"Comprehensive air combat training, which originated in 2012, is neither a flight competition nor a regular training, and the score has no meaning here, even if you win the first place."

Colonel Lin Jian waited for the last HNA student to sit down, immediately took over the conversation, stared at everyone with sharp eyes, and slowly talked about the origin and content of the special training in air combat:

"Special training has only one function, through highly realistic and close to the actual combat training content, so that you can change from pilots to combatants, accumulate tactical experience, so as to survive in the future actual combat, the entire special training and the United States Air Force Red Flag military exercise training purpose is the same, however, we are the only one in the world to open the stage of higher education aircraft actual combat training."

Red Flag Military Exercise!

This is a regular air combat military exercise held by the US Air Force every year, the scale of which is the largest in the world, and it is also a holy place in the minds of countless foreign pilots, with air force pilots from more than 25 countries participating in the exercise every year, and hundreds of high-performance fighters of various types.

Of course, this does not include pilots of your own air force.

The core training objective of the Red Flag Military Exercise is to temper the pilots' tactical level and fighting will to the greatest extent possible through the characteristics of being highly realistic and close to actual combat.

The red flag of the U.S. military, its own free air combat, and the training goals aimed by both sides are completely identical.

In the second year of the establishment of free air combat, it opened up a comprehensive special training for higher education aircraft for the first time, and gathered the most elite flight cadets to carry out special training through the two higher education aircraft academies of the Stone Academy and HNA.

The special training in air combat at the stage of higher education aircraft is the only one in the world, and there is no other semicolon, and even the US military does not do so.

Let the trainees, who have just mastered the flying skills of the advanced training aircraft, engage in the most dangerous air combat characteristics? -- Neither the US military nor the air forces of other countries that boast of being first-class have ever thought about it.

Lin Jian's voice echoed in the closed war room and entered everyone's ears.

At this moment, all the fourteen flight cadets in the war room, their backs straightened, their faces were serious, and they listened attentively to what Lin Jian explained.

"As we all know, air combat is a war situation in which air supremacy is scrambled, and fighters are the main means of destroying enemy aircraft. Air combat is divided into single-plane air combat and formation air combat according to the number of troops participating in the battle, according to the flight altitude is divided into four types: ultra-low altitude and low altitude, medium altitude and high altitude, and according to the combat time, it is divided into day air combat and night air combat. ”

Lin Jian looked at everyone, his voice was steady, and he said slowly: "According to meteorological conditions, it can be divided into air combat under simple meteorological conditions and air combat under complex meteorological conditions, and according to the attack distance, it can be divided into close-range combat and over-the-horizon air combat, etc., while modern air combat integrates all single categories into one, complex and comprehensive - emphasizing all-weather, all-airspace, and all-type 'three-all' elements." ”

Hearing the content of Lin Jian's explanation, everyone silently opened the tactical tablet, tapped the virtual keyboard on the screen, and recorded the key points of knowledge and tactical information related to the explanation.

Modern air combat is completely different from traditional air combat, there are many types and are very complex, and it is necessary not only to take into account multi-purpose, but also to emphasize comprehensiveness.

"Before the 80s, traditional air combat was dominated by close-range combat, but with the continuous improvement and development of airborne radar, electronic components, fire control systems, and weapon systems, modern air warfare with precision-guided weapons and missiles as the main means of attack is dominated by over-the-horizon strikes."

Lin Jian, who served as a mentor, continued: "Zhou Hai, what are the main steps and core ideas of modern air combat? No need to stand up. ”

"The main steps of air combat are composed of four stages: searching, engaging the enemy, attacking and exiting the battle, and modern air combat takes the OODA Boyd cycle as the core operational concept." When Zhou Hai heard this, he did not pause at all, and immediately gave the answers to two questions, and his words were calm and calm: "If the enemy discovers it first, it will be destroyed when it is discovered." ”

"That's right."

Lin Jian was slightly surprised, nodded with satisfaction, praised it, and looked at Wang Zhuyu who was sitting next to him: "Wang Zhuyu, talk about your views on close-range combat and over-the-horizon strikes." ”

"Close combat is still an unavoidably important type of air combat, just like the cannon equipped with a fighter jet, it is indispensable, and it mainly depends on the pilot's own strength." Hearing this, Wang Zhuyu sat upright on the chair, with a thoughtful look on his face, his lips slightly opened, and gave his views on the two main air combat modes:

"Over-the-horizon strike, as the main means of attack at present, mainly depends on the performance of aircraft and weapon systems, modern air-to-air missiles have the ability to ignore after launch, using mainstream guidance modes such as active radar guidance and infrared imaging guidance, as well as a combination of large off-axis combat missiles + helmet aiming, which is the first series of strike means in modern air combat."

Among the student groups, HNA students Yang Min and Wu Qiang were a little surprised when they heard this, and they glanced at each other, and their eyes at Wang Zhuyu became different.

Zhou Hai talked about the OODA Boyd cycle and the main steps, which is the main theoretical knowledge of air combat in the stage of higher education aircraft, everyone knows.

However, Wang Zhuyu's exposition of the two modes of air combat is a little amazing, and it is integrated into his own understanding of air combat.

Not only the students of the Maritime Academy, but even Bai Tangfei and Yi Xuewu were a little surprised by Wang Zhuyu's answer.

"Wang Zhuyu said very well, the understanding is very thorough, close combat mainly depends on the pilot's own strength, while over-the-horizon strike relies on aircraft performance and weapon systems, the two air combat modes are equally important, and this is also the core content of this special training."

Lin Jian nodded affirmatively, his eyes swept over the group of students who were concerned about Wang Zhuyu, his face was calm, and he said in a straight voice: "I believe everyone knows the OODA cycle and the main steps that Zhou Hai said, but you should pay more attention to Zhou Hai's 'discovery of the enemy first', the most critical link in the current air battle situation is the discovery of the enemy first, whether it can be discovered before the enemy, and life and death are almost decided in the deadly air battle." ”

Discovering the enemy before the enemy is the latest operational concept in the air warfare situation, and when the enemy is discovered before the enemy in the air combat link, a one-way transparency of the battlefield in a short-term state can be formed, and then adjustments and choices can be made, and the opportunity can be taken first, step by step.

The one-way transparency of the battlefield is a terrible military term in modern warfare, in which the superior side will form a comprehensive suppressive advantage, and the inferior side will have almost no secret reservations, the most typical case is the Iraqi army in the Gulf War.

In air combat, it is enough to form such a one-way transparency on the battlefield when the enemy discovers first, and the first thing you see is the enemy, and then you are prepared, which means that you are prepared to fight, while the enemy is unprepared.

"The enemy found out?"

For the first time, everyone who has been connected to the concept and mode of modern air combat carefully pondered Lin Jian's words.

PS: Also, I have a stomachache and went to the toilet, about 10 o'clock.