Dominate South Asia

Conduct joint operations with the US Navy formation? At first glance, it seems that it would be of little benefit to Pakistan, and it would take a lot of trouble. It would be more appropriate for Pakistan to directly dispatch air force fighter jets and join a joint strike.

However, Zahar's proposal came from Mhammad's personal instruction. Of course, doing so is of great use, that is, getting familiar with the U.S. Navy!

Now, the Pakistan Navy is closely connected with the US Navy and is familiar with all the US Navy's combat methods. In the future, this will be a huge advantage. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle!

Of course, the U.S. Navy does not know that Pakistan has such a purpose. Now, their Pakistani counterparts operate the Master-class aircraft carrier and sail in formation with them.

Gwadar Port is still too far from Iraq, almost within the maximum combat radius of carrier-based aircraft, but if it ventures into the Persian Gulf, it will be vulnerable to Iranian shore-to-ship missiles.

Although the whole world is now bombarding Iraq with words, the Iranians should be happy in their hearts. The Americans are now coming to fight Iraq. The Iranians should watch on the sidelines and at most applaud. However, the Iranians are even more mentally ill. Who knows whether they will be detrimental to the US Navy? Therefore, in this case, the risk of the US aircraft carrier formation entering the Persian Gulf is too great.

Therefore, the aircraft carrier formation is sailing near the Gulf of Oman. At this time, the formation is accelerating in preparation for the ejection of the carrier-based aircraft.

The center of the formation is the USS Independence of the US Navy and the USS Endeavor of the Pakistan Navy. The two aircraft carriers form a dual-carrier formation, sailing in the center. On the north side of the formation are a Ticonderoga-class cruiser and two Aegis-class destroyers provide complete air defense. The focus of their preparedness is a possible attack by the Iranians.

On the south side of the formation are two Type 42 destroyers of the Pakistan Navy, used for air defense on the other side. Since this is Oman, the pressure on air defense is minimal.

Although Pakistan's own professional air defense destroyers have been commissioned at this time, these destroyers have not joined in order to avoid leaking their electromagnetic signals to the Americans. Even Pakistan's own modified Kidd class has not joined. There are only two regional air defense destroyers equipped with sea javelins. As long as the Omanis are not crazy, they should not launch shore-to-ship missile attacks.

The captain of the Endeavor, Rear Admiral Haziz of the Pakistan Navy, looked at the aircraft carrier on the other side through the porthole on the bridge.

The U.S. aircraft carrier has a large displacement and a larger deck. There are three elevators on the side of the ship, which greatly speeds up the dispatch efficiency of carrier-based aircraft. But now, the main task is to seize air supremacy, so all the Tomcat fighters take off and land.

Both sides of the runway on the bow deck. There are two rows of fighters piled up, which can make the deck more efficient and can be pulled to the ejection position to take off at any time. Now, the positions of the two catapults on the angled deck and the two Tomcat fighters have been prepared. Preparation for ejection.

In the white steam, the two Tomcats were barely a second apart. They took off one after another, reset the catapults, and the second batch of two Tomcat fighter jets also began to eject.

Such deck efficiency makes Haqiz envious. This is the advantage of large aircraft carriers, the rapid dispatch efficiency of carrier-based aircraft!

Although Endeavor also has a beveled deck. Only the bow deck has a catapult, so carrier-based aircraft can only take off from the bow deck. In this way, the position of the bow cannot be occupied, and the position of the oblique deck cannot be occupied. Although carrier-based aircraft cannot take off, preparations must be made for landing aircraft. In case the landing fails and the go-around fails, the front must be empty. In this way, many carrier-based aircraft must be arranged in the hangar below and transported up by elevator when used.

A large 80,000-ton aircraft carrier is far more efficient than the combination of two 40,000-ton aircraft carriers!

When the US aircraft carrier began to eject, Pakistan's aircraft carrier also began to eject its own carrier-based aircraft, and two Tomcat fighters ejected from the catapults in sequence.

In one attack wave, the US aircraft carrier ejected sixteen Tomcat fighter jets, and the Endeavor ejected twelve Tomcat fighter jets. After the twenty-eight fighter jets took off, four stayed to fly over the formation to protect the formation's airspace, and the remaining Twenty-four fighter planes flew north into the Persian Gulf.

Four Phoenix missiles, two Sparrow missiles, and two Sidewinder missiles are the normal air superiority mounts of the Tomcat fighter. If the maximum bomb load is used, six Phoenix missiles will be mounted in the air combat. If used, then when returning, two must be thrown into the sea water to ensure a safe landing.

Pakistan's Tomcat fighter jets only carry two Phoenix missiles. Such missiles are large in size and weight and are a drag when flying. Moreover, the cost is also high, and Pakistan does not have much inventory. In addition to these two Phoenixes, four active sky flash missiles are also mounted. This medium-range guided active air-to-air missile is the real magic weapon of the Pakistan Air Force.

Following the Tomcat fighter jets, the carrier-based aircraft of the USS Independence continued to eject, and two EA-6B electronic warfare aircraft ejected into the air, which will provide sufficient electromagnetic cover for the formation and carry out electromagnetic suppression against Iraq.

Next, there are four F/A-18 carrier-based aircraft. In addition to the two short-range Sidewinder missiles, there are six anti-radiation missiles. This kind of mount is specially designed to deal with ground-based air defense weapons.

Originally, the F/A-18 is a combat attack aircraft. As you can see from the name, the number of the US military aircraft, F stands for combat, and A stands for attack. However, I don’t know what the top leaders think. They are determined to use such a medium-sized aircraft to replace the Tomcat fighter. Although the Hornet has multi-purpose capabilities, it is not as good as the dedicated Tomcat fighter in air combat interception capabilities. The only disadvantage of the Tomcat is that it is too expensive. It is expensive to purchase and maintain. I am afraid that this is also one of the reasons why Congress killed it?

An E-2C early warning aircraft has taken off in advance and is flying over the Persian Gulf, monitoring the situation of the Iraqi Air Force, especially the Iraqi Air Force taking off from the Kuwait Air Force Base.

Compared with the US Navy, Pakistan’s aircraft carriers carry very few types of carrier-based aircraft. In addition to the Tomcat, there are A-7, plus E-2 early warning aircraft, and the rest are helicopters.

The US Navy's aircraft carriers are equipped with a wide range of aircraft, including F-14 for air combat, F-18 and A-7 for attack, EA-6B "Prowler" electronic warfare aircraft for electromagnetic suppression, E-2C "Hawkeye" early warning aircraft for early warning, S-3 "Pirate" anti-submarine aircraft for anti-submarine, and even special equipment for accompanying refueling, etc.

Just two days ago, the United States issued a statement that the skies over Kuwait and southern Iraq are both no-fly zones designated by the United States. As long as you fly over them, it is illegal and you may be shot down at any time!

Two days later, the United States finally began to carry out flight missions in no-fly zones!

The first to carry out this mission was not the US Air Force, but the US Navy, which was a powerful Tomcat fighter!

The US Navy is also very disgusted with the fact that this fighter was rejected by Congress and will eventually be eliminated. However, for the United States, the military will never interfere in politics and can only passively accept it. Perhaps this is the last battle before the US Navy's Tomcat fighter retires, and it must be played with prestige!

"Attention, Iraqi fighters are spotted taking off, twelve of them, at Tammuz Air Force Base near Basra in southern Iraq." The Hawkeye early warning aircraft sent an early warning.

The formation was flying over the Persian Gulf, 300 kilometers away from the southern border of Iraq. Because it was a high-altitude cruise flight, it had been discovered by Iraq's long-range radar network.

Iraq now has a complete air defense system. Iraq has introduced various radar systems from the West and the Soviet Union, and detected this aggressive air strike force from a long distance.

Twelve! These Iraqi air forces can just be used as targets for their own Tomcats!

"Attention, climb to 15,000, accelerate to 1.6, and prepare to launch the Phoenix!" The voice of the commander of the US Fifth Carrier Aircraft Wing came from the headset: "The target is assigned through the data link, and the Pakistani fighter is responsible for the mopping up."

The US Tomcat fighters have been equipped with a new data link system, which can assign targets to each aircraft through the lead aircraft to prevent omissions, while the Pakistani Tomcat fighters are not equipped with the US data link system, so they are responsible for the second round of mopping up.

The engine at the tail emits heat, the wings are swept back, and the huge Tomcat fleet begins to accelerate. At the same time, the Phoenix missiles at the bottom are powered on and enter the self-check state.

Although this mission is to establish a no-fly zone, it is quite unwise to enter the hinterland of Iraq too much when the Iraqi air force and air defense equipment are intact. Therefore, the expectation of this flight mission is only to strike Iraqi fighters over Kuwait, and it is predicted that the air above the exchange of fire may be the southern waters of Kuwait.

After all, after the Iraqis discover the attack of the US Navy, they will definitely take off to fight. Before they are beaten, they will want to fight like they did with the Iranian Air Force.

The powerful US aviation force is definitely not something Iraq can contend with. This time is just the beginning!

"The target is speeding up and has exceeded Mach 2. It is judged to be a MiG-25. Attention, the target is very fast!" The warning aircraft prompted again.

MiG-25! In the current equipment sequence of the Iraqi Air Force, the MiG-25 that can fly at 3 times the speed of sound is definitely a powerful heavy aircraft! Hearing this prompt, all the pilots were excited, the air confrontation was about to begin!

The one coming was the Iraqi ace 96 fighter squadron, this squadron was the most coveted elite squadron of all Iraqi air forces, and the fighter planes they used were the most advanced MiG-25 fighter planes currently available in Iraq! (To be continued ~^~)