110. Chapter 110 The Rebirth of the MiG-29

Author: White Clothes with the Galaxy

Chapter 110 The Rebirth of the MiG-29

The MiG-29 that Hui Sheng and Han Feng were thinking about was currently undergoing final inspection work in the maintenance hangar of Ain Osala Air Force Base. When it just fell into the night, the engineers finally put the aircraft used to test the maintenance effect.

It has been prepared to a state ready for normal operations.

"Now that the sun has set, do we still have time to test at night? If you are not sure, you can wait until tomorrow."

After returning to the factory, Majib looked at the newly repaired fighter jets and was very anxious. However, the sky outside was almost completely dark. He didn't know if the pilots at this base could take off normally at night and test the radar performance.

As a former engineer, Majib knows very well that if something can be done, it can be done, and if something cannot be done, it can easily lead to big problems.

But obviously, the configuration of Air Force Lieutenant General and Deputy Prime Minister has shown that the top management attaches great importance to this matter. The base commander who has never received such attention for many years cannot give up showing his own at this juncture.

Chance.

"If it's just a radar test, there is no problem at all." Colonel Museppe, wearing a full set of flight equipment, walked out of a small room next to the hangar and said to the Prime Minister with confidence: "I will fly this MiG myself.

On the 29th, the friendly training unit next door will take off an L39 trainer aircraft as the target."

Majib stared at Museppe in front of him for a few seconds, then nodded: "Okay, then we are waiting for your good news."

20 minutes later, the tractor towed the MiG-29S, which was full of the hope of the whole village, and the Museppe on it to the end of the run, ready to take off. The colonel adjusted the position of the ZSh-5 flight helmet, and then put on oxygen

Mask, since it is already dark, there is no need to put down the visor.

"The runway has been cleared, Colonel." The tower's voice came over the radio.

"Received, preparing for radar ground testing."

After Museppe finished speaking, he reached out and turned the radar activation switch to the on position.

The radar display in the upper right corner of the cabin lights up, and several simple symbols appear on it, representing simple contents such as the aircraft, direction and combat mode. The HUD shows that the radar has started self-checking after power-on.

Whether it is the colonel in the plane or the lieutenant general and deputy prime minister in the tower, every second is long and painful.

Finally, a small arc and a small sector appeared on the screen, and a radar cursor and a series of related parameters also appeared on the HUD.

Of course, with the reluctant performance of the N019M radar and its lack of terrain tracking capabilities, it is natural that nothing can be seen on the ground, but this at least shows that there is no problem with the radar itself.

"Startup successful."

The colonel took a deep breath. He was just the commander of the aviation unit. He didn't know why this seemingly ordinary aircraft maintenance work attracted the attention of so many big shots. But anyway, if this mission can be carried out well,

At least I can leave my name in the minds of those above.

In a place where Museppe could not see, although there was a suspicion of popping champagne at halftime, a few of Majib and his team who were paying close attention to the situation in the airport tower had already clapped sparsely.

As the colonel released the brakes and pushed the throttle to the afterburner position, the two RD33 engines sprayed out high-temperature blue-purple gas, pushing the aircraft into a taxi.

The MiG-29S actually only needs a distance of about 300 meters to take off in such a completely light-loaded state, but Museppe was careful this time. He deliberately let the plane glide on the ground for a longer distance, and then almost

In front of everyone in the tower, he gently pulled the control stick, causing the plane to leave the ground lightly, and then quickly began to climb in an almost vertical manner.

The colonel's little thoughts did not escape Lieutenant General Khaibi's eyes. It seemed inappropriate to play such tricks in such an important test, but he glanced at the deputy prime minister standing next to him out of the corner of his eye and found that the latter had a smile on his face.

With a happy expression on his face, he immediately decided not to pursue such trivial issues.

"Two L39s from the friendly forces have also taken off, at an altitude of 8500, in your 140 direction, about 210 kilometers away, and are flying in a circle."

The tower reported to the colonel the location of the training aircraft that was the test target.

"receive."

The colonel followed the instructions and made a turn of nearly 180°. No target was displayed on the HUD at this time. As a product with a technical level in the early 1990s, it was obviously impossible for it to see an aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 200 kilometers away.

A small aircraft of less than 6 tons.

In fact, if the narrow beam mode is not used, even fighter radars in 2015 can rarely see such a distance.

The MiG-29 slowly climbed to an altitude of 8,000 meters and leveled off. This is a slightly lower altitude than the target aircraft. Due to its working principle, the radar's ability to search for targets below is generally slightly weaker, especially the last one.

Many Lucia radars of the century do not have the ability to look down and shoot down at low-altitude targets.

Ten minutes later, a T-shaped mark suddenly appeared on the upper right side of the radar display, and a flashing circle was also displayed near the right edge of the HUD. That was the target location searched by the radar, almost in a

After a breath of time, another target was also detected by the radar.

"Base, the radar has captured two targets, the distance..."

Originally, all this was so commonplace for an old pilot like Museppe, but his originally calm voice suddenly stopped midway.

"Colonel, what happened?" Prime Minister Majib's slightly anxious voice sounded on the radio. He could only see the monotonous signal on the radar screen at the tower, and was unaware of the aircraft more than a hundred kilometers away.

What happened in the cockpit.

"It's... an accident. The target capture distance just now was 85km."

Majib didn't know much about the air force, so he cast curious eyes at Haibi, who was not far away.

"The N019M radar should not have such a long range for capturing targets the size of the L39." Haibi leaned over and whispered in the Prime Minister's ear to explain.

"You mean, these parts can improve the performance of the radar?" Majib half-opened his mouth, showing an expression of disbelief.

The lieutenant general nodded: "The improvement is not big. After all, the radar power and computer have not changed. I speculate that the radar's signal-to-noise ratio has improved after replacing core components with better quality."

Majib felt his heart beat faster.

Algeria will soon retire these old MiG-29s, so he doesn't care at all about the magnitude of the performance improvement, but the lieutenant general's explanation showed that the Chinese did have something behind them.

Some parts can do this, but what if he is asked to provide an entire radar?

Musse, who was still sitting in the MiG-29, was not shocked by this for too long. After all, in 2015, this number was not outstanding at all. The radar performance of both the MiG-29M and the Su-30MKA far exceeded this. He

Slightly retract the throttle to slow down the speed, then slightly adjust the direction of the nose and adjust the radar mode to vertical scanning mode.

The box on the HUD changes to two vertical lines. In this mode, the radar will force the scanning energy to be concentrated in a relatively limited area directly in front. The N019M radar is much stronger than the infamous N019 prototype.

Few, and even have the ability to chase 10 against 2, although it is only on paper.

"I tried the multi-target mode, and I could lock two targets at the same time." The colonel looked at the two circles that no longer flashed on the HUD. If there were two fighter jets on the opposite side, their radio warning devices should have been activated by now.

It started ringing non-stop, but the two training aircraft that had never been prepared to go to the battlefield did not have this configuration.

If the colonel launched two R27 missiles at this time, there is a high probability that they would not know what happened before they were shot down.

"Very good, then we need to test the performance of IRST." Haibi's voice on the radio was trembling.

For this flight, this is not an easy task, because the L39 engine does not have an afterburner mode, and the IRST needs to detect infrared signals. The only advantage is that the background temperature of the night sky is relatively low.

"I need them to also increase some altitude to test the performance." Museppe said as he pushed the throttle lever to start climbing.

As an optical detection method, IRST generally means that the higher the altitude, the more conducive it is to detection. On the one hand, the atmosphere at high altitudes is cleaner, and on the other hand, the background temperature at high altitudes will be lower, especially at night.

There is interference from another infrared source.

Ten seconds later, the tower's reply came over the radio: "They said they would climb to 11,000 meters, but it will take some time."

The detection range of IRST is far inferior to that of radar, but the detection range is very large, especially in the longitudinal direction. You can almost see the target directly above the aircraft, so the colonel keeps the radar on to keep tracking the two trainer aircraft, but if it is an actual combat

If so, the trick to using IRST is sneak attack.

The infrared signature of L39 is really not obvious, and the two sides are flying at opposite ends. IRST did not capture the target until a distance of about 8 kilometers. This number is not surprising, but it is much better than the naked eye anyway -

—There was only a starry sky in the colonel's field of vision, and the two small planes could not be found at all.

"IRST saw them."

As a passive infrared search equipment, IRST's "locking" and radar are not the same concept. However, if there are medium-range infrared bombs such as R27T, it can indeed exert an effect similar to radar + medium-range radar bombs without alerting the enemy.

extend the launch distance of the missile.

"Very good, the test is completed and you can return."

The voice on the radio disappeared from the colonel's ears only halfway through, because the thunderous applause drowned out everything, even scaring Museppe's right hand that clenched the joystick and shook.

"What a lucky day." He drove the MiG-29 and made a small turn, then slightly raised his head and looked at the starry night sky above his head. He knew that no matter what the reason, Prime Minister Majib will remember a man named Museppe.

Air Force officer.
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