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Chapter 576: Opening early, Tomcat strikes

Melnichenko countered.

"And I think those Yankees think too highly of the Persians. Given their financial situation, they simply can't afford the Su-57. At most, they can squeeze out a budget to purchase a batch of Su-35s to completely replace the few remaining F-14As."

After all, it is a project that even the Indians dare not touch. Those who understand it know how deep the water is. The more mature flanker system is more suitable for them.

Back to the movie, the Chinese went to great lengths to change the script in order to allow the Tomcat to defeat the fifth-generation stealth fighter. To be honest, it was a good-intentioned move, but it was really unnecessary.

In order to let the F-14A use its cannon to give it a slap in the face, a special scene was set. It would be better to just blow up the Su-57 on the tarmac. In that way, no one would say anything if an entire squadron was destroyed.

Furthermore, it is ridiculous that the Super Hornet could shoot down the Su-57 from behind with a single air-to-air missile within visual range. The radar of the Russian fighter is not good enough, but it is not so blind.

You've given up on stealth combat and close combat, why don't you turn on the radar?
So nowadays Hollywood blockbusters are just for the special effects, and the plot is just for fun, and most of them cannot stand up to scrutiny.

"Andre, you like tomcats so much, why don't you take down a Persian cat when you have such a good opportunity?"

Someone asked Melnichenko.

Everyone knows that in his mind, yachts come first and fighter jets come second, and he has collected a lot of good things in the name of the museum.

No one can let this F-14A go, not even Mr. Mei!

"I already bought the static display aircraft a long time ago. It can fly... Even if they are willing to sell it, I dare not buy it for fear that it will fall."

Melnichenko said, shaking his head.

Safety is very important, especially for wealthy people like them, who cannot let their interests affect their personal safety.

"Yes, their F-14A is too old. In terms of condition, it is better than these Super Tomcats in the Afika War Museum. Unfortunately, the owner won't sell them."

Someone else said with regret.

How many of those who came to Afika to watch the premiere were not fighter jet enthusiasts!

They had the Sukhoi, but not the Tomcat.

This sex cat is the eternal white moonlight in the hearts of these middle-aged men who have come from the Lu Lian era.

The alliance is gone, and the cats that were created to fight the alliance are gone too. The glory of weapons and equipment also requires mutual achievement.

"I talked to Sherlock and said I was willing to pay $1 million for an F-14D, but he was not short of money at all."

Lao Mei also felt sorry because he tried but failed.

One hundred million yuan can allow Boss Xia to lead his team and work hard for a month, but one hundred million yuan cannot buy an outdated fighter jet from him.

"Andre, this is not a matter of whether they are short of money or not. It's that they can make hundreds of millions with a Super Tomcat. Unless you pay for the remaining life of this F-14D and the median cost of ammunition consumption, they won't sell it."

Mikhail Prokhorov, who graduated from the Moscow Institute of Finance and Economics, has made the calculations clear. These F-14Ds are the hens that lay golden eggs for Boss Xia. He would not kill the hens to get the eggs and sell them outside.

"Forget it. My wealth has already shrunk a lot since February. If I sell more stocks to raise funds, the price will continue to fall."

Boss Mei waved his hands quickly.

Feelings also have to be considered realistically. These people have had a hard time recently, and this trip to Afika is also to relax and vent their depression.

Violence is the most primitive and direct way of venting.

Each of them prepared tens of millions of dollars, intending to have a "kill" to their heart's content.

As for the target aircraft, other customers were fine, but it was too dark and hellish for the Aros customer to fly an F-14D to intercept a Tu-95 bomber formation.

Therefore, their opponents this time are the "haired people".

Those with a small number ordered two Mirage 2000s, while those with sufficient budget, like Lao Mei, directly ordered five, including four unmanned target drones and one with a real pilot.

The horseshoe bat is really trying hard to have so many children. His contract with the tube-nosed bat will end next month.

The salary after returning to the team is limited. I have to earn the last sum before returning home and bring back more foreign currency. It would be great if I could get 50 dollars at a time!

The same goes for the tube-nosed bat, but he is responsible for the F-16 manned target drone, and the showdown between the falcon and the cat will come later.

"Gentlemen, the movie is over. The plot may not be very satisfying, but our super Tomcat has been waiting for you for a long time."

After the movie ended, Xia Yu also showed up in the screening room. He actually felt that "Top Gun II: Maverick" was not quite right.

Especially the manned aircraft at the beginning with a top speed of Mach 10, is this a joke!
Machines have no limits, but pilots do. However, as a businessman, he doesn't have to go against money.

The joint promotion between the aircraft carrier museum and Paramount is not for the box office of the movie, after all, they don't get any share. All this is just to deceive more people to come to Afika and Guo.

In an era where traffic is king, even good wine needs to be hidden in a remote alley, so Xia Yu must increase the popularity.

"That's great, when can we take off and fight?"

Boss Mei asked on behalf of everyone.

"The earliest will be the day after tomorrow. Today and tomorrow we will familiarize ourselves with fighter jets and take training courses on the F-14D's fire control system..." Since we want to pursue excitement, let's do it to the end!

Compared to the wealthy who only bought the experience package, these super-rich people need to complete the modification of the Super Tomcat in a proper manner. Instead of a thin training certificate, the museum will issue them an F-14D pilot license.

The minimum spending threshold is 1000 million US dollars. Director Xia has already signed their pilot licenses and stamped them. These are all big clients.

As for Ha Mengxin, who had previously shouted for super male cat head soup, five days ago, former President Alian Yu, who was also Ha's brother, passed away.

The entire United Arab Emirates will hold a forty-day national mourning, so naturally his younger brother cannot come, so he personally called to tell him about it.

Xia Yu first asked his old friend to mourn his death, and then said that the first flight of the spare plane in the museum would be kept for him, and that he would personally serve as the pilot and take him to the sky to relax.

This is the friend who has fought pirates together. When someone is sad, Xia Yu must do something.

The new president of the UAE and the new leader of the Nahyan family in Abu Dhabi is the half-brother of the old president and the old Nahyan.

The new crown prince will also be born from his four sons, which also symbolizes the transformation from a small clan to a big clan. Fortunately, Al-Alian is not like Saudi Arabia next door, so there are not so many swords and shadows, and the handover transition is very smooth.

Otherwise, Xia Yu would have to step in person and ask the other party to give him face in order to save his old friend.

Sure enough, although children could be born, not too many, the old king Shat married 38 wives and had 127 children, which was the source of today's scene.

There are so many brothers, but there is not much affection between them.

This story of brother inheriting the throne eventually turned into father inheriting the throne as son. No wonder people say history is a circle!

Time flies and it is two days later. Melnichenko and Prokhorov, wearing anti-gravity suits, board the front cabins of two Super Tomcats respectively.

Two former senior naval pilots from VF-31 Tomcat Squadron also sat in the rear cabin.

"Wow~ow wow~ow wow~~"

A shrill alarm suddenly sounded, pulling at everyone's nerves.

"This is the combat command center, calling the duty room's Archian Blue Cat and Donskoy Cat, immediately take off to carry out the interception mission..."

The drama begins now. For combat readiness duty on an aircraft carrier, pilots are usually in a cabin adjacent to the hangar. When a mission comes, they either run or take the elevator to their aircraft.

It is rare to see people like them sitting in the cockpit on duty, but their departure speed is indeed fast.

Two deck tractors respectively lifted the front landing gear of the two F-14Ds and towed them to the elevator, and then relayed them to the starting position of the steam catapult.

"Om~~"

Under the drag of a huge force, the Archangel Blue Cat crew, which was light in fuel and fully loaded with ammunition, was ejected into the air.

Even after the modification, the original catapult of the São Paulo could not launch the F-33.457D with a maximum take-off weight of 14 tons.

If you don't have enough oil, you can refuel in the air. However, if you don't have enough ammunition, except for Xia Yu, this guy with a cheat, humans currently have no way to reload in the air.

Two Super Tomcats were ejected in succession. Tourists on the shore held up their mobile phones and cameras, with flash lights chasing the tail flames of the two fighter jets.

The upgraded aircraft carrier museum has not yet officially opened to the public, but with the publicity of the movie and the original fan base of the F-14 and the museum, many people came to Kongluga weeks or even a month in advance.

Although they cannot afford to fly in the Super Tomcat, there are many people who want to try their luck. The same 10 lucky winners are drawn, and the probability of winning in Afika is much higher than watching a movie in North America.

At the same time that the two crews were waiting in line for aerial refueling, one Mirage 2000 unmanned target aircraft after another took off from Pointe Noire Airport not far away.

Until the last Mirage 2000 with a pilot turned on the afterburners and took off, they formed a formation and flew away.

In the designated air combat area, the Fire Fighter was cruising and patrolling, and the two transport AS 550s in the hangar were responsible for security.

They are about to return to Malacca as guest assistants. A special support ship will be deployed next month. This time the museum will set sail again with a dock landing ship as support.

"Turn on the radar and search for the location of the target fleet."

After refueling, both crews, with full fuel and ammunition, turned on their AN/APG-71 pulse Doppler radars.

This digital improved radar of AN/AWG-9 was worth 300 million U.S. dollars back then. However, with phased array radars everywhere in the world today, only the Afika War Museum (Earth Online Military Nostalgia Server) can still use it.

The detection range of 213 kilometers for fighter jets is still sufficient, but outdated is outdated.

These kinds of systematic things are directly replaced with new ones. The Chinese themselves will not dismantle them and replace them on other aircraft.

"Du~du~du~~"

"The target aircraft group has been detected. A total of 8 enemy aircraft are flying towards us."

The target detection prompt sounded, and the real pilot who was acting as the radar officer reported to Boss Mei in the front seat.

"Call the Donskoy cats, let us keep them all."

Melnichenko turned on the radio to contact his wingman, the bad boy oligarch Prokhorov, and said confidently.

(End of this chapter)