Chapter 145 Air Refueling (4/5)
Yang Luo turned on the airborne radio station and contacted the tower: "Call the tower, 301 is ready, request to slide out, it is finished."
Immediately afterwards, the sound of the other three people asking to slide into the runway in turn in the communication channel.
This takeoff is a formation takeoff. The first formation takeoff since the J-10c modification training. Today is not only a control function refueling training, but also a formation takeoff training.
"The tower was received and slid into Runway 1 and called into Runway 2. You can slide out and finish."
“301 received, finished.”
Yang Luo signaled forward, and then under the command of Qiyu, he slid out of the hangar first, passed the apron before the pain, entered the taxiway, and finally arrived at the runway and stopped brakes.
Xue Fei was immediately behind, entered Runway 1, braked and stopped at the right rear of Yang Luo. Xu Zhiqiang and Wang Hanyu stopped one after another on Runway 2 one after another.
Since Yang Luo became the squadron leader, he finally got rid of the fate of the wingman and started flying to the plane. Xue Fei was more tragic. He used to be Zhao Long's wingman, but now he is Yang Luo's wingman.
Seeing that Xu Zhiqiang and Wang Hanyu were already in place, Yang Luo called the tower again and said, "Call the tower, the first squadron requested to take off and carry out the training of the aerial refueling subject, and it was completed."
"The tower received the ground wind direction 355, wind speed 4 meters, side wind direction 250, side wind speed 3 meters, field pressure 1002, four aircraft formations take off, can take off, it is finished."
"301 was received, ready to take off, it's finished."
"221 received, ready to take off, it's finished."
"304 was received, ready to take off, it's finished."
"305 was received, ready to take off, it's finished."
Yang Luo took a deep breath, pushed the throttle valve, loosened the brakes, and the engine roared, and he ran from slow to fast on the runway.
Almost at the same time, the other three people did the same operation as Yang Luo. After four torrents slid over 300 meters on two runways, they raised their proud heads almost at the same time and faced the blue sky.
The landing gear slowly retracts into the belly of the machine, and the landing gear door is then closed, turned, and climbed.
"All people pay attention, climb to an altitude of 9500 meters, heading 225, mission-related data have been transmitted, the air tanker model is Il-78, and the target is located at a kilometers." The sound of the tower came from the communication channel.
“xxx received, finished.”
After Yang Luo responded, he clicked on the tower to send the task data.
The Il-78 air tanker is modified from the Il-76 military transport aircraft. Il was delivered and used in the year and officially put into service in the year. This type of tanker is mainly used to refuel long-range aircraft, front-line aircraft and military transport aircraft. It can also be used as a transport aircraft and can urgently transport fuel to mobile airports. The aircraft adopts a three-point aerial refueling system, which can refuel three aircraft at the same time.
The maximum take-off weight of the Il-78 is 190 tons. It can refuel 65 tons of other aircraft when flying 1,000 kilometers. The fuel tank capacity of a J-10c aircraft is only about 5 tons. In other words, an Il-78 aerial refueling aircraft can easily meet the needs of thirteen J-10c aircraft at the same time.
Yang Luo steadily held the joystick, kept climbing, controlled the J-ski and swept away from the sky, forming a four-plane formation with the three aircraft on the right.
In less than a minute, four fighter jets passed through the middle and low clouds, climbed to the predetermined height of 9,500, and then easily changed out and ran to the airspace 300 kilometers away.
There was nothing to say along the way. After more than ten minutes, four fighter jets crossed a distance of 300 kilometers and arrived at the target area for the control function refueling.
A giant iron bird was already waiting in the target area at 8,500 meters high, hovering in the air. It was the Il-78 aerial refueling aircraft.
"Wait in the air first, and train first by 301." In the communication channel, the voice of Ren Shaoping, a teacher sitting in the back cabin, sounded. "301, lower the altitude to 8,500 meters, prepare to get closer and reunite, and the speed of refueling is 550 kilometers per hour."
"301 received, lowering the height, ready to meet." Yang Luo said, with a serious expression, looking at the lower height control function tanker Yil-78 in front of him, gently pressed the rod with his right hand, raised the speed plate, gradually lowered the height, ready to meet with Yil-78.
The refueling pod under the belly of the Il-78 machine has released a twenty-six-meter-long refueling hose, which swung slightly in the air, and a funnel-shaped conical tube was installed at the end.
Steadily reduce the altitude and speed, enter the rear and bottom of the Il-78, and fly about 3 meters behind the refueling hose, maintaining the speed synchronized with the Il-78, and performing formation flights before refueling.
Above Yang Luo's head, four aviation engines of the Il-78 continuously ejected high-temperature airflow, forming turbulence behind, which is one of the risk factors for air refueling.
Once the fighter plane flying below accidentally enters, it is easy to get into trouble. What is even more dangerous is that if the fighter air intake duct is sucked in, it may also cause engine failure or even parking in the air.
"Call 301, here is ky-01, allowing your aircraft to carry out air refueling operations." A strange signal was connected to the encrypted wireless channel, and it was the person in charge of the Yil-78 air refueling aircraft above the head.
Air refueling is mainly air refueling engines, and follow the instructions of the person in charge of the air refueling engine.
"301 received, ready to get close to the docking." Yang Luo replied, looking up slightly, looking at the conical pipe sleeve of the refueling hose three meters above the sky in front.
The left hand gently pushes the throttle valve to slightly increase the speed, which is only less than two meters per second higher than the Il-78's speed, which is almost imperceptible. The right hand pulls the rod back slightly softly, climbing at an invisible speed and elevation angle.
Everyone in the Il-78 and the pilots of the three fighter planes, the instructors were watching, and approaching the refueling hose under the belly of the Il-78 at a very slow speed.
Two meters!
One meter!
"Okay, okay, keep it steady, keep it, you three learn a little and see how your squadron leader operates." Ren Shaoping's voice sounded in the communication channel, and there was a hint of nervousness at the beginning.
Xue Fei and the other three had no longer kept flying in formation, but circled around the Il-78 at three different altitudes, with their eyes scanning back and forth in the course and the J-10c. Ren Shaoping, in the rear cabin of the J-10s, was staring at slow motion intently.
At such a close distance, there was still dangerous turbulence above the head, which made the three pilots feel worried and nervous.
The altitude difference of twenty-six is too low for the aircraft. With a slightly higher pole, the climb rate of the J-10c does not take one second, only 0.1 seconds.
Yang Luo was very calm in his heart, staring at the conical tube sleeve of the refueling hose in front of him. Without hesitation, he controlled the fighter to climb slowly and aimed the oil receiving pipe on the right side of the windshield glass at the conical tube sleeve.
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Chapter completed!