The commander's job is very simple. He only needs to use the intercom to communicate the information given by the staff to the pilot. The other work is actually done by the staff, such as route planning, meteorological data collection...

However, as a commander, the responsibility he bears is very heavy. If nothing happens, he will be punished. If the information given by the staff is wrong and the commander does not find it, and the accident occurs, the first responsible person must be

It's the commander.

Secondly, the commander needs to have strong courage and be able to make decisions on the fly. The most important thing when commanding in the tower is hesitation. The pilot can fly hundreds of meters in one second in the sky. After a few seconds of hesitation, he may not be able to fly.

It's all cold.

"821 calls the tower, the second squadron's ground target training is over, requesting to return, completed."

A call came from the headset, and it was the voice of Zhu Fanyou, the captain of the Second Squadron of the Second Battalion. Yang Luo had dealt with him once and still remembered his voice.

At the same time, Zhu Fanyou's call also sounded from the loudspeaker on the tower. The staff immediately clicked on the keyboard to calculate groups of data, which were finally summarized on the display screen in front of Yang Luo.

"Tower received, heading 254, altitude 8000, 821, the second squadron can return, over." Yang Luo looked at the display screen in front of him, put the intercom to his mouth, pressed the call button, and responded.

"Madman, how come you are the one commanding from the tower?" Zhu Fanyou said, obviously surprised.

Yang Luo chuckled and said, "Why can't it be me?"

"You were still on the way back when I came up. It's just a little strange that you returned to the station so quickly and were still giving instructions from the runway tower." Zhu Fanyou said with a smile.

"Yang Luo, you are not allowed to chat in the communication channel." Chief of Staff Yu Yangming reminded him.

Hu Zhongming raised his head and glanced at Yang Luo, without saying anything, and then leaned on the backrest and fell asleep again.

Yang Luo knew about the prohibition of chatting on the communication channel. He just got a little carried away and forgot about it for a while.

At that moment, Yang Luo said seriously: "821, don't chat on the communication channel."

The military confidential communication channel suddenly fell silent, no one spoke anymore, and what followed was a long wait.

More than 20 minutes later, the roar of the engine sounded in the air, and at the same time, Zhu Fanyou called again from the headset: "Call the tower, 821 has arrived at the station, requesting to land, completed."

Yang Luo picked up the intercom, looked at the data on the display screen in front of him, and said: "The tower received it, the wind direction is 167, the wind speed is 4 meters per second, the field pressure is 1004, runways one and two are clear, and 821 can land. Complete."

"821 I understand, it's over."

From the tower, four fighter planes could be seen appearing above the station, flying in from a distance. Their flight paths were parallel to the runway. They needed to make four turns over the station before landing.

In non-emergency situations, in order to ensure flight safety, aircraft need to fly around the field. In civil aviation, it is called final flight, but in the military aviation unit, it is not called final flight. Instead, it is called a number of turns depending on the turning angle. If it is flying parallel to the runway, it is called a final flight.

If you come over, you will make four turns. When you come perpendicular to the runway, you will make one less turn and make three turns.

The first turn is to fly parallel to the runway once, then turn at a ninety-degree angle. At this time, the heading is perpendicular to the runway and fly straight. By analogy, each ninety-degree angle is called a turn. After the fourth turn, return to

Start route landing.

Three turns means omitting the first turn and starting directly from the second turn. The final route is perpendicular to the route when flying over.

Of course, in an emergency, all steps are omitted and the plane lands directly.

"Tower, we have lowered the landing gear, it's over." 821 reported, after flying through the second turn, the route at this time was exactly parallel to the runway, making it easier for the tower to observe the condition of the landing gear.

The staff officer who observed the aircraft's condition with a military telescope reported: "The landing gear is lowered normally."

Yang Luo pressed the call button and announced: "821, the landing gear is lowered normally, completed."

The four fighters returned to their initial route, lowered their sticks, and landed in formation. Finally, they gracefully raised their noses and landed on the ground. The main landing gear on the belly of the aircraft landed first, and after sliding for a certain distance, the front landing gear was lowered.

Brake, release the parachute, taxi on the runway at a slower and slower speed, and then drive to the apron under the command of the flag signal.

In the next hour, the remaining twelve aircraft were ordered to land in sequence. No problems occurred during this period. The first command was completed in a satisfactory manner.

It was almost lunch time. Just as Yang Luo took off his headphones and was about to leave the tower, a voice came from the tower's loudspeaker: "Donngling Tower, this is the North Point."

Hearing this, Yang Luo stopped his movements, put the earphones back on, and replied: "Donngling tower received it, please give instructions."

"At 12:22, a transport plane is passing by. Please send an aircraft to escort it. The specific information has been sent to you."

"Donngling Tower understands."

The display screen in front of Yang Luo already showed the message sent by the North Finger, which included the entire mission process, as well as the aircraft's basic information, route, etc.

This is an IL-76 transport plane, coming from Mao Xiong. The items being transported are unknown and the destination is unknown. Judging from the route, it needs to cross the entire defense area of ​​the 122nd Regiment.

We arrived in our country's airspace at 12:22. It's almost 12 o'clock now, and time is tight. All the planes in the sky have landed. If we want to complete the escort mission, we can only notify the combat readiness duty.

Without hesitation, Yang Luo directly pressed the air conditioner alarm button.

"Woo..."

A rushing sound immediately sounded over the station, and at the same time, the alarm in the combat readiness duty room also sounded, flashing red light.

Not long after, a call came from the loudspeaker in the tower.

"Call the tower, 781 is ready, request to take off, over."

"Call the tower, 782 is ready, request to take off, over."

Yang Luo was surprised that these two numbered regiments were not present, and he immediately realized that these should be two fighters from the 121st Regiment.

Changing defenses and stationing for training also requires combat readiness and duty, and cannot be just training.

"Yang Luo?" Yu Yangming shouted immediately when he saw that Yang Luo didn't respond immediately.

Yang Luo came back to his senses and responded: "The tower received it, the wind direction is 167, the wind speed is 4 meters per second, and the field pressure is 1004.781,782. You can take off. It's over."

After the two fighters roared off the ground, Yang Luo said again: "781,782, heading 010, altitude 12000. This mission is an escort mission, and the specific mission information has been sent and completed."

The sending of mission information is naturally completed by the staff, and Yang Luo does not need to do it himself.

Putting down the intercom in his hand, Yang Luo looked at the direction in which the two fighter planes were leaving with some envy.

The easiest way for aviation troops to obtain merit medals is through escorting. If the escort mission is successfully completed, a third-class meritorious service cannot escape.

The two pilots of the 121st Regiment were really lucky to be able to get such easy credit during the training period.

Although the commanders and tower staff also made contributions, they were collective and not personal.

Yu Yangming saw Yang Luo's thoughts at a glance and said: "Don't envy them. Every year the regiment has many escort missions. The pilots in the regiment are numb if they don't have a few third-class merit medals."

"It's true that a full man doesn't know how hungry a hungry man is. I don't even have a third-class military medal." Yang Luo cursed.

Yang Luo turned his head, looked at Yu Yangming and said doubtfully: "Many escort missions?"

"Yes, troops on the border have this advantage. If you look at our defense zone, you will know how many transport planes pass through our defense zone every year, and how many special planes the country's military and political leaders use to visit abroad, and they all need us.

convoy."

Yang Luo glanced at the defense zone map hanging on the wall. The location was good and it was on the border, close to the bear. He immediately understood.

Every year, large quantities of military supplies are purchased from Mao Xiong, and these transport planes must pass through the defense area of ​​the 31st Division. A large part of them pass through the defense area of ​​the 122nd Regiment, plus special planes for the team visiting Europe. One year

Coming down, there seems to be quite a lot of escort missions.

At 12:20, 781 reported: "Call the tower, 781 has arrived at the designated location, over."

Yang Luo glanced at the radar next to him and replied: "781, hovering and waiting at the designated location, over."

Two minutes later, the tower radar showed that there was an additional aircraft in the designated airspace, so the order was issued: "781, 782, join the formation and begin the escort mission, completed."

For the next time, there was no dialogue between the two parties, and Yang Luo kept looking at the radar screen.

It wasn't until he saw from the radar that the escorted transport plane was about to leave the airspace of the defense zone that he ordered: "781,782, the escort mission is over, leave the formation and return, and a brother force will take over the escort in the future. Complete."

"781 understands, leave the formation and return."

"782 understands, leave the formation and return."

More than ten minutes later, the two fighter planes landed at Dongling Field Station with a roar. It was obvious that they had turned on afterburners and returned at supersonic speed.

ps: Let’s talk about the runway numbering issue below to prevent readers from taking it seriously.

The runway number is named based on the wind direction and the magnetic azimuth angle, with true north as zero degrees and rotating clockwise. The basic principle is to round off the first two digits. If the hundred digit is not available, it is replaced by zero. For example, runway 11 represents

The runway points in the direction of 105 degrees to 114 degrees southeast, and 05 represents the direction between 45 degrees and 54 degrees northeast.

A runway has two directions. Adding and subtracting 18 can get the number of the same runway in the other direction. For example, the number of the runway in the other direction corresponding to No. 11 is 29.

If there are multiple runways in the same direction, add the letters l, c, r, l (left), c (center), r (right).
Chapter completed!