Among all the aircraft in service in the Air Force, in addition to fighters, there are bombers, fighters and transport aircraft, etc., in fact, in addition to these familiar models, there is another aircraft that is very important to the Air Force, that is, early warning aircraft. The role of early warning aircraft is quite large, not only can it lock targets in the ocean, but also can warn targets on land and in the air. Early warning aircraft have become one of the most important weapons of national defense. The main function of this aircraft is defense rather than attack, so the AWACS aircraft does not have the ability to attack. If a suspicious target is searched, they will communicate operational instructions to the relevant units, which will then be identified and intercepted by fire-controlled weapons.
In fact, at the beginning we did not have early warning aircraft, at that time the mainland knew that early warning aircraft were extremely important to a country's national defense, so it thought of many ways, hoping to introduce a number of early warning aircraft from other countries, but under the interference of the United States, the mainland has not been able to achieve its wishes. Since you can't buy it back, you should make up your own mind to develop it yourself. In order to develop an early warning aircraft, the mainland has also paid a great price. June 3, 2006, is a day that many people will never forget. An Air Police-200 AWACS aircraft crashed on this day due to a sudden malfunction. There were 40 space experts and Air Force major generals on board. This is also the most costly loss in the history of the development of the continental air force.
Many people wonder why the plane crashed and crashed. Later, through investigation, we learned the truth, and no one expected that the real murderer would actually be it. That is, the aircraft is affected by cold air in the clouds, and the fuselage freezes and causes the aircraft engine to fail. Experts said that when the aircraft is flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters, it is very dangerous if it encounters ice in the fuselage. Not only will it affect the balance of the aircraft, but it may also cause ice to suck into the engine, and the high-speed engine blades will be damaged as a result, and the engine may lose power at any time.
In fact, before this, there had been a similar accident in the United States, when a Boeing 727 aircraft failed due to the icing of the airspeed meter, and the data read by the pilot was wrong but did not know. Causing the plane to fall rapidly from an altitude of 2200 feet, later in response to this situation, countries have also made great improvements, the aircraft before take-off, will be sprayed with a chemical reagent, which can effectively prevent the fuselage from freezing. And the aircraft is also equipped with the function of electric heating, as far as the current level of technology is concerned, the ice of the aircraft will no longer pose a threat to the current aircraft.