Original title: Battle, in the clouds
-- A glimpse of the live-fire training of a brigade of the Air Force Aviation Corps in the Southern Theater
"Timed take-off!" With the order of the tower commander, a number of fighters of a certain brigade of the Southern Theater Air Force took off in turn, and a high-intensity live-fire training began.
After arriving at the training airspace, two "enemy" planes flew head-on, and the battle immediately began. Steering, after-force, levers... Pilot He Jun flew a fighter plane to quickly seize the attack position and flexibly adopted a variety of offensive and defensive means. "Intercepted!" After several fights, He Jun locked on to the looming target in the clouds, decisively pressed the launch button, and completed a beautiful aerial kill.
Just after the end of the air combat confrontation, the fighter formation quickly assembled and went to the designated area to carry out live-fire target training. After a few minutes, the fighters approached the altitude over the target area and began to descend altitude, avoiding radar surveillance for a low-altitude reconnaissance search. "Find the target!" The pilot reports to the tower. "Aim, shoot!" After receiving the order, the fighter quickly cut into the attack route, dive, aim, lock, launch... Several rockets roared out, and smoke billowed from the targets.
Keep up with the actual battle and work hard. The live-fire training flexibly set targets, and at the same time combined with air combat confrontation, low-altitude penetration and other subjects, effectively tempered the pilot's technical and tactical level and the fighting spirit of daring to fight and win. (Xie Zhongwu, Wang Guoyun)
↑ Dive attack, straight to the target.
↑ Pilots prepare for takeoff.
↑ Fighter jet afterburner liftoff.
↑ Crew officers and men load ammunition.
Source: People's Liberation Army Daily