Babylonian Empire

Hasmi quickly switched the fire control to the machine gun. At this time, the distance between the two sides had approached 500 meters. He used the active halo of the sight to try to trap the opponent's plane.

But it was unsuccessful. The pilot of the MiG-23 knew that there was an aircraft behind him, so he was maneuvering with a large load. Was thrown aside.Hasmi made a decisive decision and immediately switched to a fixed halo, and according to the larger angle of entry, corrected the lead according to the projection of the target. He aimed only in front of where the opponent might appear, and it was completely an air-to-air attack.

The three 3mm cannons began to spit out flames. At this time, the plane happened to appear in the place covered by the flames. Suddenly, the pilot felt the plane tremble, and then countless holes appeared in the fuselage.The MiG-30 was hit in the air and exploded.

Major Bochitakin's eyes were almost bursting with anger. They had already recognized that it was a J-19 fighter jet that was outdated in the Pakistan Air Force, but it was a modified version of the MiG-23 that had already been eliminated in the Soviet Air Force. , Actually knocked down their MiG-[-]!Moreover, it is still using the cannon!

He and the wingmen behind him didn't dare to launch missiles just now, for fear of accidentally injuring their friendly plane. Now that the plane was shot down by the opponent, they didn't have any scruples, and each fired an R-60 missile.

Seeing that plane turned into a fireball, Major Pochitakin let out a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, a backward J-23 fighter jet actually knocked out one of their MiG-[-]s. Fortunately, After shooting down the opponent, if J-[-] was allowed to escape, they would have no face to go back.

At this moment, the sound of the radar warning receiver came from the earphones, and they had been locked by the radar!

While the J-[-] was fighting bravely, the four Super Seven fighters that took off from the rear base finally arrived in the airspace. They all carried Sparrow air-to-air missiles and Sidewinder combat missiles.

No.18 Fighter Squadron, since last year, they have been replaced with Super Seven fighter jets. This is also their fifth launch to perform combat missions.

The pilot of the lead plane, Jamal Soleimani, calmly ordered his own fighter jets to enter the combat zone according to the instructions guided inside. At [-] kilometers, they turned on their fire control radar.

The Super Seven fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force are equipped with the same fire control system as the Iraqi F-20. This fire control system using the AN/APG67 radar as the main equipment is more advanced than the F-16. It has guidance The ability of the medium-range Sparrow missile, and, relying on its relationship with the United States, the Pakistan Air Force is equipped with the AIM-7F Sparrow missile, which is more advanced than that of the Iraqi Air Force.

"Attention, prepare to launch the sparrow missile." Jamal shouted on the radio.

At this time, the Soviet Air Force on the opposite side only focused on besieging the J-[-] fighter plane and shot down their companions with machine guns, which made them angry. They didn't know that they had been targeted by missiles.

After hearing the sound of the radar warning receiver in the earphone, Major Pochitakin knew that his side had been attacked, and he immediately ordered the formation to dive.

At this distance, the opponent must have used medium-range bombs. The medium-range bombs of this era generally lack the ability to look down and shoot down. Therefore, as long as the complex mountainous terrain below is used, the opponent's missiles can escape. Lock.

Just as the MiG-23 formation began to dive, the Super Seven formations had each launched a sparrow missile, and then they discovered the dive of the opposing formation.

Super Seven's radar has a very powerful ability to detect the opponent's low-flying fighter planes from the complex echoes on the ground, but it is not necessarily the AIM-7F missile it launches. The ground-reflected radar signal has low resistance, especially when looking down at low altitudes.It was not until the AIM-7M was equipped with a new type of reverse monopulse seeker that the low-altitude combat capability was greatly increased, and this seeker was the result of the US plagiarizing the sky flash.

Therefore, the sky flash missile introduced by Iraq is in the advanced ranks of medium-range air-to-air missiles, and the active sky flash that is about to be put into production will allow Iraq to have the same combat capability as AIM-120.

The air battle proceeded quickly, and the three MiG-23 fighter jets had their sweep angles adjusted to the maximum, which gave them excellent low-altitude performance, which is also the advantage of variable sweep wings.

The four sparrow missiles that flew in were all unlocked. At this time, the MiG-23 fighter jets had dived into the mountains. They were flying at ultra-low altitudes in the mountains. Even if the sky flashed at this time, they could not do anything to them.

Jamal was not discouraged. On the radar screen in front of him, he had already seen that all the missiles had lost their targets, while the opponent's plane went into the mountains.

Can't let them slip away!Our two J-[-]s were all shot down by them, we must take revenge!

The super seven divided into two two-plane formations, and they also descended.

"Let the Pakistanis see the true level of our Soviet pilots." Major Pochitakin shouted on the radio. They are all excellent pilots, and their flying level is far higher than that of the Afghan Air Force.

And this time they were intercepted by the opponent's medium-range bombs, they knew that it must be the super seven fighter jet newly equipped by the opponent. Developed with experience in air combat, it requires lightness, flexibility, fast climb, good maneuverability at transonic and supersonic speeds, and strong firepower.The high-altitude and high-speed performance is placed in the first place, and the ultra-low altitude performance is not outstanding.

Therefore, in the Soviet Union, only a part of the MiG-21 was equipped, while a large number of MiG-23s were equipped.

In the mountains to the west of Basstan, a battle was fought at low altitudes, which had been common in the era of propeller planes and cannon attacks, and now moved to fast jets.

After entering the low altitude, the MiG-23 was quickly divided into a single plane, because it is not fun to follow the lead plane in the mountainous area. If you are not careful, there is a risk of hitting the mountain.

The four Super Sevens were divided into two formations and flew towards the interior of the mountain.

At an altitude of 1000 meters at Super Seven, after visually spotting a MiG-23 flying below, Jamal and Nawaz flew towards it.

The prototype of the Super Seven, the low-altitude performance of the MiG-21 is indeed not very good, but after becoming the Super Seven, the low-altitude performance has been greatly improved, because it uses a double delta wing structure. Optimized for close quarters combat.

What they were facing was the MiG-23 of Major Pochitakin.

Major Pochitakin also saw the two Super Sevens. The plane that appeared in his sight was completely different from the MiG-21. Is it really a Super Seven modified from the MiG-21?Or another aircraft?

Whatever it is, shoot him down!

Major Bochitakin turned on the afterburner, and the MiG-23 fighter made an excellent climb, and flew towards the two planes.

Major Pochitakin turned on the fire control system while flying, and operated an R-60 missile under his wing. This missile is the latest improved version of the R-60 missile. It was only equipped with the Air Force in the late 70s , with head-on attack capability.

The Super Seven is currently mounted with the AIM-9P1 missile, which is an air-to-air missile invested and developed by the U.S. Air Force mainly for export. It is also equipped with a large number of Pakistani Air Force. However, this missile is not like the F-16. The original AIM-9L has omnidirectional attack capability. Only when it is improved to the AIM-9P4 type, part of the technology of AIM-9L is adopted, and it has the same omnidirectional seeker as the L type, and has the ability to attack omnidirectionally.

Therefore, in the process of this head-on attack, Major Pochitakin had the advantage. He kept rushing the nose of the aircraft towards the opponent, allowing the seeker of the R-60M missile to lock on to the infrared radiation source, and then fired. missile.

"Attention, the opponent launched a missile, released an infrared decoy bomb, and maneuvered to avoid flight." Jamal said.

The missile was heading towards Nawaz.

Nawaz felt the blood rushing upwards all over his body. He is a new pilot. Although his skills were excellent in aviation school and field troops, this is the first real battle after all, and there is only one chance. , is the difference between life and death.

"Boom, boom, boom." Infrared decoy bombs were released from the tail of the aircraft and scattered in the sky like fireworks.

Then, he pressed the slope and dived rapidly in a 45-degree direction to the right.

One way to avoid infrared-guided air-to-air missiles is to release infrared decoy bombs and dive at high speed when the opponent approaches.

Different from the tail pursuit attack, in the head-on attack method, the speed difference between the two sides is very large. At the same time, due to the limitation of the seeker, the field of view is not very large. Therefore, release the infrared decoy bomb and let it lure the opponent there. The missile, then, as long as it dives fast enough, can disappear from the opponent's field of view, that is, make the opponent lose the target.

Nawaz was under a huge overload, and felt that the muscles on his face were about to be torn off. The mountain below was rushing towards him. He was doing a dive, and here, the altitude was very low, and there was a danger of hitting the mountain at any time. .

However, he is very confident in his fighter.

Just when the altitude dropped sharply to 400 meters, he pulled the control lever back hard, and pulled it up when the belly of the aircraft was almost rubbing against the top of the mountain.

Major Pochitakin didn't have time to launch the second missile, and the two sides passed each other.

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Then, he stepped on the right rudder and at the same time pressed the right control lever, ready to turn, and launched the next R-60M missile he had mounted again.

Since they are here to provoke this time, all of them are mounted in the air superiority. Two medium-range R-40 missiles and four R-60 missiles allow them to avoid being bombarded in fierce air battles. The capital of exhaustion.

However, before he turned back, he was surprised to find that he couldn't find any trace of the other party from the side of the airspace he was in!

Then there is only one possibility, the opponent has already flown behind him, but how is that possible?Do they have the ability to hover horizontally that fast?

When the MiG-23 is in the middle of the sweep angle, the stable circling angular velocity is only about nine degrees per second, while the Super Seven can reach fourteen degrees per second, which means that the Super Seven is far behind in terms of horizontal maneuvering. Higher than the MiG-23.Since the Super Seven is a single-engine fighter, and the MiG-23 is a dual-engine fighter, the advantage of the MiG-23 lies in vertical maneuvering.

Circling horizontally with Super Seven is simply courting death.

Major Bochitakin's guess was very correct. The plane that passed him just now had turned around behind him. However, it was very difficult to aim at the other side.

In a fierce air battle, maintaining a straight flight for more than five seconds must be an act of courting death. This conclusion drawn in World War I still holds true today.

Major Bochitakin did not hesitate, he pushed the lever and entered the low altitude, where the pilot's courage and wisdom are combined.

None of their radars have terrain mapping capabilities, so walking through the valley depends entirely on their own reflexes, luck, or character.