Chapter 1017 Not a False Alarm

At the tail, two high-thrust turbofan engines burst out tremendous thrust. Without opening the afterburner, relying only on the maximum military thrust, they have pushed the fighter to break through the sound barrier and enter supersonic speed!

After all, the D-30F-6 engine has a thrust of up to 100 kilonewtons without afterburner, while the AL31F has a thrust of only over 120 kilonewtons with afterburner. The thrust is incredible enough to bring this benefit: it can fly at supersonic speeds for a long time without afterburner!

Despite this, the technology of this engine is still backward and has a high fuel consumption rate. It can be said that there is not much difference between it and the Western engines with afterburners without afterburners.

Anyway, Christoph, who is now in the sky, is still feeling quite happy. Although he was the last one to be ejected, he had already caught up with the Su-33s with ground attack payloads that were ejected first before he flew over the land.

Christoph doesn't like ground attacks. When the Su-33's external racks are full of ammunition, the air resistance will become quite large, and the aircraft can only cruise at an altitude of 10,000 meters at the best speed of 0.8 Mach. The fighters with air superiority mountings only carry air-to-air missiles, which makes it much easier to fly. As for now, all the missiles of this Su-37 are mounted in the internal bomb bay, so there is no need to worry about any air resistance, and it is very smooth to fly!

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This is how a real fighter pilot should fly! Moreover, if a newer engine is replaced in the future, it will definitely be even more exciting!

More than 20 minutes later, Christoph's two-plane formation was the first to arrive over Johannesburg. Here, in the specially opened airspace for aerial refueling, the large Il-78 tanker was already waiting in the airspace.

This tanker is improved from the Il-76 transport aircraft, which was developed and produced by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and is of the same level as the US C141. It can transport a load of 40 tons and has excellent take-off and landing capabilities in field conditions, and can even take off and land on dirt runways.

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Three refueling pipes have been dragged behind the tall T-shaped vertical tail, and at the end of the refueling pipes is an umbrella-shaped refueling cone.

Align and put it on!

Christophe pushed the operating lever skillfully. When docking, it was like threading an embroidery needle. He had to be very careful!

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The huge black fighter plane was getting closer and closer. The refueling cone was shaking constantly under the influence of the airflow. The refueling pipe extending from the right side of the Su-37 was approaching the refueling cone. Then, Christophe quickly pushed the operating lever, and they were connected together in an instant!

success!

On the other side, the wingman also docked on another refueling pipe and began rapid aerial refueling operations.

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Soon, the fuel that had just been consumed was replenished! The fighter plane also seemed a little heavy. After leaving the tanker, Christoph began to make a radio call.

"001 calling Hawkeye, 001 calling Hawkeye." Christophe shouted on the radio.

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The fixed-wing early warning aircraft on the Soviet aircraft carrier is the Yak-44. The nickname of this early warning aircraft is also called Hawkeye.

"Eagle Eye received." At this time, the Yak-44 early warning aircraft 200 kilometers behind was cruising at an altitude of 8,000 meters. On both sides of it, there were two air superiority Su-33s responsible for protection.

In the large plate on the top, the radar antenna continuously radiates, covering all the airspace, and the personnel on the early warning aircraft are on high alert.

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"001, the airspace ahead is clear, and no fighter aircraft activity was detected over the target area." The personnel on the early warning aircraft shouted on the radio.

The airspace was clear, which only meant that there were no ordinary fighter planes! Christophe was now looking forward to it. He might encounter the enemy's stealth plane unexpectedly!

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"001 received, prepare to patrol the target airspace." Christophe shouted on the radio, while realigning the course and turning on his radar.

In fact, active phased array radar is also a radar. As long as it is a radar, it has all the shortcomings of radar. Stealth aircraft is mainly invisible to radar, and the reflected echo is very small.

However, compared with other radars, the advantage of active phased array radar is that it is easy to focus the radar beam together when necessary. In this way, stealth aircraft can be detected more effectively and at a farther distance than ordinary radar!

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Of course, relying solely on active phased array radar is not enough. Right in front of the cockpit, the optoelectronic sensor is also working at full speed.

In the era of the Su-27, Soviet engineers installed the fighter with the OEPS-27 optoelectronic tracking system to prevent the aircraft from losing its ability to observe the surrounding airspace when the onboard radar fails in complex electromagnetic environments.

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Now, on the Su-37, this system has been further upgraded. Taking advantage of the progress in electronic technology in recent years, this system has become the photoelectric radar of the future, integrating infrared, visible light, laser ranging and other systems, and can be linked with helmet sights, with long-range target detection and tracking capabilities, can track multiple air targets at the same time, and provide missile approach warning capabilities and guidance capabilities for laser-guided weapons. This system is also the trump card of the Su-37 fighter, and is a magic weapon for detecting stealth aircraft!

The two planes, at an angle, searched the vast area ahead, hoping to find something.

"Target found!" The wingman pilot suddenly shouted on the radio. This voice made Christophe excited.

"002, report target position." Christophe shouted loudly.

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"Report 001, that was a false alarm." Another voice came.

False alarms! Although these systems have advanced performance, they do not always work reliably and effectively, especially the photoelectric detection system, the biggest flaw is that there is a certain degree of false alarm.

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"Continue to detect." Christophe shouted. At this moment, he also saw a noise wave appear on the display in front of him, and then disappeared.

Is it also a false alarm?

No, once is a false alarm, twice is definitely not!

"002, 090 direction, there is a target flying towards us, prepare to fight!" At this moment, Christophe had made a judgment.

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It was not a false alarm at all. It was our own radar that captured the target instantly, but the target's echo was too small, and then the aircraft computer judged it as a false alarm. In fact, it was not a false alarm at all!

Prepare to fight! At this moment, Christoph had already turned on the afterburner and adjusted his weapon system to the R-73 missile for close combat.

When a stealth aircraft is hunting a non-stealth aircraft, it is most appropriate to use long-range active radar-guided air-to-air missiles, which can kill the enemy invisibly. However, in the confrontation between stealth aircraft, medium-range missiles are useless because neither side can effectively lock onto the opponent!

At this time, you can either turn around and leave, or continue to get closer and engage in close combat!