Refueling in the air is also a test of courage and technology.

Air tankers and refueling planes need to maintain relative stability in close range in the air, and this danger is similar to riding a motorcycle on the highway, and the riders of two motorcycles have to hold hands.

If the speed of the tanker is too large, it may hit the rear fuselage of the tanker at once, and the tanker is full of fuel, and once it is hit, it is likely to explode and catch fire.

Moreover, in the air, there will be a variety of air currents at any time, in addition to a variety of unexpected air currents, when the aircraft in front of it is flying, behind the fuselage, there is a special wake, the fighter needs to enter this wake, and the fighter may also have an accident at any time, such as loss of power and so on.

In short, the danger is very great, and you can think of it as a dancer in the air.

If this is not enough, then look at the present, if you use the Yun-8, the flight speed of the Yun-8 is too low, and the oil receiving aircraft behind will have to maintain a low speed, and it is too difficult for a jet to maintain a low speed for a long time, and it is still in the wake of the aircraft in front.

Therefore, Qin Feng didn't think that the Yunba modification was the best, and just one engine could be ruled out.

However, apart from Yunba, what else does you have? Looks like it's gone!

Qin Feng didn't immediately express his objections, if he objected, then he needed to have a better opinion, if he didn't have any other opinions, he could only rely on Yunba.

The speed of the Yun-8 is very low, whether it is J-7 or J-8, it is essentially a high-speed fighter, which is not suitable, if the No. 10 project comes out, the J-10 fighter must have enough low-speed control performance and can be used as an oil engine, so, before that, what to train?

Qin Feng's mind was thinking rapidly, it was not appropriate to destroy seven and eight, and there was nothing else, wait, strong five!

Qiangwu was originally a ground attack aircraft, destined to strengthen the low-speed performance of Qiangwu, this kind of aircraft can still be manipulated at low speed, when he was in Pakistan, Qin Feng also fought with this kind of aircraft.

Yes, use the Yun-8 as a tanker, and the strong 5 as a tanker, first solve the problem of whether there is or not, and then, after the J-10 is mature, you can transplant the J-10 to the past.

This idea slowly matured in Qin Feng's mind, he just wanted to say, his eyes looked at the wall chart on the wall in the conference room, and saw the photo of an airplane on it, and his brain immediately became hot, with it, why didn't he think of this big guy!

"I think it's more appropriate to use the H-6 as an air tanker." Qin Feng spoke.

Boom six? Hearing Qin Feng's words, the other people had an idea in their minds, what are you kidding, it is not a passenger plane, nor a transport plane, but a bomber!

In that special era, the older generation of scientific research workers, with their hard work, surveyed and copied the most urgently needed aircraft of the republic.

In that year, just after the birth of the Republic, the bomber aviation unit was formed by using the Tu-2 bombers and Tu-4 bombers introduced from the former Soviet Union. However, these are propeller bombers, which can no longer meet the needs, and in 1958 China signed an agreement with the former Soviet Union to introduce Tu-16 bombers and license their production.

In September 1959, the first H-6 assembled from Soviet-made components was delivered to the Chinese Naval Aviation. In 1968, the first H-6 made by trial production with its own materials was successfully tested, and mass production began in 1969 to equip the troops.

In the Soviet Union, the Tu-16, a backward bomber, like the MiG-21, almost quickly fell behind and had a limited number of equipment, while in China, the H-6, which was copied from the Tu-16, was the main force of the Air Force and naval aviation for a long time, and even remained in service until the 21st century, although it had various problems, it was still the most powerful bomber of the republic.

The biggest problem of the bomber is its ejection life-saving system, this kind of bomber has six crew members, respectively in different positions on the bomber, once the plane has an accident, when it needs to be ejected, it is quite cumbersome, some people want to bounce up, some people want to bounce down, the pilot has to go out last, otherwise the attitude of the plane can not be controlled, often only two or three people can escape, the rest are heroic, such a thing, it has happened.

Of course, this is caused by its backward operating system, look at the Western bombers of the same era, it only takes two or three people to operate, how backward is it? Even in its tail section, there is a tail gun compartment, where there is a squatting shooter!

This is a configuration that only existed in World War II, and it was used to protect the tail from the fighter from behind, but that was the era of cannon air combat, and now what fighters will approach from behind to solve bombers with cannons?

It has long been behind, but, as a tanker, it is suitable.

Its normal take-off weight is more than 70 tons, and the plane can carry 34 tons of fuel, which can be obtained without any modifications, and if necessary, it can also add a nine-ton fuel tank in its belly bomb bay, so that the total fuel is also more than 40 tons.

In terms of fuel, it is the same as Yun-8, and at the same time, it has high-speed capabilities, which Yun-8 does not have, this bomber uses the method of wing root engine, which has a domestic imitation turbojet-8 engine, pushing this huge bomber, and the cruising speed can reach Mach 0.75!

The foundation of this aircraft makes it have enough strength to act as an air tanker!

When Qin Feng mentioned that he would use the H-6 to modify, it was very strange for everyone at first, but now, after Qin Feng explained, many people's eyes lit up.

That's right, when the Yun-8 is an air tanker, its speed is too slow, and the main fighter cannot fly with it in formation, but the H-6 is completely fine, this kind of bomber flies in formation with fighters in many operations, and it is born with this foundation.

Hearing Qin Feng's analysis, everyone understood that some people were still insisting on Yun Ba, but some people thought that the modification of the H-6 was indeed a good plan.

"Okay, about the tanker, we can report to the superiors, it seems that Comrade Qin Feng came well and provided us with constructive advice, Comrade Qin Feng, you can talk about it again, what should you choose if you receive the tanker?"