Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 44 The MiG-29 Threat

"Mahdi, you attack the target to illuminate the radar."

"clear."

"We need to get closer."

On the Electronic Tactical Threat Display (MPCD), the pulse emitted by India's search radar suddenly disappeared. It seems that the enemy realized that there was something on the two F16s that dared to rush straight over, so they shut down decisively. .But Uhak doesn't care, the missile LOCK ON logo is always on, which means that the anti-radiation missile has recorded the location of the radiation source, so now the major is 5% sure that he can use the strapdown inertial navigation plus GPS guidance way, hitting the 20-meter area around the antenna of the radar, which is 20 kilometers away.

"Launch the missile in the countdown of 10 seconds." Uhak said, he predicted that after 10 seconds, the distance from the enemy's position would be reduced to about 15 kilometers, so that he could enter the maximum range of the missile in the low-altitude area.

"emission!"

The two planes each launched a missile, and then turned to leave. The enemy's guidance radar kept irradiating the two planes but did not launch the missile. It can be seen that the major's launch timing was good, and he did not enter the range of the Sam 2.

"Griffin, you hit one of the guidance radars, and it's still unclear whether the other one was hit."

"Great, now they can't find us again. By the way, where is the Black Spider team?"

"The black spider is 40 kilometers behind you."

"Is Sammy so afraid of crossing the Indian border?" Uhak said deliberately, he knew that Sammy could hear his words through the radio, and he already guessed that Sammy would not follow too closely today.

"Reset course, we're going straight in from the north, Mahdi, alert me if you see the barracks or the plywood field first."

"clear."

The two-aircraft formation pointed at the target, and the major did not choose the original navigation route because he felt it was completely unnecessary.The major soon discovered the problem. From the monitor map, the plane was already very close to the target, but neither he nor the wingman could find the target.

"What's the matter, we will fly over in 30 seconds, why haven't I seen the damn river yet. Maybe our altitude is too low." The major said uncertainly.Judging from the route, his plane should be flying towards the target, but so far, there are no obvious landmarks. There are neither houses nor Chen Town, which may be caused by changing the navigation point without authorization.

"Captain, maybe we should go back to the original route. It's easier to spot the target that way."

"Don't be stupid, we don't have much fuel." Uhak said, he doesn't want to raise the altitude to observe the complete landscape, and he doesn't want to go back to the original route. For him, if he really misses the A few barracks, he would rather drop the bomb with his eyes closed and go back, and never risk staying too long inside the Indian border, which is too dangerous.According to the calculation in his heart, the Trident Squadron in the east should have reacted by now.
"Major, I saw a pointed house at 6 o'clock, but I didn't see the river or the cricket ground. Maybe we should go around again." The wingman reported.

"That's right there. Ready to drop the bomb. Flip the master weapon switch."

"Griffin team, there may be a little error in the target you are flying to." The early warning aircraft reminded.

"It's not wrong, you must have read it wrong, there is no problem with my navigation."

"In addition, according to the latest information, there are several enemy planes approaching from the east, 55 kilometers away. It is likely to be the MiG-29B fighter jet that took off from Adam Bull."

"Okay, we got it. You cheered up Sammy, I can't fight these MiG fighters head-on. The Black Spider team has to cover me and leave."

"Look, their fighter jets are really coming. We don't have time to observe. Immediately level the plane and keep the altitude ready to drop bombs." Uhak pressed the aiming frame of the bomb drop calculation point against the steeple building a few kilometers away. He knew that he Deviated from the target, there is neither a river nor a field, so the unlucky spire building must not be a barracks, which means it is a private house, but he has nothing to do with it.

The aiming frame gradually crossed the vector mark on the HUD and moved down. Through the cockpit cover, he could clearly see the dense Indian rural buildings in front of him. Obviously, no anti-aircraft guns would fire at him today.

"Steady the speed and fly horizontally."

"clear."

"bomb."

More than a dozen MK82 bombs were dropped from the underwing pylons of the two planes. A few seconds later, the houses below were engulfed in flames.

"The attack is complete, let's return."

The two F16s then turned back to the west, and during the turn, they found that the radar pulses from the east began to scan them continuously.This is precisely the radars of the three MiG-3s of the Trident Squadron that came quickly to scan the fleeing F29A, but the radars of these MiG fighters are difficult to distinguish moving objects in the ground clutter, so they cannot form a track yet. , and the two enemy planes have no extra load at this time, and can do their best to escape.

A few minutes later, two F2As crossed the border at an altitude of 16 meters, but the border had lost its binding force on both sides. The three MiG-500s did not hesitate, and followed closely in a dense formation of three aircraft.

Captain Shub Harol led two other MiG-2s to fly over the burning village and saw the wreckage of the village on the ground. It was obvious that the enemy had just carried out an aimless bombing.

"Look at what these beasts have done," said Captain Roll.

"Captain, the radar cannot track these two enemy planes. The early warning plane has not been in place yet."

"Don't count on the early warning aircraft. We will continue to catch up. These enemy planes cannot fly at low altitude for too long. We will kill them within 10 minutes and return immediately."

Roll turned on the afterburner to increase the speed to 1000 kilometers per hour.He predicts that the enemy is likely to be F16 or the new "Thunderbolt" fighter jets that appear on the battlefield. If they dare not increase their altitude, then he will take advantage of his speed to catch up to a very close distance within a few minutes, and then use infrared missiles Attack.

"Captain, shall we also lower the altitude?"

"No, there are probably two F2s in front. We must maintain the altitude, otherwise they will be lost soon after they pull up. Their current load is much smaller than ours. We can't take risks."

Captain Roll seems to have become an expert in combating F16, and now he is highly regarded in the Air Force, and within the Trident Squadron, he has also become the main candidate for the next squadron leader.The captain has always been a cautious person, and he has always been vigilant enough to the dangers around him. However, because an army's warning radar in the nearby mountainous area happened to be destroyed by the F16 formation, he never knew that 4 Thunderbolts were approaching.Colonel Sammy's formation was hiding in the 3 o'clock direction of Rolle's team at this time, 40 kilometers away, this is an invisible area, but Sammy was able to use the guidance of the distant early warning aircraft to slowly circle to a more favorable position.

The Doppler fire control radar of the No. 2 wingman barely aimed at an F16, and then it launched an R27, but the radar's poor downward-looking speed measurement capability prevented it from tracking the target close to the ground for a long time, and the missile missed at the last moment Target.Rolle was a little anxious, but he didn't dare to pounce too hard. He ordered a MiG-29 to be dragged behind him, forming an asymmetrical triangle formation, which is a defensive formation.After entering the airspace of Pakistan, the captain did not dare to make mistakes. He was keenly aware that there might be a loophole on his right side, because the search radar that was destroyed was responsible for that area. The Indian Army and Air Force have a mutual coordination system, which could have made up for it. Some problems with the lack of early warning aircraft, but now there is a reconnaissance blind spot there.

(End of this chapter)