The Intruder fighter was fused with the J-8II to form what Qi Yiming called the Skua fighter.

In fact, from the nose of this fighter, it looks more like the Soviet Yak-141, which only had one prototype but was not finally put into service. It may also be related to the fact that the J-8II itself has the pedigree of Soviet fighters, so the noses of the two

It's similar. To put it simply, the head is a little narrow and the sides are slightly flat.

Its air intake does not use a three-dimensional axisymmetric air intake like the intruder in Red Alert, but is more similar to the F-15's adjustable external pressure four-wave supersonic air intake, which is attached to both sides of the nose.

On the side, the main wing has abandoned the original delta wing of the J-8II and is a trapezoidal wing similar in shape to the Intruder fighter, but the wing area is larger. In addition, it also uses a small side wing, a single vertical tail, and a pair of horizontal tails.

It is also similar to the Intruder fighter. The power system is two medium-thrust vector engines with rotatable nozzles. Qi Yiming gave it the model WS-13C. When the two vector nozzles need to spray down, the rear of the aircraft will open

The lower belly power hatch is not as obtrusive as the Yak-141, and the nozzle is embedded in the middle of the tail. In addition, the part that provides additional lift is similar to that of the Intruder fighter, but it is more superior. It is located on both sides of the inlet.

The protruding parts of the two conformal fuel tanks open the cover when additional lift is needed, and the two small lift engines will provide additional lift for the fighter. This design also makes the aircraft more aerodynamic than AV-8 during flight.

Or the intruder is better.

The aircraft is 18.2 meters long, with a wingspan of 10 meters and a height of 4.6 meters. In order to reduce weight, the aircraft body uses about 25% composite materials. The empty weight is 8 tons and the maximum take-off weight is about 17 tons. There are seven hanging points and three

One is under the wing, and the other is in the center of the belly. In the case of short takeoff/vertical landing and full fuel and ammunition, the combat radius is 600 kilometers, the maximum bomb load is 3.6 tons, and the maximum internal fuel is 5 tons. The maximum overload is 7G, ​​and the practical liter

Limited to 18,000 meters.

It can be said without humility that before the emergence of the F-35B, this STOVL fighter was worthy of being the most powerful STOVL fighter in the world.

Since they were all integrated with the J-8II, Qi Yiming simply replaced the J-8II and still let this fighter occupy the J-8 number. Specifically, it was called the J-8V, codenamed Skua. Such a change made the J-8V

The -8 has undoubtedly become a third-generation aircraft, contemporaries with the Su-27 and J-10.

Qi Yiming was also slightly pleased that because many parts and equipment overlapped with the J-8, the major changes were in power, body materials, avionics, etc. The above components can be provided by the base, and Shenfei can now provide them.

Assembling the J-8V fighter jet.

After the important parts and components were provided by the Huludao base, they were transported to Shenyang Aircraft Co., Ltd., and red police engineer Li Siwei personally presided over the final assembly. Finally, with the unremitting efforts of the workers, the first J-8V produced by Shen Fei Aircraft Co., Ltd.

Smoothly shipped from the factory.

The roll-off of the J-8V also attracted visits from Navy Commander Liu Huaqing and HNA Commander Li Jing. Liu Huaqing, the aircraft carrier controller, has been looking forward to the roll-off of the J-8V for a long time. Since Qi Yiming decided to prepare for the J-8V two months ago,

The Navy was renovating the Melbourne into an amphibious assault ship, and Liu Huaqing kept changing people to see Qi Yiming every three days to check on the progress.

How could Qi Yiming tell them clearly what the progress was? Anyway, the Melbourne sailed into the repair shop in Huludao, and it would have nothing to do with him by then. He didn't know what would happen inside.

Qi Yiming had not seen HNA's commander Li Jing very often, but he still seemed to be a very energetic and motivated general. After the navy's military rank was restored, the HNA commander now has two general stars, that is, the rank of lieutenant general.

With a very capable smile, he said to Qi Yiming: "Haha, with the J-8V, our Hainan Airlines can be considered to have a full-time fighter. Although it is still a little smaller, it is better than nothing."

Qi Yiming was very curious and asked: "Didn't we install the J-10 as an air superiority fighter? Why did Hainan Airlines say it didn't have a dedicated air superiority aircraft?"

Liu Huaqing shook his head and said: "Those gentlemen in the Air Force are really hard to serve. Now it's not their turn to poke and babble, but they have actually learned to be picky. A few days ago, Wang Hai was arrogating territory with our Hainan Airlines.

Now, we need to figure out with our navy which fighter jets belong to the air force and which ones belong to the navy. This is exactly what the Yankees do. In the past, everyone was poor and lived by making do with it. Now that everyone is not poor, they just have to make do with it.

I’m starting to know how to raise my own son.”

After hearing such an absurd conclusion, Qi Yiming couldn't help but feel curious. In his time, the HNA and the Air Force had not really made a clear distinction. This kind of thing was impossible to do under China's national conditions. The Navy and the Air Force were not as contradictory as the United States.

Yes, there is no competition between the military services for military expenditures. Who knows, in this way, the Air Force and the Navy can become arrogant, saying this is mine and that is yours, and everyone should not rob each other's things.

Li Jing explained: "The Air Force has confirmed that it will follow the example of the United States and bring all bombers under the jurisdiction of the Air Force, and then the J-10 will not be assigned to us as a dedicated fighter aircraft for the Air Force. At least the Air Force also knows the main target customers of Feibao's design.

It’s our Hainan Airlines, so we just say that this aircraft model is shared by both companies.”

Liu Huaqing looked calm and said: "It just so happens that we take this opportunity to put up our own airs and step into the command system of modern warfare with our heads high. It is not a good thing to get entangled."

He paused, then said in a bad tone: "The F-14 is a carrier-based aircraft, and we won't give it to the Air Force once it's finished."

Qi Yiming was almost defeated. He didn't expect Liu Huaqing to be here waiting for the Air Force. However, Qi Yiming didn't believe that the Air Force had not considered this issue. The only explanation was that the Air Force was now quite satisfied with relying on the J-10 to control the air, and Qi Yiming

A medium- and long-term development plan was sent to the Air Force very early, which clearly stated that it would develop another heavy-duty air superiority fighter for the Air Force, which is the forward-swept Black Hawk fighter. Therefore, the Air Force is very interested in getting the F-14.

The urgency is not that high anymore.

It is very likely that some people in the Air Force think that the F-14 requires a lot of maintenance time, and the energy consumed must be much longer than maintaining the J-10. Rather than causing this trouble for yourself, it is better to focus on developing our own J-10.

10 fighters. According to Qi Yiming’s knowledge, the Air Force currently operates about 200 J-10 fighters. He originally thought that some of them would be allocated to Hainan Airlines, but he did not expect that the Air Force would take them all.

What Qi Yiming gave to the Air Force was not the Raptor fighter in official history that had witnessed the development of the national aviation industry. This new No. 10 aircraft was a version that had been significantly modified by the base. Not only was the body enlarged, but it was also equipped with an AESA radar and a series of other features.

It has an advanced avionics system, an enlarged delta wing and a total of 17 hardpoints under the belly. The maximum bomb load is more than seven tons, which is equivalent to a small bomb truck.

It is agile in the air, can carry bombs on the ground, can detect with clairvoyance, and the overall maintenance is relatively simple. It is no wonder that the Air Force is unwilling to distribute this fighter to Hainan Airlines. To put it bluntly, this magically modified Raptor fighter,

It can definitely be regarded as a miracle machine among the world's third-generation machines.

Hainan Airlines has acquired a lot of Flying Leopards these days, and incidentally also received some anti-submarine aircraft such as the Kongjing-200 HNA version and Y-8GX-6, Y-8 and Y-20 transport aircraft. The Flying Leopard was indeed able to make do in the 1980s.

It is used as a fighter jet, but compared to the ordinary F-16, the F-15 is not enough.

In fact, the J-8V cannot be regarded as a complete fighter. The added performance of STOVL still brings some minor problems to it in air combat. However, because the aerodynamic layout is more reasonable, two WS-13Cs with a thrust of 90 kN

With its powerful engine and the powerful electronic equipment of the Red Alert Base itself, the J-8V is fully capable of competing for air supremacy with the F-16, F-18 and other fighters of the same size.

Well, considering that the F-18, F-16, and Mig-29 currently do not have active mid-range ammunition, the J-8V that can shoot PL-12 is still very advantageous.

Liu Huaqing asked Qi Yiming: "Xiao Qi, do you plan to let Shen Fei produce the J-8V in the future, and your base will produce others?"

Qi Yiming replied: "Some key components still rely on base production, and Shenyang Aircraft and other companies must have orders to support them. Chengdu Aircraft has now won the Pakistan contract for FC-1, and Xi'an Aircraft has also worked hard to start selling Y-

8, Y-9, Y-12 and other transport aircraft. Needless to say, the trainer aircraft business has been booming, but Shen Fei is in trouble. The Air Force has made it clear that it will not order the old J-8 from Shen Fei. Haha, they also

There is no need for it anymore. To be honest, there is not much oil and water to upgrade the F-14. Although I have divested all the non-core businesses of Shenfei before, in order for the company to grow better, it still needs to have orders and production.

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Li Jing also interjected at this time and complained: "Yes, our military and enterprises have such a mutually supportive relationship. How can we be like those in the Air Force who do not abide by the objective laws of development of things? Next year's military expenditures will be subject to a more standardized system of approval by the National People's Congress.

, those stingy people in the Air Force haven’t even ordered a single new plane, and they’ve made it clear that they want to privately take advantage of your output.”

Qi Yiming was not surprised by this result. He smiled and said: "Starting from next year, the Air Force will also separate airlines and other things, and the establishment will be greatly streamlined. There will be many places to spend money, and I heard that Wang Hai

The commander has ordered pilots to fly no less than 15 hours per month. This is all money. I can understand why they can’t find the money to order new aircraft."

Liu Huaqing shook his head and said: "That's right. It's just that a few companies are in a worse situation, so whether it's Chengfei, Hongdu, Xifei, Changfei, or Hafei, you have to work harder to find it outside.

Road, AVIC has been very busy recently, promoting all over the world, which can be regarded as finding a way out for these companies, otherwise everyone's life would be really difficult."

Qi Yiming is not too worried. It was during this period that these companies began to develop their own non-aviation products. Changhe Automobile and Hafei Automobile were all doing better than what they were doing. And in order to protect these companies, Qi Yiming

, we have put a lot of effort into reforming the corporate system and sending red-alert engineers to assist in technical transformation. If we can survive through this, then we can only review ourselves.

Liu Huaqing smiled slightly and said to Qi Yiming: "Our navy does not have much military expenditure, but we still have to do what we have to do. At least we will order 12 J-8Vs. If we have sufficient funds, we will see if we can order more.
Chapter completed!