Chapter 1508: Intercepting the U.S. Tanker
In the 8,500-meter airspace south of the central Indian Ocean, three of the most advanced US military KC-46 tankers are flying steadily at a speed of 600 kilometers per hour.
The KC-46 tanker is the most advanced tanker in active service in the US military, and it has only begun to serve in recent years.
Boeing's 767-2 is used as the platform, because of its perfect flight stability, it will be the main force of the US military's future tanker.
The U.S. military plans to purchase 180 such tankers, and up to now, 19 have been delivered one after another.
This tanker is mainly to replace the old-fashioned KC-135 tanker. After all, the tanker modified from the C-130 platform not only has a long service life, but also gradually cannot adapt to the modernization of the global military process. The most important thing is that KC -135 is slow, some things are not suitable for emergency aerial refueling missions.
This battle is also an actual combat opportunity for the U.S. Air Force to test this new tanker.
Compared with the pilots of fighter jets, the pilots of tankers are naturally less dangerous. After all, tankers are always kept away from high-threat areas, because aerial refueling cannot be carried out in dangerous areas.
Therefore, the flight of the tanker is relatively easy psychologically.
Without dangerous war missions, there is naturally no psychological pressure.
However, the series of failures of the U.S. military has still cast a shadow over all the U.S. military, whether it is officers or soldiers at the grassroots level.
But on these three tankers, it was quite easy. Just a minute ago, the Lightning Fighter Wing had sent a message that they had successfully completed their mission, successfully damaged the USS Baghdad aircraft carrier, and sent a message to the Iraqi-Syrian Federation. fleet, causing great trauma.
What is more regrettable is that after this air raid, there were less than 30 Lightning fighter jets that could come back.
The loss of more than a dozen fighter jets has halved the combat capability of a dual-carrier battle group. It is indeed encouraging news when it is really counted.
Because next, the NATO Indian Ocean Fleet will be able to easily win this war.
When the news reached the three tankers, every U.S. crew could not help cheering.
And the three refueling planes all flew towards the scheduled refueling airspace.
An aerial refueling must be carried out before flying back to the aircraft carrier.
Taking off from the aircraft carrier and flying for 2,500 kilometers, plus the time to attack the air superiority, and the distance to return to the safe area at this moment, the amount of fuel on all the Lightning fighters at this moment can only support the flight of about 500 kilometers.
The 500-kilometer flight is 2,000 kilometers away from the fleet. If there is no aerial refueling, the only fate of these Lightning fighter jets is to find an island to make an emergency landing. If there is no island, they will simply abandon the fighter jets, parachute to escape, and wait for rescue .
Therefore, the existence of the three tankers became extremely crucial, and it was also the key to determining whether these fighters could return.
The key to positional responsibility does not bring any pressure to the crews on these tankers, because the place is very safe.
It is impossible for the carrier-based aircraft of the Iraqi-Syrian Federation to reach such a distance, and there are no enemies around.
At this moment, all the crew members are cheering enthusiastically for this victory.
Although this is a victory for the Navy, for the Air Force, it seems to have avenged its previous failures.
"I just said, how could those bumpkins in the Middle East actually use an aircraft carrier? A little strategy almost defeated them."
"The century-old navy is not just talking about it for nothing. Such a good warship was wasted and handed over to those bumpkins."
"Cai Ruichen is rich and powerful. I think he will cry this time. Once the two aircraft carrier battle groups are destroyed, the Iraq-Syria Federation will completely lose its command of the sea. The situation of the ground war will be completely reversed by the navy."
"However, those guys in the army are really pitiful. I hope they can last longer in Isfahan. At least they should wait until all the navy of the Iraqi-Syrian Federation go to feed the fish belly."
"The guys in the navy must be very proud now, but with so much military spending every year, if the navy of the Iraqi-Syrian Federation cannot be killed, the Congress will definitely kill the generals of the navy."
"I also hope that the navy can really turn the tide of the war, otherwise, I really don't know how to continue this war."
"The main force of the Air Force has lost a lot. The Eighth Army of the Army has not even half of the remaining troops. Even if the Navy wins, this war will be very difficult for us to fight."
"It's really unlucky to say it, but it happened to meet an opponent like the Iraqi-Syrian Federation. We don't know how many cards the Future Technology Group has. to the change."
"Oh, my God!"
On the lively voice communication channel, when the discussion was in full swing, an ear-piercing exclamation exploded on all the communication earphones, before anyone else asked what was going on.
The co-pilot of the same tanker also made the same exclamation, as if God really appeared before their eyes.
However, what appeared before their eyes was not God, but an aircraft with an extremely smooth shape.
This aircraft, which appeared next to the tanker, approached silently to the side of the tanker planes lined up in a triangle, and approached on the left side to a position very close to the tanker plane on the far side.
The distance from the tanker was even less than fifteen meters, and the triangular wing was almost touching the long wingtips of the tanker.
When the captain on the refueling plane saw the aircraft that suddenly appeared beside him, he was completely frightened, and the co-pilot was similar.
This aircraft, which does not look small, has no canopy at all, and is flat and smooth as a whole.
The water-blue paint seems to be covered with layers of white water stripes, as if overlooking the blue sea.
This is an aircraft that has never been seen before, and the most important thing is that the logo of the Iraqi-Syrian Federation Army is painted on the nose of this mysterious aircraft.
This logo alone is enough to scare everyone on the tanker. What does it mean that a mysterious aircraft of the Iraqi-Syrian Federation appears in such a place? All the crew members couldn't imagine it anymore.
Seeing that the other party was still flying with him, the co-pilot hurriedly took out the high-definition camera and wanted to take pictures of the other party.
But when he just picked up the camera, the other party suddenly slowed down, switched the angle downward, and completely disappeared from their eyes. The radar was always empty, as if everything was just an illusion.
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