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E-2 early warning aircraft! This is a carrier-based airborne early warning and air traffic control aircraft developed by the American company Northrop in the late 1950s. It has been continuously improved in later generations and is the only carrier-based airborne early warning aircraft used by the U.S. Navy.

At the same time, it is also used by the air forces of many countries at land airports, including France, Singapore, Japan, Israel and other countries. Compared with the huge E-3, in order to be used on aircraft carriers, its body has been greatly reduced, and air control There were only three people, so its effect was limited and it was exported by the United States as a low-end machine.

For the United States, it is low-end, but for countries that do not have early warning aircraft, this thing is still very advanced. Hamad watched the propellers on the wings turning and the plane landed, feeling happy in his heart. .

Americans don’t know, but this is what they want!

If Pakistan wants to effectively control the Indian Ocean, it needs an aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier has not yet been seen. The carrier-based aircraft, F-14 Tomcat, and E-2 early warning aircraft needed by the aircraft carrier are already equipped. If there is another opportunity, Just ask the Americans for a batch of A-7 attack aircraft and aircraft carrier-based aircraft, and they are already complete.

No country has followed Pakistan's path. Most countries build aircraft carriers first and then consider carrier-based aircraft, while Mhamad builds carrier-based aircraft first. After all, Pakistan is too poor now, with more than 40 billion a year. The US dollar GDP cannot equip an aircraft carrier at all, and many of these new aircraft have been obtained by Mhamad through means. Pakistan’s investment is very small. Now, Pakistan’s defense funds are mainly used to maintain these fighter aircraft. of.

"Squeak." The wheels touched the ground and slid for several hundred meters. The E-2 early warning aircraft stopped steadily.

The Pakistani personnel waiting there could not wait to replace the Americans and board the plane.

As part of delivery, they need to inspect the aircraft.

The cabin was filled with a special smell. This was a unique smell caused by the corrosion of the aircraft by the salt in the air after years of flying at sea. They looked at the operating lever that had been worn to the point of showing the metallic luster. The monitor in the cabin began to fade due to the constant display. I couldn't help but feel a little confused. What kind of plane is this? Why is it different from training?

An eagle-eyed air crew saw the number marked on the console, 1967.

No wonder it looks so old! This is an early warning aircraft manufactured in 1967!

When Hammad heard the news, his face was filled with anger and he asked John on the side: "Mr. John, the Backfire fighter has been handed over to you. Why, you are going to use the old E- 2A is here to fool us?”

The E-2 is also divided into many models. The prototype of this early warning aircraft was tested in 1961, and the first one was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1964. It replaced the backward E-1 and became the U.S. Navy's standard carrier-based airborne early warning and control aircraft. The E-2A uses a T-56-A-8 turboprop engine with a single power of 3155 shaft horsepower and an AN/APS-96 radar produced by GE with a detection range of about 200 kilometers. AN/APS-96 adopts single delay line fixed target cancellation technology, which can suppress interference from maritime clutter. This early warning aircraft is specially used by the U.S. Navy. It can only eliminate clutter at sea and is powerless against clutter on land.

By 1967, all 56 E-2As entered service with the U.S. Navy. At the same time, the improved E-2B also began flight testing in 1969. It was equipped with the APS-111 radar with inland operation capabilities and replaced the original analog computer with the new L-304 digital computer developed by the Mod-Ax program. , improve the reliability of on-board electronic equipment, increase the vertical tail area at both ends of the horizontal tail, etc. By 1971, 51 E-2As had been upgraded to E-2Bs.

While upgrading the E-2B, the United States began to build two new E-2Cs, which were test-flighted in 1971 and delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1973. They were equipped with APS-120 radar and T-56-A-425 with improved performance. The engine has a single power of 5100 horsepower and is equipped with a Litton AN/ALR-59 passive detection system.

What Mhamad wants most is the E-2C. After all, the performance of American early warning aircraft has stabilized until the E-2C. At the same time, it has good land detection capabilities and can completely fly over the vast mountains in western Pakistan. Flying, monitoring Soviet aircraft flying close to the ground.

What Hamad didn't expect was that the Americans would use the sealed E-2A to fool themselves! At that time, the other party built 56 E-2As, and only modified 51 of them into E-2Bs. The remaining five were sealed up. Now, when I ask for an early warning aircraft, the other party actually gives me one like this!

"I'm sorry, Commodore Mhamad, this is the E-2 early warning aircraft!" John said: "It is the main carrier-based early warning aircraft of our US Navy!"

"Once!" Mhamad gritted his teeth: "You are cheating!"

"I'm sorry, I don't know any of this." John said with a helpless expression: "How about I ask the United States? However, this early warning aircraft belongs to Northrop Company and has nothing to do with our company. ”

After saying that, John walked away, and as he walked, he seemed to be muttering in his mouth: "Huh, using a captured scrap to exchange so many things, I don't know who is the rogue."

Mhammad suppressed his urge to go up and beat this guy, and ordered to continue to check the EC-130H aircraft. This aircraft made Muhammad quite satisfied. Although the body was not brand new, it had been flying for several years, and the equipment installed on it was complete.

Muhammad looked at the two early warning aircraft again, and the joy he had just received was long gone. Although they were allies, they were pitted when they should be pitted. He wanted a lot of things, because Pakistan had no money! And these things were all for fighting the Soviets. I didn't expect that the Americans were so narrow-minded that they had to put such a big stumbling block for themselves.

I was fooled. If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have let the Backfire fly away yesterday. I waited until the Americans sent the things to me and checked them. I let it go. The Americans also saw the Backfire fly away, so they dared to fool me.

"Chief of Staff, let's go back first." Arslan, who was following along, said, "Maybe the Jews are behind this."

Jews are behind this? Arslan has lived in the United States for ten years and is familiar with the country's internal affairs. After hearing Arslan's words, Muhammad suddenly understood something.

Israel is also equipped with E-2 early warning aircraft. Since it is the closest ally of the United States, it must be the latest model E-2C. If it equips itself with such an early warning aircraft, Israel will not be able to keep the various secrets of this early warning aircraft, such as specific performance, anti-interference ability, etc., and it is a Muslim and has a good relationship with Middle Eastern countries, while Israel is opposed to Middle Eastern countries, so the American Jews made some tricks to let them take back some scraps.

"Bah." Muhammad spitted fiercely: "Damn it, I have to get this out. You dare to trip me up!"

Mhammad was of course angry. The two E-2As were still useful at sea, but they were useless on land. This time he mainly wanted this thing, but it turned out to be a waste. How could he explain it to the president?

After returning to the office, Muhammad was still upset. This was the most miserable time since he traveled through time.

"Report, the Third Regiment of the Free Army has news that they got a big thing from the Soviet transport team in Afghanistan." The adjutant reported to Muhammad as soon as he came in.

Big thing? Muhammad took the report and looked at the description in it. He was immediately happy. Could it be the Yak-38?

When Western aircraft carriers generally adopted fixed-wing aircraft with catapult takeoff, the Soviets were still arguing. Influenced by the argument that missiles would win, the Soviet high-level officials did not attach importance to aircraft carriers.

The Soviet Navy was striving for it. They knew the importance of aircraft carriers to them. They could only take a tortuous path. They first developed the Moscow-class helicopter carrier with a flat deck at the rear, and then developed the Kiev-class with a large number of weapons. The narrow deck made the Kiev-class unable to take off and land ordinary carrier-based aircraft. It could only take off and land special fighters: vertical take-off and landing fighters!

In this era, the technology of fighters is taking various paths, with variable swept wings and vertical take-off and landing. The British made great efforts to develop the Harrier fighter, and the Soviet Yakovlev Experimental Design Bureau developed the same vertical take-off and landing fighter, the Yak-38.

The Harrier takes off vertically through one engine and four nozzles, while the Yak-38 uses the form of two lift engines arranged at the front.

With the commissioning of the four Kiev-class aircraft carriers, nine of these fighters were deployed on each aircraft carrier. At the same time, in order to test the performance of this fighter, the Soviets once pulled it to the battlefield in Afghanistan to test its effectiveness as a front-line attack aircraft.

It has the same vertical take-off and landing performance as a helicopter, which can reduce dependence on airports and be deployed in front-line positions. At the same time, when it starts to fly, it has the high speed of a jet, even at subsonic speed, it is twice as fast as a helicopter and can quickly reach the battlefield.

It seems that the Soviets did deploy this aircraft to the Afghan battlefield. Due to the tragic combat radius of this fighter, vertical take-off and landing will consume a lot of fuel, resulting in its combat radius of only more than 100 kilometers. It is impossible to fly from Turkmenistan to the Afghan airport. Therefore, it is transported by truck.

I really didn't expect that the Afghan Free Army would have such a harvest and get such an aircraft! Although its actual performance is tasteless, it is almost as important as the Backfire for the United States. Americans also need to master its structure. The later F-35 vertical take-off and landing type is similar to its structure!