Dominate South Asia

When the angle of attack of the wing increases to a certain degree, that is, the critical angle of attack, the airflow on the upper surface of the wing separates, resulting in a decrease in lift and stalling. After the stall, the aircraft will rotate along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft toward the wing that stalled first, and enter a tailspin state.

Now, this F-16 is flying at an altitude exceeding the ceiling, especially after launching a missile, the airflow changes sharply, causing the airflow on the wing surface to separate and enter a stall state.

The world is spinning, but Kadri's mind is still clear. During training, everyone will artificially enter a tailspin state and then recover.

This state is very uncomfortable. Kadri clearly judged that his fighter was rotating to the right, so he pushed the control stick to the left and stepped on the left rudder. Soon, the fighter stopped rotating and the tailspin was easily recovered.

Next, it was stalling and leveling. The throttle was reduced to slow speed, the joystick was pulled back, and the speed brake was released. At this time, the altitude had dropped below 10,000 meters. Kadri felt that his fighter suddenly regained balance and leveled!

In the stall and spin just now, the high overload seat provided a great help, so that he would not be too uncomfortable. Now, looking at the plane that was leveled again, Kadri's heart became surging.

The words of the base commander came from the headset: "Congratulations, the MiG-25 has been shot down, return home victoriously!"

The MiG-25 was hit by two Sidewinder missiles and was successfully shot down!

The inward-facing landing gear was lowered, the nose of the F-16 fighter rose, the main landing gear first touched the ground, and ran forward steadily for a few meters. The front landing gear followed and fell. The tail deceleration parachute was released. The fighter quickly stopped and slid to the apron according to the command of the ground personnel.

When the ground crew moved the ladder to the side of the fuselage and opened the canopy, Kadri realized that he was soaked.

Coming down the ladder, unbuttoning the flight helmet, and enjoying the evening breeze, Kadri looked at the people standing in front of him, base commander Arslan and military district chief of staff Muhammad.

"Report, 067 successfully shot down the enemy plane!" Kadri raised his right arm to salute.

"Congratulations." Arslan said, "You have become another pilot in the 11th squadron who shot down an enemy plane."

Old Arslan also came from the 11th squadron. He has a special feeling for this squadron. Now old Arslan's body is no longer suitable for flying in the sky. American junk food has made him a little fat. He looked at the pilot in front of him making meritorious deeds, as if he saw himself back then.

"It is the glory of all our soldiers." Kadri said, "Without the guidance of the ground, I can't appear in that position accurately."

The key to interception lies in the leap. The timing must be grasped well to accurately intercept.

"We still have a mission to do, Kadri, you have to recall the situation carefully and find out how it entered the tailspin. We must prevent similar problems from happening." Muhammad said.

When the domestic J-6 attacked the high-altitude drone, there was no stall. Now it happened to the F-16. Before the F-14 arrived, this was their only means. We must study it carefully and find out the cause of the stall.

"Yes." Kadri said.

There was jubilation in the Peshawar base. The Soviet MiG-25 that was showing off its power was beaten down. The Soviets' desire to trample on Pakistan's airspace at high altitude and high speed failed.

Turkmenistan Air Force Base.

"Immediately notify the Afghan forces to help search for the crashed pilot. He may have fallen into the mountains in northwestern Pakistan. Ask them to help search. Even if it is across the border, the pilot must be rescued." Base commander Hosnetsov said.

His eyes were fixed on the map. Just a few minutes ago, a MiG-25 from his side was shot down over Peshawar, Pakistan. When he heard the news, his first reaction was that it was impossible, absolutely impossible!

Even the Americans could not shoot down the MiG-25 fighter jet flying at high altitude and high speed. How did the Pakistanis do it?

He came to the headquarters and ordered his electronic warfare officers to analyze it.

"Report, based on the analysis of the radar signal, we have come to a conclusion." A subordinate said.

"How did the plane crash? Was it a mechanical failure?" Hosnetsov asked.

"Report, it's not a mechanical failure. Just after entering Pakistan's airspace, two fighter planes of the Pakistan Air Force took off. They used power to jump and flew to an altitude of 20,000 meters."

"Impossible, how is this possible?" Hosnetsov interrupted him: "The J-6 equipped by Pakistan can only jump to 18,000 meters at most. Our fighter planes are flying at an altitude of more than 20,000 meters. How can they jump up?"

The main fighter plane of the Peshawar Military Region opposite is the J-6. This aircraft modified from the MiG-19 cannot fly to 20,000 meters at all.

"It's not the J-6. We suspect that the Pakistan Air Force has been equipped with a new fighter plane." The subordinate said: "Last year, Pakistan signed a contract with the United States to purchase 40 F-16 fighter planes. We suspect that the one that took off this time was a new F-16 fighter plane. Its ceiling is 18,000. If it jumps, it may rise to an altitude of 20,000 meters."

I bought it last year, came back this year, and formed a fighting force? The speed of the Pakistan Air Force is too fast, right? Khosnetsov gritted his teeth, thought for a moment, and continued: "Even if they rose to that altitude, how did they shoot down our fighter planes? Their missiles are not as fast as our fighter planes."

"They were attacking head-on." The subordinate analyzed the situation captured by the radar: "They jumped up to 20,000 meters and were less than five kilometers away from our MiG-25 fighter. They fired two combat bombs head-on..."

In such a short period of time, there is no chance for a radar-guided medium-range missile to be launched. Even if it can be locked in a short time, the medium-range missile requires continuous radar illumination, and the opponent's aircraft can only maintain it at an altitude of more than 20,000 meters. It only lasted a few seconds, which meant that the opponent fired combat bombs. Moreover, data shows that the F-16 fighters imported by the Pakistan Air Force simply do not have the ability to launch medium-range Sparrow missiles.

You can't catch up if you're chasing after them, they're firing head-on! Due to the high-speed flight of the MiG-25, the body heats up. As a result, it creates a good locking opportunity for the opponent's fighting bombs.

"Do their combat missiles have the ability to be launched head-on?" Khosnetsov asked: "Have the Americans exported advanced missiles to them?"

"I don't know, but because our MiG-25's body is very hot when flying at high speed, and the temperature of the air at an altitude of 20,000 meters is extremely low, so even a fighting bomb that can only follow the attack can probably lock on our MiG-25 fighter jet.”

"If this is really the case, then as long as we increase the flight altitude, for example, to 23,000 meters, the opponent's F-16 fighter plane will not be able to reach this altitude no matter how high it jumps." Khosnetsov said.

Originally, their MiG-25RB was flying freely over Pakistan, as if they were in an uninhabited land. This feeling was really refreshing. Now, after being beaten down, their eyes suddenly turned gloomy. At the same time, they must Find new ways to repeat this flight.

The opponent relies on F-16s to intercept, but we still have countermeasures.

"Yes, we can continue to increase the altitude, but this will cause the stability of our laser-guided bombs to deteriorate. That altitude happens to be the ionosphere." The subordinate said: "Moreover, we are not sure whether our analysis just now is correct. If One more confrontation and the answer will be fully found.”

Just because 20,000 meters is already the optimal altitude, the MiG-25s that invaded these times will not fly particularly high, otherwise the effect of laser-guided bombs will become worse.

If there is another confrontation, shouldn't we lose another fighter plane? Hosnetsov was about to scold this idiot subordinate, but suddenly thought of something.

"Yes, we discovered that the Pakistan Air Force is equipped with new aircraft. Pakistan's 'good friends', India, are very interested. They should come to conduct a reconnaissance." Khosnetsov said: "We need to send our Discovered and notified to India.”

In several Indo-Pakistani wars, for the purpose of containing Eastern countries, the Soviet Union stood firmly behind India and provided India with a large number of weapons. But now, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Pakistan provided support, and the West All countries sided with Pakistan. In order to contain Pakistan, the Soviet Union exported large-scale weapons to India.

India now has the largest MiG fleet outside the Soviet Union. There are up to 20 squadrons of MiG-21s and more than 800 aircraft, of which more than 500 are assembled in India. The MiG-23BN is also equipped with three attack Squadron. At the same time, in order to detect intelligence, India also has eight MiG-25R reconnaissance aircraft. Although the MiG-25 was once a very confidential fighter, it was a pity that when Captain Viktor Belenko defected to Japan in a MiG-25, After Japan, the mystery of this fighter was revealed. Since it could no longer keep it secret, the Soviet Union also began exporting it, and both Iraq and India received such fighters.

After possessing this kind of fighter aircraft, India also achieved glory for a while. For example, it conducted an invasion of Eastern countries for more than ten years, and once flew through Tibet to Xinjiang. However, the Eastern countries were helpless and had no ability to intercept them at that time.

Now, India's main enemy is still Pakistan. When Pakistan obtains the advanced US-made F-16 fighter jets, India will definitely be impatient. Using MiG-25 for cross-border reconnaissance is India's best choice.

As long as the news is notified to India through diplomatic channels, the Indians will know what to do. Continuing to look at the map, Hosnetsov nodded.