Chapter 504 Large-scale air combat
"Boom~~"
Two F-14 'Panda' fighters were hit by missiles and exploded.
The huge fireball shone in the sky, even more brilliant than the sun.
After the launch, they immediately moved and camouflaged.
Then, they installed the missiles.
This kind of missile installation is a laborious job!
It took a lot of effort to install four 'Aegis-0' air defense missiles.
After all, one 'Aegis-0' air defense missile weighs 76 kilograms, and it takes two people to lift and install it.
"Chen Hai, what are you writing?" Lin Jianguo asked curiously.
Chen Hai said in a deep voice: "I have to write it down. We can't be proud and complacent after the battle. If these two F-14 'Panda' fighters sink the missile boats, stay alert and leave directly, it will not be easy for us to shoot them down!"
The F-14 'Panda' fighter is a supersonic multi-purpose carrier-based fighter of the United States. This carrier-based fighter was developed by Grumman according to the requirements of the Navy's fleet air defense and escort from the 1970s to the 1980s. It mainly performs fleet defense, interception, strike and reconnaissance tasks.
The aircraft began to be developed at the end of 1967, the prototype first flew at the end of 1970, and was delivered in May 1972.
It can be said that this is a very excellent carrier-based fighter.
However, even the United States feels the pressure because this aircraft is too expensive.
In recent years, with the continuous depreciation of the US dollar, the purchase price of this aircraft has also continued to soar.
The price of the F-14 'Panda' fighter was 19.6 million US dollars in 1979, and it soared to 33.27 million US dollars in 1983. As for this year, the price of the F-14 'Panda' fighter has risen to a staggering 44 million US dollars.
In addition to the fact that the performance of this fighter is indeed excellent, which makes the price of the aircraft continue to rise, there is another important reason, which is the depreciation of the US dollar!
It is precisely because the F-14 'Panda' fighter is too expensive that the US military has to ask for the development of a cheaper carrier-based fighter, so there is the F/A-18 'Hornet' carrier-based fighter, the price of this aircraft is less than 20 million US dollars, which is much lower than the F-14 'Panda' fighter.
"It is worthy of being a top student, that is serious!" Lin Jianguo gave Chen Hai a thumbs up.
Lin Jianguo only went to junior high school and later joined the army. It happened that the troops were streamlined, and he was discharged from the army, and then entered the Panshan Machinery Factory. He was unwilling to live a peaceful life and considerable remuneration, so Lin Jianguo chose to go to an overseas security company.
This time, Lin Jianguo came to Libya.
Chen Hai is different. Chen Hai is a college student, and he is from a military academy. Before he graduated from college, he was assigned to Panshan Group and the Combined Brigade. Later, he operated the "Aegis-0" air defense missile system.
In the south, Chen Hai and his comrades made great achievements. This time, he received a mission, took off his military uniform, and arrived in Libya urgently.
This situation is constantly happening.
A-6 and A-7 attack aircraft are constantly shot down, and some F-14 "Panda" fighters and F/A-18 fighters are shot down by air defense missiles, but the number is much smaller.
With the arrival of the Libyan Air Force, the two sides launched the largest air battle since World War II.
Facts have proved that compared with the F-14 "Panda" fighter and the F/A-18 "Hornet" fighter, the MiG-23 and MiG-25 fighters are inferior.
The MiG-23 fighter is a variable-sweep wing multi-purpose supersonic fighter developed by the Soviet Mikoyan-Grevich Aircraft Design Bureau in the 1960s. It was the main equipment of the Soviet National Air Defense Force in the 1970s. The aircraft has a maximum range of 2,900 kilometers, a combat radius of 1,160 kilometers, a bomb load of 2 tons, a maximum low-altitude speed of 1.14 Mach, and a maximum high-altitude speed of 2.35 Mach. There is a 23mm twin-barreled machine gun under the fuselage, 2 medium-range P-23 air-to-air missiles, and 4 close-range P-60 air-to-air missiles.
The MiG-25 fighter is a high-altitude, high-speed interceptor fighter developed by the Soviet Mikoyan Design Bureau in the late 1960s. It is the world's first fighter with a maximum flight speed of more than Mach 3. Since it was equipped with troops in 1969, it has broken many world records in high-altitude and high-speed performance!
Although the MiG-25 has been discontinued, it does not prevent it from being an excellent fighter.
But they all have a problem, that is, they belong to the second generation of aircraft. Of course, if it is based on Soviet standards, it belongs to the third generation of aircraft.
In terms of avionics systems, both aircraft are inferior.
Not to mention, this is not the aircraft used by the Soviet Union itself. It is exported to Libya, and it is most likely a monkey version.
In this way, it is even worse than the F-14 ‘Panda’ fighter and the F/A-18 fighter.
Coupled with the technical gap of the pilots, the gap in combat effectiveness is even more obvious.
Even with the help of anti-aircraft missiles, the MiG-23 and MiG-25 fighters of the Libyan Air Force are still being shot down.
After the battle, the F-14 ‘Panda’ fighter, the F/A-18 ‘Hornet’ fighter, the A-6, and A-7 attack aircraft returned to the aircraft carrier to replenish ammunition and fuel.
The Libyan pilots were already killing red-eyed, and they were not willing to let the enemy aircraft leave like this, so they drove fighters to chase them.
As a result, without the help of anti-aircraft missiles, the US military's air defense firepower was turned on.
MiG-23 and MiG-25 fighters were shot down one after another, either exploding in the air and turning into fireballs, or plunging into the sea with thick smoke.
"Damn, these rookies are so stupid!" At this time, the Soviet military observation group was furious and cursed.
They couldn't understand why the Libyan air force pilots were still so bad after so many years of training.
If it were Soviet pilots, even if they drank two bottles of Volga, they wouldn't be like this.
"The Libyan Air Force is finished, at least half of the aircraft were lost in this battle!" The deputy head of the military observation group made a calm judgment, "Now it depends on whether the US military aircraft will have the courage to take off and fight again after such a large loss. Once the US military aircraft takes off and fights again, I am afraid that the Libyan Air Force will not be able to resist!"
Before this, Libya had 513 combat aircraft, including a large number of MiG-23 and MiG-25 fighters.
But now, except for some MiG-25 and MiG-23 fighters, the others have been shot down.
Although the Soviet military observation group has more than 1,000 people, they will not directly participate in the war to avoid a direct war between the two sides.
To be honest, they are not optimistic about the current situation of the Libyan Air Force.
Once the air superiority is lost, it will be disastrous for Libya.
"China's air defense missiles are really powerful and have strong anti-interference capabilities. If it were not for China's air defense missile system, it would be difficult to shoot down a few planes with SAM air defense missiles." The head of the military observation group, 'Valeri', said, "Now it depends on how many such air defense missiles the Libyans have."
"Now we will report the situation to the country!" Valeri said.
Now the US military has suffered a lot, and the war has broken out. As the mortal enemy of the United States, the Soviet Union is naturally very happy and it is necessary to take some actions to support Libya.
And see if you can knock on Gaddafi, who has been a little dishonest in the past few years, so that Gaddafi will not be indecisive every two or three days.