Babylonian Empire

The distance was too close, and before Amy could react, she was hit by a Sidewinder missile, which ignited the fuel and caused a volley explosion.

Amy didn't even have the chance to skydive.

The Sidewinder missile is a short-range air-to-air missile produced in the United States. It is equipped in large quantities to the air forces of various countries that are pro-American. During the Bavillian Dynasty in Iran, a large number of Sidewinder missiles were also purchased.

The normal air superiority mount of the F-14 is to mount four long-range Phoenix missiles under the belly, and two medium-range air-to-air missiles and two short-range Sidewinder missiles under the wings. Insufficient, therefore, the four F-14s this time only carried four Sparrows and two Sidewinder missiles.

After Ziaz used the sidewinder to shoot down an Iraqi Mirage, he immediately switched on another missile, ready to fight the remaining Mirage.

In close combat, the Tomcat's advantage is unmatched.

Hamad already knew that the opponent was faster than his own in circling speed, so it would be foolish to compete with his opponent in horizontal circling. At the same time, since the opponent has two engines, his climbing ability is not comparable to his own. So, his only advantage is, It is to enter the low altitude, and there may be a possibility of shooting down the opponent.

Unlike the Phantom 3, which uses delta wings and focuses on high altitude and high speed, the Phantom F1 adopts a normal aerodynamic layout, and its agility at mid and low altitudes is greatly enhanced. It is the only opportunity to fight against the opponent in the airspace where it is best at.

However, this is only relative, because Tomcats with computer-controlled variable-sweep wings have excellent performance in various airspaces.

And now, Hamad is also within the opponent's attack range, so he has to get rid of the opponent as soon as possible.

Hamadra pedaled the rudder, maintained a glide angle, and dived to low altitude while performing an S-shaped maneuver.

Although the low altitude has the advantage of good maneuverability, in air combat, the remaining energy is very important. After entering the low altitude, the advantage of altitude will be lost. If the speed is lost, then it is not far from being shot down. .

The disadvantage of the Mirage F1's cockpit was once again reflected. The field of view was narrow, and if he had poor external perception, he could only look backwards to see if the fighter was chasing him every time he turned.

Ziaz is indeed chasing him. With good maneuverability, he has successfully entered the rear hemisphere of the opponent. However, the off-axis launch angle of the Sidewinder missile is only more than 20 degrees, because the Mirage aircraft in front is constantly moving. S-type maneuver, he won't get the chance to launch missiles.

I don't believe you can't make mistakes!Ziaz stared at the Mirage in front of him, and the opponent always started to turn in time, and then turned around. Even if it lasted a little longer, he could still use the Tomcat's better horizontal hovering performance to get the launch opportunity.

PS: Thanks to my old friend Faxisi for the reward!

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Chapter 181 The Air Combat In Progress

Chapter 181 Air battle in progress——

While the air battle here was going on fiercely, there was also a fierce battle going on in another airspace.

The two F-4 squadrons, whose wings were covered with bombs at this moment, were the line of defense of the Iraqi armored division that was going to bomb Abadan, opening the way for the subsequent attack.

The F-4 fighter is also a heavy-duty two-way fighter with a two-man driving system. There are nine external hardpoints on the fuselage. The racks are used to mount 6 MK82 bombs.

Although the F-4E fighter jets had been equipped with ANAVQ-79 "square box" laser designators before the Islamic Revolution in 9, which could be used to guide the GBU-10 laser-guided bombs, the subsequent Islamic Revolution made the Iranian Air Force The laser-guided bombs ordered have not been obtained, so what are mounted now are ordinary aerial bombs.

A set of ALQ-71 electronic countermeasure equipment pods were also mounted under the wing of the lead plane, Lieutenant Colonel Sebidmoy Azar, which could interfere with the field radar equipped by the Iraqi armored division on the ground.

The F-4 formation behind the two F-5 formations is also full of bombs. Since the F-5 is a light fighter, only two bombs and two Sidewinder missiles are mounted. After the bombing of the previous formation is completed, supplementary bombing and mopping up will be carried out.

Although unfortunately they ran into an Iraqi fighter jet, the Tomcat fighter jets had already met them, and what they needed to do was to bomb!

The places they focused on bombing were the fortifications on the outskirts of Abadan, the garrison barracks, which contained a large number of tanks, and then Abadan's power plant and oil refinery.

With Hashemian commanding, he would never let his own young soldiers be used as cannon fodder.

However, before the bombing formation reached the sky above the predetermined location, the two Mirage F1s in the rear finally turned their heads and caught up.

They immediately scanned the airspace with their fire control radar and found the group of enemy planes that had slipped away.

Turn on the missile, warm up, lock on the target, launch, everything is done with ease.

A semi-active radar-guided Matra 530 missile has been destroyed just now, and now it is the second semi-active radar-guided missile.

Although both the F-4 and F-5 have strong maneuverability, that was when they were mounted in the air, but now that they are loaded with heavy bombs, if they make a big overload maneuver, it must be an airplane. The tragedy of disintegration in the air.

Therefore, after being locked, the only thing they can do is to lower the altitude. At the same time, the lead plane's electronic jamming pod starts to activate, trying to interfere with the opponent's radar signal and let the missile launched by the opponent unlock.

However, they don't know that this legal semi-active radar-guided missile has a special feature. If it is subjected to a strong source of interference and cannot receive the target echo provided by the carrier aircraft, then the missile's guide The seeker will change the target and track this strong interference source instead!It will not return to the original state until the disturbance disappears.

From this point of view, the French are also very good at thinking. How dare you interfere with me?Then I will beat you!That's the psychology.

And all of this is chosen by the missile itself, and has nothing to do with the carrier aircraft, let alone the target being attacked.

The F-5 formation that fell behind didn't know that they had escaped a catastrophe. They just saw the missiles flying by from the aircraft and thought it was the other side's missiles that missed the target.

Unexpectedly, the two missiles accurately hit the lead plane of the two F-4 fighter formations!As if the other party has eyes.

So far, the battle has begun to favor the Iraqi Air Force. The two Mirage F1s, and then the remaining infrared-guided Matra 530 missiles, once again achieved a record of shooting down.

Since they are behind the Iranian fighter plane, the infrared seeker can accurately track the hot airflow from the turbojet engine, which can kill the opponent's plane at a long distance.

Their good luck ended there, though, as Ziaz, the last Tomcat, finally got his hands free and started turning back to make trouble for them.

Hamad knew that as long as he made a mistake, it would be a fatal blow.

He also knew that he had to try to get rid of the other party, otherwise, the feeling of being followed by others was very uncomfortable.

Hamad gritted his teeth and decided to take a bold attempt.

In the low altitude, there is no altitude advantage, and if there is no speed, it is very scary. However, if you want to get rid of the opponent, there is a way, that is to slow down yourself and let the opponent fly past you. In this way, you can have The hope of turning defeat into victory.

Hamad decided to give it a try.

He jerked the throttle lever to its minimum position and, at the same time, lowered the leading-edge maneuvering flaps.

As if the running horse was being pulled, the speed of the plane dropped suddenly, and the altitude also became lower.

When Ziaz saw that the Mirage aircraft in front slowed down, it was too late to do the same deceleration action, so he had to pull the lever suddenly, and the fighter jet began to suddenly change into a vertical upward climb.

Even if you go back to the high altitude, you can't rush to the front of the opponent!Ziaz made up his mind, and at the same time, turned on the booster switch of the engine.

With a thrust-to-weight ratio greater than 1, the Tomcat climbs vertically with little effort.

The radar operator in the back cabin turned his head back, and saw that Mirage F1 did not give up the opportunity, and actually followed it.

Of course Hamad didn't want to give up. He knew that only by killing the Tomcat would he be able to give his two brothers more time to destroy the bombing formation.

He turned on the afterburner, gritted his teeth, and climbed vertically. This time, he had the advantage: he followed the tomcat.

However, Hamad knew that he only had a few seconds, because his fighter plane was not powerful enough to allow him to climb vertically.

Tomcat climbs faster and faster, but he climbs slower and slower.

Under heavy overload, Hamad turned on the weapon launch switch with difficulty, preparing to launch a magic short-range air-to-air missile on the wingtip.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a huge vibration from the fighter plane, and then, the instrument in front of him began to move involuntarily, and a warning light was conspicuously on.

The Phantom F1 with air intake on both sides, when he was doing a vertical climb, the air intake was insufficient, causing the engine to have a terrible surge until the engine stopped.