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The next day, a thousand Sidewinder air-to-air missiles arrived at the port by cargo ship and were delivered to the Iraqi government forces.

The Iraqi Air Force was in a frenzy after receiving them. After a few days of training, they couldn't wait to go to the battlefield and teach Persia a lesson.

Mosul Air Force Base.

7 F16 fighters are preparing for takeoff.

""Hurry up, refuel!"

The ground crew started to move. Some refueled, some checked the details of the fighter to ensure that there were no problems before takeoff, and some waited to load the air-to-air missiles after refueling.

Not only is the Mosul Air Force Base undergoing final combat readiness, but also the air force base in the suburbs of Baghdad.

Two Tu-22 bombers and three Il-28 bombers are preparing for takeoff.

In addition, 12 MiG-23D fighters and 18 MiG-21 fighters have taken off in the sky.

The air force base in Sulaymaniyah.

There are also 13 Su-20 fighters and 6 MiG-21 fighters, making final preparations for takeoff.

Accompanied by a roar of the engine, an F16 fighter at the Mosul Air Force Base slowly moved under the gaze of everyone at the airport. The pilot of this fighter was Azores, the squadron leader of the Iraqi Air Force.

At this time, he looked at the runway in front of him, looked at the ground crew outside the window, took a deep breath, concentrated, pushed the acceleration, and gradually the speed of the plane became faster and faster.

""Boom!!"

With the roar of the engine, the fighter plane quickly rushed into the blue sky and white clouds.

The airport suddenly rang with warm applause.

Immediately afterwards, the second, third, and even the seventh F16 fighter planes took off. The base applauded happily, and some ground crew members hugged each other, crying with joy as they looked at the black shadow flying in the sky.

Ten minutes later, the F16 fighter formation merged with the MiG-23, MiG-21 fighter and bomber formations that took off from the Baghdad Air Force to form a larger formation.

Seven F16s took the lead, using advanced radar and beyond-visual-range combat capabilities to create opportunities for the bomber formation, while the MiG-21 and MiG-23 served as guards on both wings of the bomber formation to ensure its safety. They then joined forces with the Su-20 and MiG-21 fighter formations that took off from Sulaymaniyah.

The total number exceeded 50 aircraft, and they marched towards Persia in a mighty force.

At about 7 a.m., they crossed the border.

Persia, Sanandaj Air Force Base.

At this time, sirens sounded.

The technicians at the radar station watched the radar scan the fleet and broke out in a cold sweat. It has always been their Persian country that bullied Iraq. When did the Iraqi Air Force become so brave and dare to attack them?

He didn't have time to think about it at this time. The person in charge of the radar station immediately contacted the base air force commander and reported the situation to him.

"What? The radar station detected the attack from the Ik Air Force fighter jets?"The head of the air force at the base was a major general named Badia. After receiving the call and hearing what the head of the radar station said, he was stunned. He reacted immediately and asked quickly:"Can you identify the number and type of the other side's fighter jets?"

"General, the radar has detected more than 50 fighters, including 12 MiG-23s and more than 20 MiG-21Ds, as well as several Su-20s, Tu-22s, and many other unidentified fighters.""The person in charge of the radar station said that Persia had never encountered an F16 fighter before, and the F16s in service with the US military were mainly stationed in the European NATO region, mainly to defend against the Soviet Union.

For Persia, which had never encountered an F16 fighter, it was naturally unable to identify the F16 fighter.

"OK, I got it."

After hanging up the phone, Badia put on his clothes while talking on the phone:"Notify, immediately order the 3rd Fighter Squadron to take off and intercept." The so-called 3rd Fighter Squadron is composed of 1 F14 Tomcat Squadron, 1 F5E Squadron, and 1 F-4 Phantom Squadron. Due to previous combat losses, this fighter squadron currently has 25 aircraft left, including 5 F14 Tomcats, and the largest number is still F-4 Phantom interceptors.

F-The F- 4 Phantom interceptors are the main force of the Persian Air Force, and there are quite a lot of them. Before the war, there were more than 200 of them, and most of them were introduced during the Pahlavi period. At that time, Persia and the United States were allies, but later the Pahlavi dynasty was overthrown.

Not only the F-4 Phantom, but also the current fighter planes of the Persian Air Force were mainly purchased during the Pahlavi period.

Although the F-4 Phantom fighter is a second-generation fighter and is already very backward in today's society, for many countries, the performance of the F-4 Phantom fighter is still very powerful.

The first to take off was the F14 Tomcat fighter squadron, followed by the MiG-25 which also took off urgently.

Sanandaj is not far from the border, only seventy or eighty kilometers. For a fighter with a cruising speed of Mach 2, it is just a blink of an eye.

"Ding Ding!"

Azores, who was leading the charge, saw that the radar scan had detected several targets approaching him, so he made a prompt decision, locked the target, and pressed the red launch button.

An AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile fell from the wing, and a few seconds later, it quickly headed for the target, dragging white smoke.

Then the second missile was launched.

The remaining F16 fighter squadrons had already received orders to fire freely after discovering the target, so after Azores launched, they followed closely.

More than a dozen Sidewinder air-to-air missiles flew towards the target.

Although the F14 has the ability to fight beyond visual range and its radar detection range is up to 300 kilometers, it can track many targets.

However, the Iran-Iraq War has been going on for so many years, and the AIM-7 Sea Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air missiles purchased from the United States during the Pahlavi era have long been consumed. There were only about 1,200 of the three air-to-air missiles when the war started.

Since there are only more than 200 AIM-54 Phoenix missiles, and the US sanctions on Persia, it is only allowed to be used when encountering high-value targets. The AIM-54 Phoenix missile conducts beyond visual range combat, and most of the time, it is carried out in close combat.

Because the radar of Soviet fighters is relatively backward, the maneuverability of fighters and many other aspects are not as good as those of Persia, so they suffer losses repeatedly.

Because the reserves are almost consumed, and many AIM series missiles are"gradually ineffective", in order to solve this problem, Persia modified the MIM-23"Hawk" surface-to-air missiles to carry them.

It can be regarded as a solution to the urgent problem. As for the effect, it is no problem to deal with MiG-21D and MiG-23.

(ps: I checked a lot of information about the Iran-Iraq War! I write it slowly.)