Chapter 1107 Shooting Down the F-18

Ejection, ejection! Ever since the aircraft carrier set sail, the carrier-based aircraft has been in perfect condition. Now, after receiving the order, the Su-33 with ammunition mounted on it quickly took off from the four catapults!

The efficiency of catapult deployment is absolutely incomparable to ski-jump takeoff! For example, with ski-jump takeoff, only one aircraft can take off at a time, and the fighter pilots have to start at full speed and always be on guard against crosswinds.

For catapult takeoff, the pilot only needs to get into position, and the deck will do the rest! Moreover, the four catapult positions do not cross each other, so one can be launched every one second!

The deck was filled with steam and the workers were working in a tense and orderly manner.

Since it is only equipped for air superiority and does not carry heavyweight anti-ship missiles, the Su-33 takes off with a full fuel tank and a weapons load of less than two tons. A medium-power catapult is enough!

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After 18 aircraft were launched, the speed of the aircraft carrier only dropped to 15 knots!

At the same time, the Soviet aircraft carrier, which had come out of the Suez Canal and arrived in the Mediterranean Sea, also began the process of launching carrier-based aircraft.

Two Yak-44 early warning aircraft also maintained their posts in their own airspace, monitoring the large fleet of American carrier-based aircraft on the opposite side.

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But, isn't it a bit strange? After the other party took off, they just circled in the airspace about 200 kilometers away from the other aircraft carrier, and there was no sign of attack at all.

What's going on? Are they just burning oil for fun?

There was a lot of noise inside the Yak-44 early warning aircraft, and several radar officers were still at their posts, paying attention to the situation in the sea and air.

An early warning personnel suddenly opened his eyes wide. There was a target at a very low altitude!

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Ultra low altitude, one target!

Through the data link, the target was quickly sent to the carrier-based aircraft formation. Flight Captain Boris Feoktisto turned on the afterburner and flew towards the target!

The Americans wanted to launch a surprise attack on their own aircraft carrier fleet? This was too much!

Boris turned on the radar. The flat-plate slotted radar antenna, under the digital processing system, completely filtered out the clutter on the sea surface. Boris skillfully locked onto the target and prepared to launch the R-27!

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Although the R-77 is a new generation of Soviet medium-range air-to-air missiles, there are still a large number of R-27 missiles in the arsenal. Therefore, the Su-33 will also carry two R-27s in air combat mounts to match the R-77.

At the same time, although the performance of R-77 is better, R-27 also has advantages, because once the air-to-air missile with active radar enters the active mode, it is a mad dog mode, and it will attack any aircraft within the area of ​​its radar seeker!

If your fighter jets are in an air combat with enemy fighter jets, other fighter jets must not launch active missiles if they want to help your fighter jets. The mad dog mode cannot distinguish between friend and foe. Only semi-active missiles, which rely on the carrier radar to illuminate the target, will be more accurate.

Now, in order to prevent the active seeker from being unlocked when attacking ultra-low-altitude targets, Boris wisely chose a semi-active R-27 missile.

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"Kremlin, a target aircraft has been locked. Please give instructions whether to attack." Boris shouted on the radio.

At this time, the target aircraft was 300 kilometers away from its own aircraft carrier formation and was flying at an ultra-low altitude. Although its course was towards its own aircraft carrier formation, shooting down the other side at this distance would be quite excessive.

However, Alexander did not hesitate at all: "Fire, shoot it down!"

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Fire, shoot down! After receiving the order, Boris immediately pressed the launch button.

Under the wing, flames flashed, and an R-27 missile flew out!

The F-18 was flying calmly over the sea. After hearing the sound of radar locking in his earphones, Danny did not panic. He continued to lower his altitude!

What does it feel like to fly five meters above the sea with a heavy Harpoon missile mounted on it?

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The airflow from the engine at the rear pushes the seawater, causing two waves to appear! Quite spectacular!

Danny had no other choice. The F-18's maneuverability was not outstanding to begin with, and after being equipped with Harpoon missiles, it had no ability to maneuver and dodge. Therefore, Danny could only pin his hopes on the interference caused by ultra-low-altitude flight!

When the tail splashed, it really caused some interference to the Su-33's radar! After all, the splash also moved with it, as if the target had become larger!

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According to the attack procedure, the R-27 missile would choose to attack the middle of the enemy plane. Now, when the target became larger, the R-27 originally planned to attack the middle, but in the end, it went through the tail of the opponent!

The proximity fuse didn't explode! Boris looked at the echo on the radar screen and was quite depressed. He continued to push the nose of the plane. At this time, it had entered the visual range!

"The first attack failed. Visual observation shows that the opponent is an F-18 fighter jet flying at a very low altitude!" Boris shouted on the radio: "Request a second attack!"

During this period of time, the enemy is still approaching. Now, the enemy is almost 200 kilometers away from our aircraft carrier! If this attack does not work, then Boris needs to leave and hand over the task of interception to the anti-aircraft missiles of the fleet behind!

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"Attack immediately, even if it means collision, you must knock me down!"

"Understood!" Boris responded on the radio, and two R-73 missiles flew out from the racks on the wing tips!

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Two! I don't believe I can't kill you this time!

Get closer, keep getting closer! Danny was still flying steadily. Every time he changed his course, he would lose speed. Now, he needed to get closer, closer, and then he could launch the Harpoon missile!

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"Boom!" At this moment, a loud noise came from the tail!

The R-73 missile was infrared-aimed, so the radar did not re-lock it. Even though Danny knew that a Soviet plane was approaching, he had no other choice. He flew forward with all his might, and the explosion from the tail made him realize that his mission might fail.

The first R-73 hit the tail of the F-18, which looked like a target drone, and an F404 engine was destroyed!

"Boom!" Another explosion! This missile hit the middle of the fuselage, creating a big hole!

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Danny pushed the joystick hard, trying to keep the plane flying level, but unfortunately, his efforts failed, and the F-18 fell into the sea like a stone!

It is simply impossible to break through the air defense circle of the Soviet aircraft carrier formation by relying on a fighter jet flying at an ultra-low altitude!

An F-18 fighter jet was shot down over the sea 200 kilometers away from the Soviet aircraft carrier formation!