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Chapter 110 The Rebirth of the MiG-29

The MiG 29 that Echo and Han Feng were thinking about was currently undergoing final inspections in the maintenance hangar of the Ain Osala Air Force Base. At night, the engineers finally took the aircraft that was used to test the maintenance effect. Prepared to the state of normal combat.

"Now that the sun has set, can we still test it at night? If you are not sure, you can wait until tomorrow."

Majib, who returned to the factory building, looked at the newly repaired fighter jets and was very anxious, but it was almost completely dark outside, and he wondered if the pilots at this base could take off normally at night and test the radar performance.

As a former engineer, Majib knows very well that if something can be done, it can be done, and if it can’t, it can’t be done.

But obviously, the configuration of the air force lieutenant general and the deputy prime minister has shown that the high-level attaches great importance to this matter. The base commander, who has never received such attention for many years, cannot give up showing his commitment at this juncture. Chance.

"If it's just a radar test, there's no problem at all." Colonel Museppe, wearing a suit of flying equipment, walked out of a small room next to the hangar and said confidently to the Prime Minister: "I will personally fly this MiG. 29 liftoff, the neighboring training unit next door will take off an L39 trainer plane as a target."

Majib stared at Mucepe in front of him for a few seconds before nodding: "Okay, then we will wait for your good news."

After 20 minutes, the tractor pulled the MiG 29S full of hopes of the whole village and the Museppe on it to the end of the run and ready to take off. The colonel adjusted the position of the ZSh-5 flight helmet, and then put on the oxygen For the mask, since it is already dark, there is no need to put down the shading mirror.

"The runway is clear, Colonel." The tower's voice came over the radio.

"Got it, ready for radar ground test."

After Museppe finished speaking, he reached out and turned the radar activation switch to the on position.

The radar screen in the upper right corner of the cabin lights up, and a few simple symbols appear on it, representing simple content such as the aircraft, direction, and combat mode, and the HUD shows that the radar has started a power-on self-test.

Whether it is for the colonel in the plane, or for the lieutenant general and deputy prime minister in the control tower, every second is long and tormented.

Finally, a small arc and a small sector appeared on the screen, and the radar cursor and a series of related parameters also appeared on the HUD.

Of course, with the reluctant performance of the N019M radar and the lack of terrain tracking capabilities, it is natural that nothing can be seen on the ground, but this at least shows that there is no problem with the radar itself.

"The startup was successful."

The colonel took a deep breath. He was just the commander of the aviation unit. He didn't know why this seemingly ordinary aircraft maintenance work attracted the attention of so many big figures, but anyway, if this mission can be carried out well, At least I can leave my name in the mind of the above.

In a place that Mucepe couldn't see, although there was suspicion of opening champagne at halftime, several of Majib's group who were closely monitoring the situation in the airport tower still applauded sparsely.

As the colonel released the brakes and pushed the throttle valve to the afterburner position, the two RD33 engines spewed out high-temperature blue-purple gas, propelling the aircraft to start taxiing.

In such a completely light-loaded state, the MiG 29S actually only needs a distance of about 300 meters to take off, but Museppe kept an eye out this time. He deliberately let the plane taxi on the ground for a longer distance, and then almost It was a light pull on the joystick in front of the crowd in the tower, allowing the plane to leave the ground lightly, and then quickly began to climb in an almost vertical manner.

The colonel's small thoughts did not escape Lieutenant General Haibi's eyes. It seemed a little inappropriate to play such tricks in such an important test, but he glanced at the deputy prime minister standing next to him from the corner of his eye, and found that the latter showed a smile on his face. With a happy expression, he immediately decided not to pursue such trivial matters.

"The two L39s of the neighboring forces have also taken off, at an altitude of 8500, in the direction of your 140, at a distance of about 210 kilometers, and are circling."

The tower reported to the colonel the location of the trainer that was the target of the test.

"receive."

The colonel followed the instructions and made a turn close to 180°. At this time, there was no target displayed on the HUD. As a product of the technical level in the early 90s, it was obviously impossible to see a plane with a maximum take-off weight of 200 kilometers away. A small aircraft of less than 6 tons.

In fact, even a 2015 fighter radar rarely sees that far without using a narrow beam pattern.

The MiG 29 slowly climbed to an altitude of 8000 meters and leveled off. This is a slightly lower altitude than the target aircraft. Due to its working principle, the radar generally has a slightly weaker ability to search for targets below, especially the previous one. Many Lucia radars of the century simply do not have the ability to look down and shoot down low-altitude targets.

Ten minutes later, a T-shaped mark suddenly appeared on the upper right of the radar screen, and at the same time, a flashing circle was displayed near the right edge of the HUD, which was the position of the target detected by the radar, almost at a After breathing time, another target was also spotted by radar.

"Base, the radar has captured two targets, the distance..."

All of this was so commonplace for an old pilot like Museppe, but his plain voice suddenly stopped halfway through.

"Colonel, is there any accident?" The slightly anxious voice of Prime Minister Majib sounded on the radio. He could only see the monotonous and boring signal on the radar screen at the tower, and he didn't know the cockpit of the plane more than 100 kilometers away. what happened.

"It's... an accident, the target acquisition distance just now is 85km."

Majib didn't know much about the air force, so he looked at Haibi not far away with some curious eyes.

"The N019M radar should not have such a large acquisition distance for a target of L39 size." Haibi leaned over and explained in a whisper in the prime minister's ear.

"You mean, these parts can improve the performance of the radar?" Majib opened his mouth halfway, showing an expression of disbelief.

The lieutenant general nodded: "The increase is not large. After all, the power of the radar and the computer have not changed. I speculate that after replacing the core components with better quality, the signal-to-noise ratio of the radar has improved."

Majib felt his heart beating violently.

Algeria will retire these old-fashioned MiG-29s soon, so he doesn't care about the size of the performance improvement, but the lieutenant general's explanation shows that there is indeed something behind the Chinese.

Some parts can be like this, so what if he is asked to provide a whole radar?
Muser, who was still sitting in the MiG 29, was not shocked by this for too long. After all, in 2015, this figure was not outstanding at all. The radar performance of both the MiG 29M and the Su 30MKA far exceeded this. Slightly retract the throttle to slow down, then adjust the nose direction slightly, and adjust the radar mode to vertical scanning mode.

The box on the HUD becomes two vertical lines. In this mode, the radar will force the scanning energy to be concentrated in a relatively limited area directly in front. The N019M radar is much stronger than the notorious N019 prototype. Few, even have the ability to chase 10 to 2, although it is only on paper.

"I tried the multi-target mode, and I can lock two targets at the same time." The colonel looked at the two circles that were no longer flashing on the HUD. If there were two fighter jets on the opposite side, then their radio warning devices should have been activated by now. It started ringing non-stop, but the two trainers that were never ready for battle didn't have that configuration.
If the colonel launches two R27 missiles at this time, there is a high probability that they will not know what happened before they are shot down.

"Very good, then we need to test the performance of IRST." Haibi's voice trembled on the radio.

For this flight, this is not an easy task, because the L39 engine does not have an afterburner mode, and the IRST needs to detect infrared signals. The only advantage is that the background temperature of the night sky is relatively low.

"I need them to add some height to test performance." Mucepe said, pushing the throttle lever to start climbing.

As a means of optical detection, IRST generally has a higher altitude that is more conducive to detection. On the one hand, the atmosphere at high altitudes is cleaner, and on the other hand, the background temperature in high altitudes will be lower, especially at night, and it will not There is another source of infrared interference.

Ten seconds later, a reply came from the tower on the radio: "They said they will climb to 11000 meters, but it will take some time."

The detection distance of IRST is far inferior to that of radar, but the detection range is very large, especially in the longitudinal direction, and the target directly above the aircraft can be seen almost, so the colonel has kept the radar on to keep track of the two trainer aircraft, but if it is an actual combat If so, the trick to using IRST is sneak attacking.

The infrared signature of the L39 is really not obvious, and the two sides are in the state of flying head-to-head. IRST did not capture the target until a distance of about 8 kilometers. This number is not surprising, but it is much better than the naked eye anyway— ——The colonel only had a starry sky in his field of vision, and he couldn't find the positions of the two small planes at all.

"IRST saw them."

As a passive infrared search device, IRST's "locking" and radar are not the same concept, but if there is a medium-range infrared bomb such as R27T, then it can indeed exert the effect similar to radar + medium-range radar bomb, without alarming the enemy. In the case of prolonging the launch distance of the missile.

"Very well, the test is complete and we can return to the voyage."

The voice on the radio disappeared in the Colonel's ears only halfway through, because the thunderous applause drowned out everything, and even Museppe's right hand holding the joystick trembled in fright.

"It's a really lucky day." He made a small turn in the MiG-29, and then looked up slightly at the starry night sky above him. He knew that no matter what the reason was, Prime Minister Majib would remember a man named Museppe Air Force officer.

(End of this chapter)