Chapter 560: Sky Falcon Takes Off

Only by seizing air supremacy can we seize the initiative in the war! Although Iraq is known as the fourth strongest military in the world, in the eyes of the United States, the Iraqi army is scum!

However, Iraq is now desperate and may attack Saudi Arabia at any time. In that case, the United States needs to take the initiative and eliminate Iraq’s air force first!

When Iraq lost its air force, their ground forces, no matter how powerful they were, were just rubbish and could easily be killed by their own A-6 and A-10 attack aircraft!

So, when US President Reagan announced a military strike against Iraq, the US Air Force deployed at Prince Sultan Air Base finally began to act! Although they had only been here for a few days, they were already ready for battle!

"Raven 1, Raven 1, attention, one hundred kilometers away from the Iraqi border, prepare to release electromagnetic interference." At the front of the entire formation, in a large variable-sweep wing aircraft, the pilot received an order from the early warning aircraft behind.

This aircraft looks similar to the F-111, but its flat belly does not carry any bombs. Instead, it has a nearly five-meter-long canoe-shaped antenna cover, and there is a large bulge on the top of the vertical tail. This is a newer electronic warfare aircraft modified by the United States based on the F-111 bomber!

Due to the rapid aging of Douglas' EB-66 electronic warfare aircraft during combat operations over North Vietnam, this type of electronic warfare aircraft was quickly retired. In order to meet the needs of electronic warfare, the US Air Force tried to modify this new EF-111 Raven electronic jammer!

This Raven electronic jammer of the 366TFW Squadron is the latest model that has just been put into service. Now, after receiving the order, the electronic operator on the right side of the cockpit turned on the switches of various jammers.

In an instant, powerful electromagnetic interference filled the entire airspace, and all electronic equipment within a radius of hundreds of kilometers was immediately disrupted!

In the distance, at the Iraqi long-range radar station on the border, the radar screen was suddenly covered with snow.

"Damn it!" the radar soldier couldn't help but shout: "Our radar is being jammed!"

"Initiate anti-interference measures immediately!" shouted the commander of the radar station nearby.

Initiate anti-jamming measures! The radar soldiers adjusted various knobs, hoping that the snow on the screen would disappear, but it was useless. This antique long-range radar provided by the Soviet Union did not have advanced electronic countermeasures!

Time passed little by little, and two F-16 fighter jets flying at ultra-low altitude dropped MK82 bombs at the long-range radar station. In the smoke column rising from the bombs, the long-range radar station was instantly destroyed.

The destruction of this radar station officially marked the start of the US air strike on Iraq!

At the Shobia Air Force Base, a sharp alarm sounded, and the Iraqi pilots who received the order quickly ran towards their fighter planes.

Although the order from the superiors had just come down, the approaching war had been anticipated long ago, and the atmosphere in the air force base had been tense, with all kinds of fighter planes ready to be deployed at any time.

And now, with the sound of alarms, fighter planes began to be towed out of the hangar and entered the end of the runway.

"Tianxuan requests to take off." Reyer's heart was filled with uncontrollable excitement. The day he had been looking forward to finally arrived!

When fighting with Iran before, Rayer was training to modify the MiG-25 and did not participate in the war. When fighting Kuwait, although Rayer also took off, unfortunately there was no opponent at all because the Kuwaiti Air Force was too weak!

Only now, the real opponent arrives!

"You can take off." The command came from the headset.

Reyer opened the throttle to full throttle, and with the blazing flames at the tail, the MiG-25 fighter quickly taxied and took off.

Without sparing any effort in fuel consumption, the MiG-25, with afterburner at full power, broke the sound barrier during its climb and continued to accelerate towards the west.

Behind Reyer, one MiG-25 after another took off.

As a fighter capable of flying at Mach 3, the MiG-25 is definitely not outdated! Moreover, just two years after the Iraqi MiG-25 was equipped, it was upgraded with the help of the Soviet Union and equipped with newer electronic equipment and missiles! All of this gave Reyer more confidence.

After climbing to an altitude of 20,000 meters, Reyer turned on the radar.

Snowflakes kept appearing on the screen. The American electronic interference was quite powerful. After turning on multiple switches, the snowflakes finally faded and countless bright spots could be seen. The American Air Force fighter jets had invaded Iraqi airspace!

Distance 80, speed 0.8, lock on to the target, two missiles, two seconds apart, fire! This action, which I have done countless times during training, can finally be used on the battlefield!

Reyer felt the aircraft body tremble, and then, under the wings on both sides, heavy R-33 missiles flew out!

The R-33 missile was originally the trump card of the MiG-31, with four missiles mounted under the belly of the fuselage. However, with the development progress of the R-37, the R-33 is no longer an extremely confidential missile. Moreover, if Iraq wants to gain an advantage over NATO as a whole, it cannot do without exporting advanced weapons.

Therefore, under Andre's promotion, the Iraqi Air Force had this Phoenixski, but on the MiG-31, it was equipped with a phased array radar. This missile has multi-target attack capabilities, while on the MiG-25, although the flat-plate slot radar was improved, it can still only hit one target.

Only the US Navy's Tomcat fighter has the capability to shoot at a distance of 80 kilometers!

And the target that Reyer was aiming at was a slow-moving F-16 fighter!

Although the F-16, guided by the energy maneuverability theory, has excellent air combat capabilities and even surpasses the F-15 in some aspects, the U.S. Air Force does not intend to use the F-16 to seize air superiority. If the F-16 is allowed to shine in air combat, Congress may cut the F-15 budget and equip the Air Force with cheaper F-15s!

Therefore, this F-16 fighter jet belonging to the 354th Wing of the US Air Force was responsible for ground attack missions. Its wings were full of bombs, and its target was an air force base in Basra in southern Iraq.

Because it was carrying heavy bombs, its energy maneuverability theory became empty talk. The increased resistance made it impossible for it to fly at supersonic speed. It could only fly slowly forward step by step, dragging the burden. At the same time, in order not to burn out the fuel on the return journey, it was now flying at a cruising altitude of 5,000 meters. All they could rely on was the protection of their own electronic jammers, as well as the early warning aircraft in the rear and their own electronic countermeasures.