subordinates.
Following his order, a famous pilot pressed the button, and the auxiliary fuel tanks on both sides of the wing swayed downwards. At the same time, the tail engine emitted a fiery plume, and the J79 turbojet engine accelerated. , Pushing the fighter plane, soon entered supersonic speed.
Up to now, the main force of the island country is still this F4EJ fighter, which has fallen out of date.
The U.S. Air Force has begun to equip F-15s. According to the friendly relationship between the two sides, the Air Self-Defense Force of the island nation has also purchased a number of F-15 fighters. Before, I had to rely on F-4 to top the tank.
Although their fighters are a bit old, they are second-generation fighters like the Soviets, but fortunately they are equipped with the latest sparrow, AIM-7F. The performance of this missile has gradually stabilized. Up.
Now, they are arranging in a row of the Great Wall of Steel in the sky in accordance with the tactics of the US Air Force, preparing for the first wave of interceptions.
Every F-4 fighter is launching strong electromagnetic waves, illuminating the airspace ahead. At the same time, the fighter continues to accelerate to Mach 1.5, providing a good launch opportunity for the missile.
How far the missile can be fired has a lot to do with the speed of the carrier. Therefore, they will accelerate when intercepting at a medium-range head-on.
The turbojet engine consumes fuel, but the efficiency at high altitude is quite good. When they accelerate to Mach 1.5, the distance to the opponent is no more than 50 kilometers, and they have entered the effective range of head-on interception!
"Attention, lock the target, prepare to launch missiles, two salvos!" Yamada continued to give orders to his subordinates.
The two-seater fighter greatly reduces the burden on the pilots. The radar officer in the back seat is quickly operating the radar, preparing to lock the target.
At the same time, the fighters on the opposite side were flying in the same way.
The Soviet Far East Military Region Land Defense Air Force, 592 regiment.
This is a Su-15 interceptor regiment, so after takeoff, their flight speed is very fast, from Sakhalin Island, all the way south, into the airspace of Hokkaido.
"Attention Regiment 592, it is about to enter the sky over Hokkaido and fight for our honor!" Regiment leader Yuri Mozgov shouted over the radio.
Their interceptor regiment was the first to take off. After taking off, the entire regiment's twenty Su-15 interceptors, guided by ground radar, pounced toward the south, and are now about to enter the sky over Hokkaido.
They were originally the homeland air defense air force, and the operational mode was to conduct air defense operations under the guidance of ground radar. Now, although they have become offensive operations, there is actually no difference.
In the southern part of Sakhalin Island, there is their large radar. The radar is enough to illuminate the sky over Hokkaido and find various aircraft over Hokkaido. At this time, they have also been guided by ground radar to confirm that there is an interceptor group. Fly towards them!
The collision between the two sides is about to begin!
"Activate the radar, find the target, lock them!" Mozgov continued to shout.
As an interceptor, the most advanced is of course radar.
At this time, the Typhoon-M airborne radar in the nose of the Su-15 fighter has completed its warm-up. This radar has adopted an inverted Cassegrain antenna, although it is considered a relatively advanced airborne radar in the Soviets. However, if you find a target the size of a fighter jet, it will not exceed sixty kilometers.
It doesn’t matter if the distance is a little closer. After all, the R98 missiles mounted on both sides have a limited range, and the disadvantage of the radar search range will not cause too much problem for interception.
Although it is an offensive operation, they also conduct operations under the guidance of ground radar, standard air defense tactics.
Twenty Su-15 interceptors were lined up in two rows, separated by two kilometers. Both sides were ready for a duel between the Eagles!
"Found the target." There was already a display on Mozgov's radar screen, and at this moment, a locked voice came from the headset.
The opponent's actions are faster! (End of this chapter)