Chapter 458: Search and Rescue the Overboard Pilot

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"The crow was shot down. www.biquge.info≦≧"After the long plane Medellin dodged the missile, he saw the fireball below, and his eyes turned blood-red.

Whatever the reason, the US Navy was shot down, and they must get it back!

On the AWACS aircraft, the disappearance of that point of light was already seen, and at the same time, the battle situation was returned to the aircraft carrier in time.

"Take off four fighters of the 111th Fighter Squadron at once." The captain finally gave the order: "Order the Blue Bird to return home, take off an HH-60H "Black Hawk" rescue helicopter, and search and rescue our overboard pilot." ”

On the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, a total of two squadrons of F-14 fighters were carried, however, unlike the establishment on the ground, one squadron of fighters on the aircraft carrier had ten fighters.

Hearing that the captain finally gave the order to take off the fighter, the deputy captain breathed a sigh of relief, but at this time, his own fighter had been shot down by the other party, so it would be nice if he could take off earlier!

He didn't guess at all that the captain was letting him take off now just to save face for the US Navy.

At present, the United States absolutely cannot directly engage in war with Iraq, and this is only a mistake, and it must exercise restraint. ≦≧

If the other side was the Soviet Air Force and destroyed one of his fighters, he would have ordered all the fighter squadrons on the aircraft carrier to take off, and although the Soviets were to be extremely restrained on both sides, if the other side fired first, he would not be ambiguous. And now, you can't do that.

However, he could not lose the dignity of the US Navy, so he postponed his takeoff, hoping that by the time his fighter jets arrived in the airspace, the other side might have flown away.

It's all to blame on the damn pilot, let him go to the monitor, not let him engage in an aerial confrontation with the other side, as a result. There was such a big accident, and it was the captain himself. I can't afford to take that responsibility either. It must be reported to the above, to see the arrangement from above.

In short, a war of words is indispensable, and really a war for this incident? Thinking about the Soviet ships that still exist in the Arabian Sea. The captain shook his head anyway.

America's adversary, not Iraq.

"Poof!" John fell into the water. He felt very fortunate that the sea was not very cold due to the very warm weather now. Otherwise. ≦≧ the first survival problem he faced was the cold.

As a naval pilot, this kind of survival training at sea was a must-do for John.

The moment he fell into the water, the parachute had already been automatically cut, and the navy was specially equipped with marine life-saving equipment. It has also begun to work, the dinghy that has already self-inflated. He was already waiting for him in the waters not far from John.

John swam a few times, struggled to climb onto the dinghy, and looked around at the dye-stained seawater, and the distress device was already automatically signaling, all he needed to do now was wait.

Thinking that a minute ago, I was still soaring in the sky, and now, I have fallen to the ground, it is all a good thing done by Iraqis! John was extremely angry, he just locked on the other party, and he didn't really launch the missile, next time, he would definitely not be so polite!

He raised his middle finger at the fighters flying in the sky, ****you!

"Shoot down one enemy plane, the other has already returned, is it in pursuit?" Fibil asked over the radio.

At this time, Hamad's fighter squadron had also rushed to the airspace where the air battle took place. ≦≧

"There is no need to pursue, continue to be on alert to the air." Hamad said.

On Hamad's radar screen, the fighter plane was also seen, and it flew away in the direction of the open sea, proving that the other party was likely to be really a fighter plane of the US Navy, but Hamad didn't care so much. The most important thing for him now is to complete the escort mission.

While they were engaged in an air battle with the Tomcat fighters, the bombing of the ground was already underway, and the Iraqi bomber group launched a fierce bombing campaign against the east coast of Iran and at the targets that were attacking civilian ships.

Suddenly, several bright spots appeared on Hamad's radar screen.

This time, it was four fighters, and the comers were not good, and it was likely that the US Navy was retaliating!

"Attention formation, there are enemy planes approaching us, preparing medium-range bombs." Hamad said.

At this time, the electronics of the Mirage F1 fighter once again received the radar signal of the AWG-9.

War hangs by a thread. ≦≧

"111 Fighter Squadron, please return with the Blue Jay, please return with the Blue Jay." Just after the four Tomcat fighters carrying the immortal birds took off with revenge, and after passing by their own fighter plane, which was embarrassed by missiles, the pilots of this fighter squadron were all holding back their anger, hoping to avenge their own downed fighters, but at this time, an order came to let them return.

"Return in formation." The squadron leader gave the order.

Four F-14 fighters in a diamond-shaped formation drew a curve in the air, turned half a circle, and began to return home.

Hamad breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the other side actually flew away, otherwise, if they meet the battle, their own missiles are not as long as the opponent's immortal birds, and if they do not meet the battle, those fighters in the rear that are bombing the target will be in danger.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually flew away.

Sultan had always been worried, and when he heard that the Iraqi pilot in front of him had actually launched a missile and then shot down a plane, he had to hope in his heart that it was not an American fighter, otherwise, the Americans would have a good reason to enter the Persian Gulf. ≦≧

But Cusay, on the other hand, has always been confident, which makes Sultan feel that this young man really has a kind of courage, and he is already old.

Because Qusay is fully sure that the Americans will definitely not do anything about Iraq.

In the history of the Iran-Iraq War in later generations, Saddam Hussein did not fail to attack the United States, using a Mirage F1 fighter to launch two Exocets, which hit the US missile frigate "Stark", which was seriously damaged and 37 people died. After the incident, Iraq insisted that it was a mistake, and the United States did not investigate it deeply.

Then, Iraq used H-6 bombers to launch C601 air-launched missiles, aiming at the American Ticonderoga-class Aegis missile cruiser in the port of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, but it did not hit the target.

Of course, Iraqi propaganda is another accident.

Although Iraq accidentally damaged the American warships several times, the Americans did not investigate it deeply, because Iran is the current enemy of the United States, and Iran has done one earth-shattering thing after another that makes the Americans hate.

Of course, in terms of diplomacy, Iraq can keep a low profile, after all, it is a fighter plane that shoots down other people, and it also needs to give people psychological comfort.

Of course, as a gesture of friendship, Iraq needs to help rescue the two brothers who fell into the water.

"Your Royal Highness, your country's frigate Abuha should be in that area, right? The helicopter on the Abuha can help search for the pilot who parachuted, right? We can confirm whether it was the Iranians or the Americans who shot down. Qusay said.

"Okay, no problem." Prince Sultan said, however, he was almost completely sure that the American fighter plane, if he could search and rescue the other party's pilot, it should be helpful to solve the problem at that time.

The sea area where John crashed is in the Gulf of Oman outside the Strait of Hormuz, where the escort group has not yet returned to the interior of the Persian Gulf after last night's thrill, and many ships outside are also waiting to enter the Persian Gulf under the protection of the peninsula's defense forces.

On the Abuha, Rear Admiral Talal recalled the experience of last night, the Sea Sidewinder missile showed great power in actual combat, successfully intercepting the missile launched by the Iranians, however, it also showed shortcomings, unable to fight multiple missiles at the same time, at the last moment, it was too dangerous, without the electronic interference provided by Iraq, the escort mission could not be completed at all.

"Report, there was an order from the headquarters for us to take off the helicopter and go to the sea fifty kilometers away to search for the pilot who parachuted." At this moment, a telegraph soldier came in and reported.

"Okay, order the helicopter to take off immediately." Talal said.

Since it was a large-scale air raid by the Iraqi Air Force, they were also prepared to search and rescue the parachuted pilot in case of any accidents.

It's just that he didn't expect that it was not the Iraqi pilots who were going to search and rescue, but the Americans.

On the short deck at the back of the Abuha, a French Aerospace SA365F Dolphin helicopter is slowly leaving the flight deck.

SA365F Dolphin helicopter, fuselage length of 13.74 meters, height of 4.01 meters, four main propellers, tail using a channel tail rotor, is the prototype of China's Zhijiu, 2 crew members, maximum take-off weight of 4.1 tons, maximum speed of 296 km / h, practical ceiling of 4575 meters, range of 865 km. It is equipped with two engines with a power of 515 kW. The main anti-ship anti-submarine version is equipped with a sea search radar with sonar buoys and magnetic detectors in the front, and the main armament is MK44/46 torpedoes and 4 missiles. In addition to this, there are searchlights, a navigation system, an automatic hovering device, a conversion coupler and a rescue winch.

It's perfectly fine to carry out this kind of search and rescue mission once in a while.

At this time, the Black Hawk helicopter taking off from the American aircraft carrier in the rear was still a hundred kilometers away, and the speed of the helicopter was too slow.

John waited boredly, he had to wait, he couldn't leave the sea, that would cause the search and rescue personnel to lose their purpose, and the farther away he went, the more difficult it would be to be rescued.

Even if it is only 50 kilometers from the shore, paddling such an inflatable dinghy is an unthinkable task.

However, he didn't have to wait long before he heard the air stirring up from the helicopter propellers above