Dominate South Asia

During the Iran-Iraq War, the Soviet Union provided a batch of MiG-25 fighters, which were initially piloted by Soviets. After the Iran-Iraq War, Soviet experts withdrew and all were handed over to the Iraqi Air Force for operation. Due to the outstanding contribution of this squadron, Saddam personally awarded each squadron pilot a gold-plated "honorary AK-47".

At this time, the leader of the entire MiG-25 formation was Captain Juha Daoud, who had 1,500 hours of flying experience. At this time, the Iraqi Air Force still followed the standard Soviet tactics and was guided by the ground CGI to the direction of the target.

Relying on the excellent interception performance of the MiG-25, after leaving the runway, the MiG-25 fleet has been climbing. Two days ago, when the US Navy's aircraft carrier arrived at the port of Pakistan, the Iraqi Air Force was already on high alert, and now, the war has finally begun!

Kill the Americans! Protect Iraq! This is the persistent belief of the Iraqi soldiers. Now, they are flying their fighter planes to an altitude of more than 20,000 meters, and accelerating to Mach 2.6. At this speed, it only takes a few minutes to fly a distance of hundreds of kilometers.

Under the wings, four huge R-40 missiles also began to enter the pre-attack guidance program. American Tomcat fighters? In the battlefield between Iran and Iraq, the Iraqi Air Force has fought with this kind of fighter many times!

Although at the beginning, the Iraqi Air Force was very afraid of the Iranian Tomcat fighters, especially the long-range Phoenix missiles, which made the Iraqi Air Force completely in a situation of only being beaten and not fighting back, but as the war progressed, they gradually found a way to get rid of the Iranian Tomcat fighters.

As long as you change the direction and go around the radial direction of the opponent's radar, it will be filtered out as clutter by the pulse Doppler radar. Cause the opponent to lose the lock! Surviving the brutal Iran-Iraq War, these pilots are very experienced.

As for the Iranians' boast of shooting down the MiG-25, almost all of them were achieved at low speeds. The high-altitude and high-speed MiG-25 was rarely hit accurately.

Both sides are heavy fighters with excellent interception capabilities, especially the abnormal supersonic flight capability of the MiG-25, which allows the distance between the two sides to close quickly.

However, the MiG-25 has a big disadvantage. The R-40 missile mounted under the wing has a range of only a few dozen kilometers. If you want to hit the opponent, it is best not to launch it beyond 20 kilometers. The Phoenix missile carried by the Tomcat fighter has a range of more than 100 kilometers!

Therefore, if the MiG-25 wants to attack the American Tomcat formation, it must be able to successfully enter within 30 kilometers of the opponent! This distance is enough for the opponent to launch two rounds of Phoenix missile attacks!

As the signal on the APG-71 radar becomes more and more obvious, the weapon operator in the rear cabin of the Tomcat fleet has skillfully prepared to launch the Phoenix missile.

The distance continues to close. As long as it approaches about 100 kilometers, the first round of Phoenix missile salvos will begin. Since the U.S. Navy was equipped with Tomcat fighters. This is the first time that such a large-scale air battle has taken place. The Tomcat fighters launched Phoenix missiles as a gift to the Soviets, but during the Cold War, such a large-scale military confrontation never occurred.

Now, facing the upcoming missile flying scene, the U.S. Navy pilots are very excited. It's about to start!

"The other party has gotten rid of the lock." At this moment, the radar operator in the rear cabin reported.

The MiG-25 fighter skillfully used the rolling tactics. Switched to the radial of the radar, all were filtered out as clutter!

"TWS mode, search for the target again." The captain of the U.S. F-14 squadron shouted on the radio.

"The Hunter Squadron has locked the target, requesting to attack." At this moment, the voice of the Pakistani pilot came from the headset.

Have they locked the target? These Pakistanis have more combat experience than their own! The squadron leader immediately shouted: "You can attack!"

As a backup, the Pakistani Hunter Squadron was behind the U.S. formation, but. The experienced Major Bashar immediately led the entire squadron to turn around and separated from the US Air Force by 15 degrees.

Only veteran pilots can avoid the lock of pulse Doppler radar, but. It can only avoid the lock of one radar. After the Pakistani flight formation separated the angle. Those Iraqi Air Force fighters that turned sideways were stared at by Pakistani fighters.

In this way, Pakistan's Tomcat fleet got the opportunity to launch missiles. The first shot to help Kuwait's restoration was fired by Pakistan!

Bashar's hand was on the red button, and he wanted to press it. With just a light press, the heavy Phoenix missile would leave the rack and pounce on the Iraqi fighter on the opposite side!

Bashar was not ambiguous about fighting the Soviets and the Indians, and now, fighting Iraq is also a just action!

"Attention, disengage, all formations return." At this moment, the sound of the early warning aircraft came from the headset.

Disengage and return? Are you kidding! The opposite side is the MiG-25! If we return like this, the MiG-25 will catch up with us and launch the equally huge R-40 missiles, which will also pose a threat to us!

You know, the MiG-25 uses a tube radar. Although it has a single function, it has a strong anti-interference ability. The two EA-6B electronic jammers following behind cannot effectively interfere with the radar of the MiG-25, and the speed of Mach 3 can allow them to catch up with their own side.

So, although he received the order in his ears, Bashar's hand still subconsciously pressed the button. This was an instinctive action.

The fire flashed under the belly of the aircraft. Two Phoenix missiles left the rack, dragged the tail flame, and began to climb to a higher altitude, flying in the most fuel-efficient way.

The Pakistani formation had four Tomcat fighters that launched eight missiles, and the rest of the fighters received the order and prepared to return.

The active radar seeker of the Phoenix missile has a limited range. In order to achieve the best effect, the Pakistani Tomcat fighter continued to fly forward until the missile was about 20 kilometers away from the opponent. After the active radar seeker started working, Bashar pushed the control stick and pedaled the rudder. The wing sweep became the minimum, and the turn was completed in the air with a small radius.

The huge overload caused Bashar to have temporary black vision. When his eyes became bright again, the Tomcat fighter had already begun to return.

Just like the cavalry in the era of Genghis Khan, they did not engage in close combat at first, but relied on diffuse arrows to kill the opponent. Due to the range advantage of the Phoenix missile, the Tomcat fighter could calmly launch missiles outside the opponent's attack range and then return.

Because it was a head-on attack, and the Iraqi pilots had fought with the Tomcat fighter many times, they were already familiar with this kind of attack. Therefore, after discovering that they were locked, they immediately turned, turned on the afterburner, and retreated at full speed.

The MiG-25 fighter sprinted to Mach 3, and could shake off many missiles by speed. Although the maximum speed of the Phoenix missile exceeded Mach 4, that was the power speed. After the solid fuel engine burned out, the speed began to decrease.

The formation of the MiG-25 fleet was broken up. In this round of attack, eight Phoenix missiles had only one result.

The Tomcat fighter jet broke away from contact and returned to the aircraft carrier. The pilots didn't know what happened. Why did the attack stop temporarily?

Colonel Dennis looked at the landing fighter jets one after another, his eyes full of annoyance.

Just a few minutes ago, he received an order from the White House to temporarily give up the use of force against Iraq!

Give up temporarily! It's not because the United States is afraid of Saddam, nor is it because the United States has begun to try to resolve it peacefully, but because of the interference of the US Air Force!

When the US Navy was informed that it was going to act alone and launch an air strike against Iraq, the US Air Force immediately refused to do it. It clamored in the Pentagon and stated various reasons to the Secretary of Defense. The Navy could not take on the task of attacking Iraq at all, and it would also alert the enemy. This must be a huge and orderly combat plan, requiring the cooperation of various attack aircraft, including stealth fighters, to strive to knock Iraq down at once, rather than the Navy's tickling tactics!

Seeing that the Navy was going to fire the first shot, the US Air Force was certainly not happy, especially since the Navy's Tomcat fighter jets were going to retire. The strongest strike force should be the US Air Force! If the Navy's Tomcat fighters had performed well and fought many beautiful air battles, maybe those guys in Congress would have changed their minds again.

The competition between the US military branches is quite fierce, and there is no doubt that the US Air Force can gain the upper hand every time. This time, the convinced Secretary of Defense had a consultation with US President Bush Sr. and finally decided to suspend the mission of the no-fly zone. The United States must concentrate all its forces to prepare for a fierce attack!

In this way, the Navy's only chance to show up was stranded again under the stirring of the US Air Force. Colonel Dennis was quite annoyed. He had been thinking about shooting down more Iraqi fighters during this period, but now, the only victory was created by the Iraqi Navy Air Force!

Although he was very depressed, as a soldier, it was his duty to execute orders. He could only order the formation to return to Gwadar Port and temporarily rest before the war.

The US Air Force arrived late. Two days later, the advance team of the US Air Force finally arrived at the airport near Gwadar Port. Strategic transport aircraft brought a large number of personnel and supplies. On the same night, some special black-painted aircraft also flew to Pakistan. (To be continued ~^~)