Chapter 101 New Rival

Back at the base, everyone showed sincere respect to Andre. The atmosphere in the base became positive again. Everyone knew that it was all Andre's credit, especially the removal of the base commander's nephew. Countless people applauded.

"Have the Americans across from us been honest during this period?" Andrei asked Ivanov beside him.

The existence of the 513th Regiment is to deter the Americans! Especially in the second half of last year, Andre's existence put great pressure on the Americans. The MiG-25, a steel fighter, is simply a sword pressing on the heads of the Americans! When Andre left for the last time, he shot down a Blackbird.

"The Americans have been very quiet in the past two months. Even electronic reconnaissance aircraft dare not cross the median line of the Sea of ​​Japan." Ivanov said, "However, the U.S. Navy has recently made some moves. A Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier has replaced the USS Midway and entered the Yokosuka Naval Base."

Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier! Andre's brows suddenly frowned.

At this time, Americans had just emerged from the Vietnam War, in which they had deployed a large amount of military forces, including aircraft carriers, the symbol of American power. At most times, there were even four aircraft carriers roaming in the waters outside Vietnam at the same time. This took up a lot of the United States' energy. Therefore, for a long time, the aircraft carriers equipped by the US troops stationed in the island countries in the Far East were not in the port.

In fact, the distance from the island country to the Soviet Far East is only about one thousand kilometers, which is within the combat radius of land-based fighter jets. Whether to deploy aircraft carriers in the island country is not a very urgent choice for the US troops stationed in Japan. Their aircraft carriers are often fighting fires in various parts of Asia and do not stay in the island country of Yokosuka to prepare for battle with the Soviets.

It's not about how powerful the aircraft carrier is. In fact, it is quite dangerous for the Americans to deploy aircraft carriers to the island country. After all, the entire island country is within the combat radius of the Far East Air Force and Air Defense Force, especially the long-range supersonic bomber such as Tu-22M, which carries anti-ship missiles and is specifically designed to attack aircraft carriers.

The aircraft carrier is not important, what is important is the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier!

Now, the Soviet MiG-25 is too much pressure for the Americans, so the Americans have to take out their best weapons. At this time, the F-15 is still a low-speed production of the initial model, only delivered to the US aviation team, and the F-16 has not yet been completed. Therefore, if the Americans want to fight against the Soviet MiG-25, they can only deploy the Navy's F-14 fighter!

The F-14 Tomcat is a two-seat supersonic multi-purpose heavy carrier-based fighter developed by Grumman based on the US Navy's fleet air defense and escort requirements from the 1970s to the 1980s. It is used to replace the Navy's F-4 fighters and is mainly used for fleet defense, interception, strike and reconnaissance missions.

The development of this fighter began in the early 1960s. The aircraft began to be developed at the end of 1967, the prototype first flew on December 21, 1970, and was delivered in May 1972. Historically, by 1979, the naval aviation had obtained nearly 400 fighters. At the same time, the naval carrier-based aircraft pilots were also very familiar with the operation of this fighter, and they could fully reach the level of actual combat.

Compared with the original main F-4 fighter, the F-14 mainly adopts the typical third-generation aircraft layout of twin engines and twin vertical tails, and adopts the most popular variable sweep wing to achieve the most outstanding aerodynamic performance in all high, medium and low airspaces. And unlike the MiG-23, this fighter uses an electronic computer-controlled wing box operating mechanism, and the sweep angle is completely automatic, with quite advanced performance.

In addition to its maneuverability, the Tomcat's electronic system is also quite powerful. For example, it uses the AWG-9 radar with a flat slot antenna, which can use the pulse Doppler function to easily detect fighters flying close to the ground in ultra-low-altitude clutter. Combined with the heavy Phoenix missile, it is simply an aerial killer!

In later history, the Iran-Iraq War lasted for eight years. Relying on the advantage of Tomcat fighters, the Iranians had been suppressing the Iraqi Air Force. Later, as long as the Iraqis discovered the beam of the AWG-9 radar, they would immediately flee.

This deployment of fighters will be the biggest enemy of the 513th Regiment! Andre knew that from now on, his side no longer had a complete technological advantage.

According to the time, it should be the Kitty Hawk. Andre couldn't help but think in his mind that last year, the Kitty Hawk left the Vietnamese waters and returned to its home port for transformation. Now, nearly a year has passed, and it should have completed the transformation and returned to East Asia. The Midway has limited performance and cannot operate Tomcat fighters, so it has no way to deal with the threat of MiG-25. This is probably the reason why the Americans deployed the Kitty Hawk. After all, in history, it was not until 1998 that the Kitty Hawk began to be stationed in the island country of Yokosuka.

"We need more information." Andre said, "I hope the intelligence department will cooperate so that we can get enough performance data of the American Tomcat fighter."

The Tomcat fighter! It also had a tragic history. It accompanied the US aircraft carriers everywhere, but it did not have any decent combat record. Just after the Cold War ended, it was banished to the cold palace and was replaced by fighter-attack aircraft with far lower performance than itself.

In his previous life, as a pilot, Andre had some knowledge of both Chinese and foreign aircraft. He knew how difficult the Tomcat fighter was to deal with. At the same time, he also knew a serious flaw in the Tomcat fighter of this era.

TF-30 engine! This is the early power of the Tomcat fighter. It was originally a civilian engine, but it was moved to a fighter. As a result, the Tomcat fighter was greatly restricted. This cannot be blamed on Grumman. After all, when the Tomcat fighter was developed, there was no mature high-thrust turbofan engine. The Americans even planned to replace this engine with Spey's modified TF41. Fortunately, the F100 engine matured later and was replaced in the Tomcat, eliminating the heart problem. However, it was almost the 1990s at that time.

When confronting the Americans in the future, it will be important to know the opponent's weaknesses, but Andre cannot say it directly now. He cannot explain why he is so familiar with the American fighter planes, so now he can only hope that the intelligence department can obtain enough information.

Kitty Hawk, an old rival. Andre couldn't help but think of the time before he traveled through time, when the Chinese army also often faced the threat of Kitty Hawk.