Dominate South Asia

Under a clean blue sky with white clouds, the Tomcat fighters of the China-Pakistan Joint Test Brigade set off from Pakistan in a standard dual-plane mode, crossed Kashmir and the Pamir Plateau, and entered China, and their final destination was China's Xi'an Aircraft Corporation.

As the Pakistani captain of the joint brigade, Rick was personally involved in everything to ensure that the mission was foolproof.

In addition to these four Tomcat fighters, there were several other fighters that took off from various airports and rushed to China.

According to the prior subject arrangement, this time the China-Pakistan Joint Test Brigade conducted such a long-distance raid exercise. In addition to necessary tactical exchanges, all communication channels between fighters were prohibited from gossip. After Rick, who was sitting in the driver's seat, started the autopilot mode, he felt bored.

So Rick passed on his experience in previous battles to his Chinese counterparts through this flight. The Chinese pilots in the back seat absorbed it eagerly, accepted it humbly, and even took notes seriously during this short time.

Just think about it, in the small cockpit, he actually brought a notebook! Holding the pen with flight gloves and writing in the turbulence, even Rick expressed respect for the dedication of the Chinese pilots.

Fortunately, the cockpit of the Tomcat fighter is spacious, and the rear cabin is the weapon operator, so there is no operating lever to get in the way.

"Wang Wei, you are really hardworking, but you should also pay attention to your health," Rick said to the Chinese pilot in the back seat while wearing a respirator and looking at the sky.

"Well, thank you, wait a moment, I will write again. This opportunity is very rare. Compared with you, we have too many things to catch up. After all, our Chinese Navy and Air Force fighter units have not fought against real enemies for nearly 20 years, while you have fought against the Soviet Air Force in Afghanistan and the neighboring Indian Air Force. Now you are participating in the multinational force's operations in Iraq..." Wang Wei answered seriously, but the pen in his hand did not stop.

"Haha, it's nothing, actually. You've fought many battles, so you've gained experience. You don't have to belittle yourself. You should know that you forced the US Air Force to not dare approach the 'MiG Corridor' during the Korean War, creating a miracle in the history of world air combat. Our Pakistani Air Force relies more on advanced foreign equipment to achieve advantage. If the channels for these equipment are cut off, we don't have the foundation like you. We would really lose the wars with the Soviets and Indians, and our country would only perish!" Rick said self-deprecatingly.

"Rick, you?" Wang Wei was a little embarrassed.

"Nothing, Wang Wei, it's because we were betrayed many times before that we really realized that China is a firm and loyal friend of Pakistan, and you are also my friend. There is no need to avoid between friends. Just like the Tomcat fighter under us is the product of mutual trust and cooperation between our two countries." Rick said, looking at the magnificent mountains and rivers of China outside the cabin.

If there was no China, Pakistan would have been destroyed by India long ago, at that time. The Western world has abandoned Pakistan, and only China is Pakistan's loyal friend! And now, Pakistan's Tomcat fighter jets have been successfully copied with the cooperation of Chinese technicians.

"That's right, so we are friends, haha." Wang Wei agreed.

This time in China, Rick was very satisfied with these fighter jets.

His aircraft and the other eleven fighter jets are all obviously improved "Tomcats", which are very different from the original Tomcat fighter jets previously equipped by the Pakistani Navy and Air Force.

First of all, the biggest difference is that a pair of conformal fuel tanks are installed on the top of the fuselage, which frees up a pair of heavy weapon attachment points under the belly air intake that used to carry auxiliary fuel tanks. After the flight control system is adjusted and the aerodynamic shape is modified in a small range, the ventral fin at the tail of the air intake is cancelled and replaced by another pair of heavy weapon attachment points. Secondly, the cockpit is replaced with an integrated glass cockpit, and the pilot's field of vision is much better than the previous three-sided and two-body cockpits. It is a perfect match with the new helmet sight and optoelectronic display. The tail engine is a high-thrust turbofan engine WS10C jointly developed by China and Pakistan based on the American F110-GE-100 turbofan engine. The thrust is increased by 15% compared to the original F110. The maneuverability and load capacity of the Tomcat fighter have been greatly improved. In the end, the actual load capacity of this new Tomcat reached an astonishing 9.3 tons!

China has been carrying out the WS-10 project. Although China already has a mature Spey engine and an improved TF-41 engine, it can temporarily meet the power requirements of the J-10 fighter in terms of performance, but. After all, the core engine is outdated, and China's new fighter jets also need more advanced engines, so the WS-10 project has been ongoing.

When Pakistan's F110 engine production line began, China's engine project team joined Pakistan's engine project improvement. Through the joint efforts of both parties, after thoroughly understanding the design of the F110 engine, they began to improve the engine. After six or seven years of hard work, the AL-37F engine introduced from the Soviet Union and some of the technical data of the F110-GE-129 obtained from the United States were combined, and finally the current model was improved. According to the naming of China, it is called WS10C, and Pakistan named this engine "Qigori-1".

K2, located in northern Pakistan, is the highest peak in Pakistan and the second highest peak in China and the world, with an altitude of 8,611 meters, second only to Mount Everest. The meaning of Khogori is tall and majestic. Pakistan named its engine Khogori, which represents that its aviation engine technology will reach the highest peak of industrial technology.

Although the powerful engine makes the Tomcat more maneuverable, for the Pakistan Navy, the steam catapult currently equipped on the Endeavor aircraft carrier is relatively limited in power, so the maximum load capacity of this Tomcat is limited to 7.2 tons. The Navy Criticized endlessly.

However, Rick heard from his father that the Navy seems to be developing a new toy through the Babel Research Institute, which seems to be called an electromagnetic catapult. By then, the shortcomings limiting the combat power of the new Tomcat will be completely resolved.

now. The two pairs of composite pylons under the deformed wing box of the fighter jet, the pair of heavy weapon hardpoints under the belly, and the two pairs of heavy weapon hardpoints under the air inlet are fully loaded with various weapons: including 2 R73M infrared close-range Air-to-air missiles, 4 "Sky Flash" active radar-guided air-to-air missiles, and 2 Eagle 91-A heavy supersonic anti-ship missiles!

When Shostakovich got back the П-270'Москит' from the Soviet Union, which is the Sandfly anti-ship missile with the NATO code name SS-N-22, Pakistan immediately organized its own technical forces to conduct research on this missile. For imitation, because Shostakovich simultaneously obtained a lot of technical information and even tricked several experts from the Soviet Union, Pakistan's same imitation missile was quickly copied successfully, and. Pakistan has developed a series of supersonic missiles!

Since Pakistan already has a production line for the C-801 series of anti-ship missiles introduced from China, code-named YJ-81, it adopted the same naming method and named this missile YJ-91. Type A is an anti-ship missile. Model, P type is a radiation-proof model, equipped with a powerful rocket ramjet engine produced in Pakistan.

The projectile is 4.7 meters long, 360 mm in diameter, and 0.6 tons in weight. The warhead weighs 90 kilograms, has a maximum range of 200 kilometers and a minimum range of 5 kilometers. This is an excellent heavy-duty supersonic missile. At the same time, Chinese and Pakistani scientists learned from the seeker of the American AGM88 "Ham" anti-radiation missile introduced by Pakistan, and improved their own seeker through reverse research to improve their radar frequency range. 2 to 18 Hz, the accuracy error radius is within 8 to 10 meters, and has strong anti-interference ability. Can operate in complex electronic warfare environments.

Although Pakistan's improved Tomcat fighter is not yet a new generation fighter with stealth capabilities, achieving new combat capabilities by improving various equipment and adopting new technologies has always been a direction for the improvement of military aircraft. The American F -16. Isn't this how it is constantly improved?

This aircraft has applied many new technologies and is still an experimental model. However, the experts from the former Grumman Corporation poached from Pakistan are full of confidence and promise that the new Tomcat is a third-generation model. A semi-fighter, its combat effectiveness is at least 50% higher than the original American F14D. Even more powerful, they participated in the improvement of this fighter midway. However, since they were the original designers who developed the Tomcat and knew the structure of the Tomcat well, their participation made the improvement of this fighter aircraft smoother. Those former Grumman bosses actually prefer to call this new Tomcat the F14E. However, due to various reasons, the US Navy has completely given up on the Tomcat. The F14E will become the swan song of the Tomcat family and its birthplace. It's actually outside the US imperialist homeland. After waiting for a few years, the U.S. Navy discovered this Tomcat that Pakistan had improved on its own. All of them beat their chests and almost cursed the short-sighted guys in Congress and several senior naval generals.

Of course, since this is a new model, both Pakistan and China have some doubts about its reliability, so Rick's actual combat flight with his team this time also means to test the combat effectiveness of this fighter. There is one key element that Pakistan and the Chinese naval aviation have longed for: the new Tomcat fighter jets will participate in the "Red Flag 93" exercise and conduct a live-fire drill of attacking an enemy aircraft carrier formation with the Eagle 91-A heavy supersonic anti-ship missile!

Rick and other Chinese and Pakistani pilots are getting familiar with this new model as quickly as possible. Pilots always hope to fly the best, most advanced and coolest fighter planes, and then humiliate and abuse their enemies. Of course, this also lays a solid foundation for the new Tomcat to enter service as soon as possible.

No, a few years ago, President Mahmoud conducted the Red Flag Exercise in China, which suddenly made the Chinese military bosses realize that the PLA Army had fallen far behind the world due to its long-term isolation. Therefore, the bosses shamelessly thought Let Mahmoud ask whether the Pakistani army can serve as the coach of the PLA army, um, also as a sparring partner. For Pakistan, which has a relatively small territory and limited airspace, it is naturally a dream. Although it has been conducting exercises with the air forces of other countries on the soil of South Africa and Saudi Arabia in recent years, China is relatively closer and more convenient.

Soon, the "Douzhen" training ground in Xihai Province, China, became a place for the exchange of air forces between China and Pakistan. The F14E "Fighting Cat" competed with its own brothers, J10 "Stick", Flying Leopard, Su-34, etc., and the scene was often full of "gunpowder smell". The Pakistani eagles who had experienced the brutal war in Afghanistan and the India-Pakistan war were naturally happy to have rookies sent to their doorstep for them to "sharpen". (To be continued ~^~)