.The greatest significance of this air battle is not to prove that unmodified third-generation fighter jets are difficult to adapt to modern warfare. After all, most of the third-generation fighter jets are eliminated and are no longer the main force in air combat; nor is it to prove the huge value of electromagnetic weapons in air combat, because this value has long been proved; but to prove in a more direct way, fighting ability, that is, maneuverability is the primary performance of advanced fighter jets.

It can be said that this influence is enough to turn many fighter jets that were previously hyped into decorations.

For example, the F-35, which is highly anticipated by the United States and more than a dozen Western countries, is no longer an advanced fighter because its maneuverability is too poor.

Although the accusation of poor maneuverability disappeared after the F-35 was put into service, especially after the United States provided the F-35 to countries involved in the development, the maneuverability of this fighter was recognized. Compared with the fighter it replaced, the F-16 serving in dozens of countries around the world, it has made considerable progress, and is sufficient to be competent for low-intensity air combat and become the preferred fighter for small and medium-sized countries, compared with the fourth-generation fighter such as the F-22, the maneuverability of the F-35 is still quite different, and it is not even as good as the European winds. Russia's S-35 is even less than the J-11, and it is difficult to defeat the best of these third-generation fighters in combat air combat.

It was this air battle that made the United States realize the shortcomings of the F-35.

Although the US military has hundreds of F-22s, it is inevitable that the F-35, which is mainly responsible for strike missions, will participate in air combat.

Obviously, the US military needs a medium-sized fighter with better maneuverability.

Since then, the United States has lowered the threshold for arms exports and sold F-35s to more countries, preparing for the development of the fifth-generation light fighter jet.

The behavior of the US fire merchants is beyond refutation. Being able to sell a fighter that is behind in service at a high price will definitely require extraordinary commercial operation methods.

Since then, countries and regions such as the United States, China, Russia, and the European Union that have the ability to develop new fighter jets have successively invested huge amounts of money to develop fifth-generation fighter jets with high maneuverability, which are all related to this air battle, or through this air battle, the importance of maneuverability has been realized.

However, these countries first developed light fighter jets.

This phenomenon is also related to this air battle.

The reason is very simple. When fighting with the F-22, the J-10, which belongs to the category of light fighters, has played out its combat capability no less than the J-11, which belongs to the heavy fighter. According to the battle report released by the Chinese side, at least 11 of the eighteen F-22s were shot down by the J-10.

Regardless of whether this battle report was in moisture or not, the Chinese Air Force then adjusted the performance indicators of the fourth-generation light fighter aircraft being developed.

If the fighting ability of light fighters is no less than that of heavy fighters, inexpensive light fighters are obviously more ideal choices without requiring multi-mission capabilities.

You should know that the unit price of j-10 is less than two-thirds of that of j-11.

The third revelation of this air battle is that fighting requires more advanced weapons, and the combat effectiveness of fighting missiles that were previously valued by various countries is not ideal.

Although the fighting missiles used by both sides have electromagnetic confrontation capabilities and can be used in harsh electromagnetic environments, the impact of electromagnetic weapons is still very prominent, and the performance defects of fighting missiles have had a great impact on the results. Among the nearly 30 fighter jets lost by both sides, only sixteen were shot down by fighting missiles, and the rest were all achieved by the aviation artillery that many people think should be eliminated.

According to the memoirs of some pilots, in this battle, many fighter jets on both sides fought over missiles.

In the end, we had to use air cannons to fight.

Obviously, with the advancement of technology, especially in countermeasures, even the most advanced missiles may be disturbed, and the air cannons that will not be deceived will be more reliable.

The fourth revelation is that all active fighter jets lack perfect night combat capabilities.

To be precise, there are not enough perfect night observation methods.

Although both fighters on both sides were equipped with pilot helmet aiming systems, the f-22 and voice command systems, which could be used to fire missiles through voice, the premise was that enemy aircraft had to be discovered and bitten by the enemy aircraft, so advanced night observation equipment was needed.

The existing optoelectronic systems can play some roles, but they are not ideal enough, and in many cases limit the performance of fighter jets.

According to the combat report submitted by the surviving Japanese pilots, in combat air combat, if the enemy has a superior force, it will be difficult for the pilot to detect threats from the side and the rear in time. Among the more than ten F-22s shot down, half were sneak attacked from the rear.

Of course, this is not just a matter of night observation methods.

It turns out that the era of only equiping fighter jets with one pilot is over. In the fierce fighting air battle, the fighter jets piloted by two pilots can take the initiative.

The same is true for the battle. Among the 11 fighter jets lost by China HNA, only two j-11s.

With similar maneuverability, the loss rate of j-10 is far greater than j-11, which is enough to prove that j-10 with only one pilot is not as good as j-11 with two pilots.

The last revelation lies with the pilot.

Improving the performance of fighter jets is nothing. UAVs developed by the United States can make maneuvers of up to twenty, while the maximum overload of manned fighters is limited by the physical fitness of the pilot, and can only reach nine at most, and often it has to be limited to seven.

Although this air battle also declares that unmanned fighters are far from mature and cannot replace manned fighters before they have intelligence, the performance limitations of manned fighters, especially the maneuverability limitations of fighters, are not on fighters, but on pilots.

Improving the physical fitness of pilots has become the key to improving fighter combat capabilities.

Obviously, this has exceeded the performance scope of fighter jets, and we have to make a fuss about human biological genetic engineering.

It is no exaggeration to describe this air battle as "creation era", but these impacts will not take effect until several years, or even decades.

At that time, for Taro Arakawa, this air battle became a key factor in his determination.

It is obvious that the Chinese team has noticed the attack attempt of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, otherwise it would not have been so coincidental, and it would not have used dozens of fighter jets to fight an air battle with little combat value. After all, in this battle, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force did not lose early warning aircraft.

If you drag on it, in addition to giving the Chinese team more counterattack opportunities, it will also allow the East China Sea Fleet to escape.

At 9:40, just after the air battle ended, Taro Arakawa issued an attack order.

In order not to affect the attacking attack aircraft group, Taro Arakawa even ordered four return F-22s to fly to field airports without support capabilities.

At 9:55, the first F-2 carrying four anti-ship missiles was lifted off.

This speed is not fast or slow.

If it weren't for air defense operations, I was worried that the Chinese Air Force would dispatch attack aircraft and transfer all the F-2s that had completed the attack preparations to the hangar, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force would only take five minutes to complete the preparations before takeoff. It would be very good to be able to take off the first fighter jet in fifteen minutes.

But the impact is more than that.

According to the initial arrangement, the first thing that takes off is not f-2, but f-22 and f-15j that perform forward escort missions.

Because it has been delayed a lot of time, the combat plan has been adjusted, first letting the F-2 take off, and then the escort fighter will accelerate to catch up.

The problem is that the air force base takes off at a limited speed.

It will take at least twenty minutes to get sixty f-2s to take off.

After ten o'clock, the first F-22 took off.

Although relying on supersonic cruise capabilities and huge combat radius, the f-22 can easily catch up with the f-2 and provide cover for the entire journey, the f-2 that took off before will definitely not escape the surveillance of the kj-2000 after assembling, which made the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's assault operation lose its suddenness.

More importantly, the East China Sea battlefield is just such a big place.

After taking off, the f-2 only needs to fly west for 300 kilometers to reach the airspace where the missile was launched.

For fighter jets with cruise speeds exceeding 900 kilometers per hour, flying 300 kilometers is only about twenty minutes.

In order to wait for the escort fighter jets, the F-2 fleet had to reduce its cruise flight speed after taking off.

This makes the attack less sudden.

In addition, even if the F-22 accelerates its pursuit, it will be difficult to distance itself from the attack aircraft group before the Chinese fighter jets arrive.

Without opening up the distance, advance escort will have no practical value.

You should know that before the air defense fighter encounters the F-22, or before being shot down by the missiles launched by the F-22, it has enough time to use medium-range air-to-air missiles to intercept the attack aircraft.

For the F-2, which carries four anti-ship missiles, even if it can be avoided, it must throw away the plug-in objects in advance.

If you lose anti-ship missiles, what will the F-2 use to attack the East China Sea Fleet?

It can be said that although Teng Yaohui's active attack planned did not receive the most important result, allowing the -767 to slip away, it had achieved its goal and disrupted the attack rhythm of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force.

At that time, there was another factor that could not be ignored.

According to the plan, the twelve f-22s that should take off urgently in air defense operations were escorted to the f-2 because the twelve fighters were equipped with electromagnetic confrontation systems. As a result, after adjusting the combat plan, the twelve f-22s that were performing the escort mission were not yet time to install the electromagnetic confrontation system.

This cannot be blamed on the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, because the modification of the F-22 will not be completed until early June.

Although the technicians sent by the United States increased their work intensity after the outbreak of the war, it was impossible to install electromagnetic confrontation systems for more than 30 F-22s in one day.

In addition, the twelve F-15js that took off after ten o'clock did not have electromagnetic confrontation capabilities.

If the same trick of the Chinese team repeats itself, these Japanese fighters will definitely go but never return.

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's counterattack was not very smooth from the beginning, and even the scheduled combat plan had to be adjusted. A bad start often means a worse end.
Chapter completed!