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Volume 1 Chapter 163 163 Aerial Refueling Training

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    Fighter planes flew in pairs, flying over high mountains and lofty mountains, and saw vast hectares of fertile farmland suddenly appearing, and sometimes rivers and rivers flowing, which can only make people sigh at the greatness of the motherland.  [. Published] Chen Feng, who was sitting in the driver's seat, and Xu Yiran, the radar intelligence officer in the back seat, were both bored. During this long-distance attack and training, apart from the necessary tactical exchanges, they had almost no words.

    Xu Yiran¡¯s situation is easy to explain. He is a single-minded Red Police soldier. His daily life is as simple as boiled water. He has nothing else to do but serve.  But Chen Feng is another story.

    Chen Feng controls this War Eagle, which has been replaced by the original Iranian Air Force F-14 Tomcat painted by Shanghai Airlines.  This type of aircraft is the best aircraft in the Chinese aviation force. Since the beginning of the year, it was said that the commanders of various divisions almost broke their heads trying to grab these aircraft.  The first batch of 24 aircraft was obtained by the 9th Hainan Division. The division commander Han Xihuai was very mean-spirited when he saw people, which provoked a burst of scolding from his colleagues.

    "However, Chen Feng is still very grateful to the division commander Yu's efforts for allowing them to switch to this new model. Pilots always expect to be able to fly the best, most advanced and coolest fighters.  They were transferred from Hainan to the Northeast a long time ago. While waiting for the completion of the modification work of the new aircraft, they were also debugging and training the aircraft.  After about five months of training, their first fully formed Tomcat Aviation Regiment has basically formed combat effectiveness.

    "If my father had flown such a fighter plane back then, I'm afraid he wouldn't have died." This thought had occurred in Chen Feng's mind more than once, although he knew it was a rather meaningless thought.  Chen Feng is a child who grew up in a martyred family. He has very vague memories of his father.  My father rarely came home and was always in the army. There were no telephones at that time, and letters were not always intuitive for a child.

    He just remembered that when a few soldiers with black armbands and solemn faces came to their door, his mother cried until she fainted. Then he knew that his father, whom he was not very familiar with, would never see him again.  It was the 1960s. A bald man from Zhejiang Province who was born as a gangster still had all kinds of fanciful thoughts about the Communist Party of China. Conflicts and air battles always broke out on the Strait, often on the right bank.  The reconnaissance plane was intercepted over the mainland, and then the escorting fighter planes joined the battle group and broke out.

    Although as I grow older, the shadow of my father has become more and more blurred. What I remember clearly is that when I was young, my father would bring candies and other gadgets that were difficult to get from other families when he came home.  A pen, said to be a captured reactionary souvenir, or sometimes a machine gun shell casing the size of a kettle.  In short, every time the man with an apologetic look on his face came home, Chen Feng always felt proud among his friends and was looked down upon with envy.

    Even though his father never came home again, his influence on Chen Feng never weakened.  Every year during Tomb Sweeping Day, the school organizes a tomb sweep. His father¡¯s tomb is at the Martyrs Cemetery. Teachers or classmates who give speeches always mention him. Chen Feng can always feel the respect others have for him at that time.  As he grew up, he realized that the respect did not belong to him, but he hoped that one day, others would give him the same respect.

    Of course, there are some people who always say weird things behind their backs. In that air battle, my father was the only pilot shot down. He gave up parachuting in order not to fall into the residential area, but his comrades shot down two aircraft under his cover.  Reactionary enemy plane.  So some people will laugh at Chen Feng's father as useless.

    The most serious person who said such words had his jaw broken and half of his ear torn off by Chen Feng.

    Since then, Chen Feng has become even more silent. When he was recruiting pilots after graduating from high school, because of the preferential treatment given by his martyrs and his tough character and good qualities, he embarked on the same path as his father and became a HNA pilot.  It's just that his era was destined to start in darkness. The country's focus was shifting to economic construction, and the military was allowed to do business. However, the leaders seemed to no longer care about training tasks, and flying was rarely a subject on the schedule.  , the reason is very simple, it saves fuel and material costs.

    Chen Feng was very angry at that time, maybe even more angry than when others insulted his father.  He couldn't understand what kind of mental illness his father had committed in the army that he had devoted his life to. He was so disorganized that he couldn't bear to fight. This made Chen Feng disheartened and wanted to retire from the army and change careers after his service period was over.

    Something unexpected happened to him. The leader who did not do his job properly was punished by the political cadres sent by Shangfeng. The division dragged in a new fighter plane. Although it did not look very fashionable, it was more capable than his J-6.  Much more.  Fuel, supplies, etc. began to be provided in unlimited quantities, and 18 hours of flying hours per month became the minimum standard.  Chen Feng had new hope. He withdrew his military discharge application and stayed in the 9th HNA Division.

    Good luck came one after another. When his troops had not mastered the flying leopard, the whole division held a competition and selected the best 60 pilots in the division. Then they were sent to Shenyang to becomeThe first Tomcat pilots of the glorious republic.

    The long-term training in the Northeast has been basically completed, and this long-distance training is also a transfer mission.  The 24 Tomcats will fly in batches from Shenyang to Lingshui, Hainan in one day, making a rare and rare transfer of thousands of miles.  Their Tomcat did not carry any weapons or auxiliary fuel tanks, and was completely light. It would not land on the way, but would be replenished by two mid-air refuelings.

    Aerial refueling is a subject that they don't practice very often. At least Chen Feng practiced it three times when he was flying the JH-7, and he also practiced it three times after flying the Tomcat. There is no doubt that this is a job that tests skills, but Chen Feng  Feng knew the importance behind it.  Without aerial refueling, the strategic air force is a major shortcoming.

    When Chen Feng received training, he took tens of thousands of words of notes based on the instructor's narrative. He also watched a video of the US military's aerial refueling that he didn't know where he got from, and then got on the plane to experience it for himself.  Although he is definitely not an expert, he shouldn't make any big mistakes if he is careful.

    With the F-14's 16,300 pounds (more than seven tons) of internal fuel, it can fly 2,800 kilometers without any auxiliary fuel tanks. Therefore, from the very beginning when it took off from Shenyang, the F-14 was in a half-fuel state. After flying to Shandong, the Air Force  Several H-6s took off and then refueled these Tomcats.

    HNA itself does not have its own tanker. This task is currently taken over by the Air Force, so Air Force aircraft sometimes need to fly over the sea to avoid too many inversions of the sea and the sky.

    The original H-6s under the Air Force have undergone substantial rectifications. In the end, the Air Force retired all H-5s. The bomber force mainly consisted of 36 H-6 cruise missile bombers, and the remaining H-6s were all  Yimingla went to the maintenance shop to change the H-6 for use.  As a tanker, the Hongyou-6 is barely usable at best. However, Qi Yiming's main production is still on fighter jets, so he will make do with it if he can.

    After some construction and modification, the Air Force has a total of about 40 H-6s. These junior tankers can only carry more than 18 tons of fuel. To refuel a big-bellied man like the F-14, one can only add two tons at a time.  frame, which shows how embarrassing it is.  However, it is also a good thing to use the H-6 platform to train a group of tanker pilots.

    Chen Feng and his partner Xu Yiran successfully completed the first aerial refueling and continued to fly according to the established route. The second refueling was scheduled at the junction of Hunan and Guangdong. This time, the main tanker of the Air Force was dispatched to transport oil -  20 already.

    As the first derivative model modified from the Yun-20, the Yunyou-20 has far better performance than the Hongyou-6.  It has a maximum take-off weight of 230 tons, can carry 74 tons of fuel into the sky, and can supply 10 F-14 fighters for combat at one time.  Although it has not been used yet, the Yunyou-20 is equipped with a hard refueling pipe. If there are aircraft that require hard refueling in the future, they can also be used directly.  (The J-10 and J-8V use detachable hoses for refueling, the F-14 and Leopard B use retractable hoses, and the Leopard A does not have a refueling pipe, embarrassing)

    Chen Feng raised his head and looked out from his helmet at the huge tanker. What he felt was a completely different atmosphere from the H-6.  He saw the signal light on the outside of the tanker turn yellow, and a communication came to his ears: "Thundercat 1-3, Thundercat 1-4, the refueling operation begins. 1-3 uses the left fuel pipe, 1-4 uses the right  Fill the pipe."

    "Understood." Chen Feng controlled the fighter plane to accelerate from behind and under the tanker, then slowed down, slowly raised a little height from below, and slowly approached the refueling anchor thrown out by Yunyou-20.  Another F-14 next to him also followed up and started trying to make contact with the other fuel pipe.  This is also one of the benefits of hose refueling, which can refuel different fighters at the same time.

    There is no refueling operator during hose refueling, so the absolute patience of the pilot of the receiving aircraft is required. They need to control a 20-meter-long and 30-ton aircraft to use a refueling pipe that is less than an arm thick.  The touch refueling anchor is about the size of a hat.

    Chen Feng tried several times and successfully inserted the refueling pipe into the anchor. The self-locking system started. He now only needs to maintain a constant speed and wait for the yellow light on the refueling machine to go out, and the entire refueling operation is completed.

    After the refueling was completed, Chen Feng followed the standard operating procedures to slow down his fighter jet. Then due to the pull of the reverse force, the anchor separated from the refueling pipe on his aircraft. Chen Feng continued to slow down and reduce altitude until he pulled away from the tanker.  He opened a safe distance, then made a rolling motion to get out of the operating area, giving space for the fighter planes catching up below to continue completing the refueling operation.

    "There are still more than a thousand kilometers to Lingshui Chang Station." Chen Feng glanced at the display and said in his heart.  He also roughly understands why aerial refueling has been mentioned as a key position in training recently.  The 9th Hainan Division is the main force facing the South China Sea, and it is also equipped with the most powerful F-14 fighter jets. Although the F-14 has a combat radius of more than a thousand kilometers, it is still a little short against the very deep South China Sea, but with  Aerial refueling can ensure long-term cruising.??Combat.

    "Is there going to be a war?" This thought suddenly flashed through Chen Feng's mind, and a trace of inexplicable excitement lingered in his heart.  .
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