Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 890 F_16 Test Flight

The pilots this time were specially left by Jiang Chen and the others. Originally, they came to France with the delegation to demonstrate the several fighter planes that came this time, and they were all ace pilots.In the end, because Jiang Chen and the others needed it, they selected a few excellent fighter pilots who could communicate in English to stay and assist Jiang Chen and the others in their work.And this time, the two Jiang Chen and the others sent were the best of them.

Paul and the others took Jiang Chen to an apron and introduced to Jiang Chen with a smile: "Jiang, this is an F_16A/B fighter jet. The single-seater fighter you saw is A-type, and the two-seater is B-type. Among them The single-seat A-type is mainly used for air control in the theater, and it is also used for close air support, etc. The two-seat B-type is a trainer and a multi-purpose fighter. The two types are basically the same, the difference It is not big, so the two-seater B type can be used not only for teaching, but also for combat. Because your pilots are not familiar with this fighter, we dare not fly solo. You know this is the German Federation, we can I don’t want any unknown troubles. So we have prepared a two-seat B-type fighter jet for you, and your pilots will fly with our pilots. When the altitude is right, our pilots can hand over the control to your pilots and let him Experience driving for yourself."

"It's very thoughtful, just follow your plan, and we will fully cooperate." Jiang Chen replied with a smile.

"Okay, let's go prepare and let your pilots get familiar with the plane." Paul nodded.

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About forty minutes later, Jiang Chen and his two pilots, wearing old American flight suits and helmets, walked up to Jiang Chen and the others, stood at attention and saluted, "Report, preparations for the joint flight test with the old American pilots are complete, Please advise!"

Director Yuan looked at Jiang Chen and Deputy Director Song and raised his voice, "Start!"

It was these two pilots who saluted Jiang Chen and the others, then ran to the plane, and boarded the plane with the assistance of the old American crew.Of course, because they are passengers, they sit in the back temporarily, while the old American pilot sits in the front.After saluting Jiang Chen and the others, the canopy of the plane slowly closed.The two pilots put on oxygen masks and carefully observed the instruments in the cabin and the actions of the pilots in front. They saw the plane slowly leaving the apron and then onto the runway.

Then a voice came from the radio station next to Jiang Chen and the others: "Bird's Nest (tower), this is Eagle [-]/Eagle [-], the instruments in the cabin are normal, please take off."

"Eagle 7000/Eagle [-], the current wind speed is two meters, the humidity is [-], and there are a few clouds at an altitude of [-] meters. The airspace is clean and can take off." The voice of the control tower came from the radio.

"Understood!" Immediately, the two planes began to increase their power, and the tail flames of the planes also began to increase.I saw two planes gliding quickly on the runway one after the other, about one-third of the runway, the plane took off at a take-off angle that surprised Jiang Chen and the others, and then quickly rushed to the sky.

"Eagle No. [-]/Eagle No. [-], this is the Bird's Nest. To our guests who have come from afar, show your demeanor." The control tower issued another command.

"Eagle [-]/Eagle [-] understand." Immediately, the two planes began to be greatly excited under control, such as dives, jumps, combat turns, slides and turns, loops, inclined loops, half-loop flips, jumps and circling, multiple horizontals, etc. The gorgeous aerobatics such as rolling, multiple rolls and slow rolls are dazzling.And an expert who followed Jiang Chen was frantically recording with a camera.

Seeing these actions, Jiang Chen smiled wryly, and saw that Paul really wanted Jiang Chen to treat him to Chinese food, and he was so serious.Thinking of the pilots above, Jiang Chen was a little worried, and then smiled wryly at Paul who was very proud of himself: "Hey, buddy, I don't know how they are doing in the air, can I talk to them?"

"Of course." Paul replied with a smile and then gestured to the staff next to him, who picked up the microphone and said: "Eagle One/Eagle Two, our guests want to communicate with their Pilot on call."

"Eagle One/Eagle Two understand."

And the staff handed the microphone to Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen took the microphone and nodded his thanks to the staff, and then said to the microphone: "I am Jiang Chen, Dong Yao, Dong Er, How are you doing?"

"Report, Dong Yao is in good health, request for more flight time."

"Dong Er reports that he is in good physical condition and is familiarizing himself with the operation and preparing for a test flight." The voices of the pilots came from the radio.

"Approved for the test flight, pay attention to safety." Jiang Chen replied with a sigh of relief.

"Dong Yao, Dong Liang understands."

Soon the flight attitude of the plane changed, it did not maneuver as much as before, but hovered over the airport at a low speed.Immediately afterwards, the speed of the two planes began to increase, and then they began to make some maneuvers, and more and more, and finally, they even made a gorgeous Dongzi like an old American pilot, which made everyone watching below There was applause and cheers.

I saw Paul applauding and smiling at Jiang Chen: "How about it, buddy, our baby is good enough. It seems that your pilots like it very much, and they adapt quickly. It seems that after a few times of adaptation, they will get used to it." You can fly solo."

"Hehe, it's really great. Both our pilot and yours are aces." Jiang Chen replied with a smile.

"No, buddy." Paul shook his head and said, "Although the pilots' movements are wonderful, they cannot do without an excellent fighter. Otherwise, they would not be able to perform such brilliant high maneuvering maneuvers. You know this is very important in air combat Yes. How about it, buddy, are you excited? As long as we can reach an agreement, we can provide you with 24 aircraft within a year, which is the establishment of one of your flight regiments. And according to the adaptability shown by your pilots, I can guarantee It only takes three months for your pilots to fly this fighter plane for air patrol and security missions."

"Hehe, buddy, how many types of fighters like this do you think we need?" Jiang Chen looked exposed and asked with a smile.

Paul pondered for a while, and then turned to Jiang Chen and said seriously: "Although we have received information that you may want to buy fighter jets from three flying wings (three divisions) this time, we don't think you will buy fighter jets from these three flying wings. They are all purchased into the same type of fighter. It is true that this will reduce your maintenance and logistics support costs, but this is not in the interests of your air force and the security needs of your country. According to our forecast, you may purchase two or more fighters, one Or two light fighters and one heavy fighter for mixed use. According to the current ratio of air forces in the world, the most suitable ratio is two to one, so we think you may buy two wings of light fighters and A wing of heavy fighters."

Hearing what Paul said, Jiang Chen, including Deputy Director Song, showed a surprised expression. They didn't expect that they had already guessed it, and it was very close to the introduction plan formulated by Jiang Chen and the others.Regarding this, Jiang Chen smiled slightly and said, "The analysis is good. We do have such a plan. But Paul, do you think you will stand out from this competition?"

(End of this chapter)