Chapter 460 The first flight of J-11bs
Gaomi is not near the sea.
But it's not too far from the sea.
Therefore, the main mission and defense focus of the 101st Flying Group of the 1st Air Division stationed in Gaomi is the vast sea one or two hundred kilometers away.
Just like the "Wang Hai Brigade" mainly guards the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle, the main mission of the 101st Flight Group is to defend another economic circle of Dongda University - the Bohai Bay Economic Circle.
The Bohai Sea is the largest inland sea in the east.
The Bohai Rim Economic Circle is the core economic circle of Northeastern China.
The Qilu Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula are like two strong arms, tightly embracing the Bohai Sea.
So since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
This area is a key defense area for the East China Sea and Air Force.
It is precisely because of the heavy defense pressure that the Air Force deployed two main divisions - the 1st Air Division and the 5th Air Division - on the Qilu Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula.
The main equipment of the 1st Air Division is the J-11b, a twin-engine single-seat heavy fighter.
The J-11b is an air superiority fighter with extremely strong maneuverability and dogfighting capabilities. It is a powerful weapon for seizing air supremacy.
The main aircraft model equipped by the 5th Air Force Division stationed in Weifang more than ten years ago was the Q-5.
right.
It can carry small mushroom eggs, but its range is less than a thousand kilometers. It can only carry out one-way assaults. It can kill the enemy together and thus become famous on the Internet.
However, the Q-5 can carry 1.5 tons of bombs.
But the flight is really too short.
The reason why this attack aircraft was developed back then was only because it was threatened by the steel torrent of the former Soviet Union and had to make a compromise model.
After the JH-7 Flying Leopard was officially put into service in 1998, the Qiang-5 was gradually replaced.
Although the JH-7 Flying Leopard has been criticized, and its safety, controllability, and stability are not satisfactory, it is an air-to-sea aircraft that is urgently needed by the East China Sea Air Force around the millennium.
Therefore, after the JH-7 Flying Leopard received a cold reception from the Air Force, the Naval Aviation offered an olive branch.
However, it is not that the Air Force has not purchased any JH-7 Flying Leopards, but has placed an order for more than 100 JH-7s.
Close to the two main divisions.
at present.
The entire fifth air force division is uniformly equipped with the JH-7 Flying Leopard.
But it won't take more than a few years.
The division was replaced with another J-16 multi-purpose fighter with more powerful performance, known as the "bomb truck" and "invincible below the fifth generation aircraft".
and.
This division also has an honor that other main air force divisions do not have.
That is, this division is the first unit of Dongda Air Force to have female pilots serving.
As of 2014.
The division still has more than ten female pilots on active duty.
However, because the aircraft model equipped by this division is the JH-7, which has strong sea/ground attack capabilities and average air combat capabilities, foreign aircraft frequently invaded the sea off the Qilu Peninsula during this period. The division had almost nothing to do and could only rely on 101 The flight group took off to expel.
The reason is simple.
Everyone performs their duties.
Because the sticks, Japanese, and Americans behind the scenes across the sea are equipped with either F-16s, F-15s, F-18s, and even occasionally one or two F-35s.
How can the JH-7 Flying Leopard fight against these air superiority fighters?
Chase but can't catch up.
Fight and win.
The JH-7 Flying Leopard is not a food delivery person, so it actively joins in to deliver food to others?
Therefore, if there are surface ships invading the sea area, the JH-7 Flying Leopard will cooperate with our ships to expel and deter them.
If an enemy plane invades, we will have to rely on the J-11b.
This is also the reason why the Naval Air Force purchases a large number of naval versions of the JH-7 Flying Leopard.
Because isn’t the navy’s main enemy just surface ships?
Nine o'clock in the morning.
The morning fog shrouding Gaomi on the Jiaodong Peninsula has not yet dissipated.
On the airport runway.
The two J-11B fighter jets roared into the morning fog and then disappeared from sight.
This is not to say that Waihai has discovered an empty situation.
Instead, it conducts daily combat readiness cruise missions.
tarmac.
Jiang Chen held a flight helmet in his hand and was wearing a flight suit and an anti-German suit.
Already dressed.
Not far away. Zhou Hai is carefully checking the maintenance and repair list handed over by the aircraft maintenance department.
After confirming it is correct.
He just signed and confirmed the maintenance and repair list.
At this time, there was a J-11bs two-seat fighter/trainer parked on the tarmac.
The J-11bs fighter/trainer is a replacement for the Su-27UBK two-seat fighter/trainer.
The combat effectiveness is equally impressive.
And he also has the ability of a veteran to lead a rookie.
So naturally it is a trainer aircraft.
Yesterday afternoon.
Tower in the distance.
Check out the 16-9 book bar to see the correct version!
Zhou Jianhua, Chief Engineer Zhao and others arrived at the command hall early.
Their destination was certainly not to observe the daily training of the 101st Flight Group up close.
They have only one purpose, and that is Jiang Chen.
Yesterday afternoon.
Jiang Chen has passed the simulator assessment in the indoor training room of the 101st Flight Regiment.
So this morning, Zhou Hai, the leader of the 101st Flight Group, temporarily served as the coach and took him to fly the J-11bs himself.
If Jiang Chen's performance is up to standard.
And the relevant assessments were successfully completed in the next few days.
Then he officially started flight training in the 101st Regiment until he went to the Inner Mongolia Test Flight Brigade station more than two weeks later.
That is to say.
This morning's flight was very important to Jiang Chen.
No!
It's not just important to Jiang Chen.
It is very important to the fc-31 Falcon project.
Because it has been difficult for the project team to select a test pilot as suitable as Jiang Chen.
Zhou Hai finished signing.
Then he turned around with a straight face.
Looking at Jiang Chen, he said solemnly, "Are you ready?"
Jiang Chen did not answer, but nodded.
"Then get on the plane. You are in front of me and I am behind. I will control during the take-off phase. After arriving in the training airspace, I will hand over the control to you and you will be the pilot." After Zhou Hai finished speaking, he climbed onto the boarding ladder.
If it were Xiao Yun.
Jiang Chen will definitely answer now: Let's talk about the situation and keep it civilized.
But Zhou Hai is not Xiao Yun.
This is not Wanli Station.
They are not familiar enough to joke with me yet.
And since he clearly refused to win over (promising) yesterday, the 101st Flight Group's attitude towards him from top to bottom has also undergone some subtle changes.
Cold and cold.
Business is business.
Jiang Chen didn't care.
After all, I am not RMB, so I cannot make everyone like me.
And I will only stay in the 101 group for two or three weeks at most.
It doesn't matter whether people are enthusiastic about you or not.
He took a deep breath.
I turned my head and glanced at the sun, which had already penetrated the morning fog and tried its best to shine out a ray of light, as red as an egg yolk.
Then he turned around and grabbed the boarding ladder.
Sit in the cockpit of this J-11bs.
After he sat in the cockpit, ground crew immediately followed him and helped him put on his helmet, plug in various instruments and oxygen masks.
At this time, Jiang Chen focused all his attention on the instrument panel of the J-11bs.
(End of chapter)