Chapter 456 Surveillance by the U.S. Navy
The gentle sea breeze blows over the Arabian Sea, where the heat of summer is coming everywhere.
A huge warship, the bridge and flat deck on the side above the hull, indicate that this is a sea giant: an aircraft carrier.
On the wide deck, an airplane with a mushroom tray on its back was placed on a steam catapult, and the propeller was rotating, ready to go.
A navy deck officer made a skilled gesture, and the pilot immediately pushed the throttle to the maximum and at the same time, released the brakes.
A large amount of steam emerged from the tail of the plane. At the same time, the plane was also accelerating forward quickly. After a few seconds, it was bounced off the deck.
Another aerial surveillance of the e-2 Hawkeye Early Warning Aircraft has begun again.
In addition to monitoring the situation in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz, it is also monitoring the Soviet navy not far from its own formation.
Under the escort banner, in addition to the US Navy, the Soviet Navy also came here, not only a few warships on the water, but also underwater, but also Soviet nuclear submarines.
However, both sides did not make much move. They were waiting to escort the ships of their own countries or countries they invited to escort and enter the Persian Gulf.
The e-2 reached the cruise height and entered the early warning airspace. After turning on the radar on the back, the radar operator widened his eyes: At this time, a huge group of aircraft was flying in at the farthest detection distance of the early warning aircraft!
From the perspective of targets, most of them are fighter jets, but there are also several that have relatively large echoes, which should be bombers.
Such a huge aircraft fleet is about the size of nearly forty fighter jets. Judging from the course, it should have flown from Iraq!
What does Saddam want to do?
"Reported. A group of aircraft were found. Forty fighters were flying southeast along the Persian Gulf centerline." The air combat information officer quickly reported the information back to the aircraft carrier in the rear, and the war situation was also transmitted back to the aircraft carrier through the data link.
"Two F-14s take off and monitor." The captain immediately gave an order.
Although those aircraft should take off to bomb Iran, and although Iraq is now a friendly country of the United States, special circumstances should also be prevented. You should know that the Iraqi Air Force is equipped with legal Feiyu missiles and Chinese-made C801 missiles. If the other party "error" launches missiles at itself, the consequences will be very dangerous.
The captain looked at the two Tomcat fighters on the deck of the aircraft carrier and ejected away from the aircraft carrier one by one.
The f-14 is the most powerful air-control fighter in the U.S. Navy. Each f-14 fighter carries two Sparrow air-to-air missiles and two Satellites missiles, and does not carry the Immortal missile.
Because the huge weight of that kind of missile prevents the F-14 Tomcat from landing safely on the aircraft carrier, every time they carry the Immortal Bird missile, they have to throw the missile into the sea water in advance when landing. Although the US Navy is rich and powerful, it cannot withstand such consumption. Therefore, the F-14 will only carry the Immortal Bird when performing rapid interception or performing air defense patrols. Now, they are just monitoring Iraqi aircraft fleets, and they do not need to carry such missiles.
After taking off, the f-14 immediately contacted the early warning aircraft and rushed to the predetermined airspace for surveillance under the command of the early warning aircraft.
The Iraqi Air Force has dispatched so many aircraft fleets this time. What will happen to their bombing effect? The US Navy is very interested.
Moreover, there is another reason that cannot be said, that is, show off the power of the US ** (--Fastest Update) team! No matter how powerful Iraq is, it is only a pediatric-level military strength. The full combat power of the Iraqi Air Force dispatched in full is not as powerful as an aircraft carrier formation of the US Navy.
This was Phoebe's 32nd flight operation. He flew the Phantom F1 fighter and led his 11th fighter squadron, following the 115th fighter squadron of the F-20 in Hamad. Their two squadrons were flying in the front, all air-optimized, and were responsible for air-control missions.
Due to the limited range, even if the auxiliary fuel tank is installed and landed nearby at Saudi Arabia's air base when returning, they can fly over the Strait of Hormuz for up to twenty minutes, which is a test of the commanding ability of the formation commander.
The bombing was divided into several teams, responsible for the coastline and Gershm Island, and the ones they needed to focus on bombing were the Iranian missile launch equipment and the fortifications on those islands.
Due to the long distance, the Iranians never thought that Iraq could plan such a bold air strike plan. Moreover, Iran's long-range warning radars were not large, and many of them were transferred to the Western Front, so they did not find the Iraqi fleet coming to attack!
After arriving over the Strait of Hormuz, the 11th Fighter Squadron and the 115th Fighter Squadron began to climb high and reach an altitude of 10,000 meters, ready to deal with possible situations at any time. The 115th Fighter Squadron flew above the coastline and entered Iranian airspace, while the 11th Fighter Squadron flew on the mid-line of the Strait.
The two formations of aircraft turned on the fire-controlled radar and used the radar to scan the surrounding airspace.
When the fighter plane turned southeast, suddenly, two light spots appeared on Phoebeer's radar screen, and two fighter planes were flying quickly!
"Report, direction 0-3-" Two suspicious targets were found." Phoebir immediately reported to the commander-in-chief of the formation, Hamad, the chief aircraft of the F-20 fighter jet in front.
"Continue to monitor," Hamad said.
That direction is the direction of the outer sea.
Suddenly, a signal appeared on Phoebill's airborne electronic equipment, which immediately surprised Phoebill.
That is a unique signal to the awg-9 radar!
In order to fight against the Iranian Tomcat fighter jets, the electronic devices on this batch of legal Phantom F1 fighter jets can identify the radar signals.
"The report is a Tomcat fighter jet, with a total of two, and is approaching us quickly!"
"Keep alert immediately and be ready to fight at any time." Hamad said, and at the same time, he ordered his fighter squadron to start flying in this direction.
Two Tomcat fighters flew from the offshore. The news surprised Hamad. The Tomcat fighter is a heavy air-control fighter with a large range. Was this fighter flying from Sistan in the east or a fighter from the US Navy?
If the formation commander was Arslan, he, who was fearless, immediately ordered to open fire. However, Hamad was still relatively steady. When he asked his squadron to rush to the battlefield, he was also reporting to the commander-in-chief of the air strike in the rear, the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, Abid.
"His Excellency Kusai, I found that two Tomcat fighter jets were approaching our formation and could encounter them at any time," said Abid.
At this time, Kusai had returned to Baghdad. In order to provide a suitable airport for Iraq's return fighter jets, Prince Sultan also followed Kusai to the command center of Baghdad.
In fact, that's just a pretext. As the Minister of Defense, Prince Sultan has long been envious of the combat effectiveness of the Iraqi army. This time, the Iraqi Air Force dared to raid long-rangely and attack the Strait of Hormuz, which shocked him and wanted to meet him in person. Therefore, Prince Sultan followed Kusai to observe the entire air strike command process.
Although the commander-in-chief is Abid and the bombing operation has been studied many times in advance, Abid still dares not make decisions when encountering emergencies, especially now.
Tomcat fighter! Kusai sneered: "Follow closely, if the opponent flies into our attack circle, or if the opponent poses a threat to us, then shoot it down!"
If I had heard the name of this fighter two years ago, the only thing the Iraqi Air Force pilot could do was fly away quickly and hide as far as possible. But now it is different. The Iraqi Air Force is fully capable of ending the Tomcat fighter's over-visual range attack.
Prince Sultan heard Kusai's words and had a cold war. Although he was a bystander, he couldn't help but remind him with kindness: "His Excellency Kusai, those two tomcats may be from the US Navy."
"It is more likely to be from the Iranian Air Force," Kusai said. "We cannot be in awe of it just because it may be from the US Navy, because it is approaching our formation and poses a huge threat to our bombing formation. If it is really an Iranian tomcat, how many aircraft and how many pilots will we lose? This is a war!"
Kusai said it very simply, how about the US Navy? This is the Persian Gulf, the territory of the Arabs. What are the Americans driving aircraft carriers here? No one invites you to show off?
If it is an Iranian Tomcat fighter, it will cause great losses to the formation. What is most certain about the Iranian Tomcats is to shoot down the other side at a long distance. If it is from the US Navy, I'm sorry, I'll shoot it wrong.
Kusai is very open-minded.
When Prince Sultan heard this, he was worried. If this was a mistake, would the US Navy give up?
The U.S. Navy is also very open-minded.
Even the Red Empire's air force was not afraid, and naturally they would not be afraid of the small Iraqi air force and the almost negligible Iranian air force. For them, this will be their sky in the future.
Although the aircraft carrier captain ordered these two F-14 fighter jets to conduct surveillance missions, as the pride of heaven and the US Navy's aviation force, the pilot of the F-14 fighter jet was not so thought.
"George, how about we make a game?" said the radar operator behind two F-14s soaring in the blue sky.
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Chapter completed!