Chapter 67
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The Lemore Naval Base in central California is the largest training base for U.S. Navy F/A-18 carrier-based aircraft pilots, and has always been called Bumblebee House within the U.S. Navy.n∈
However, in the 1980s when the F14 Tomcat fighter dominated the flight deck, Lemore had not yet become a holy place for naval carrier-based aircraft pilots to worship. At this time, the Lemore base was in the US Navy sequence, similar to the F/A-18 Bumblebee fighter who did odd jobs and landing training on the flight deck.
On August 21, Ning Lei's second training trip to the United States was nearly two months long. The follow-up training courses for the F14 fighter jets that were originally interrupted by the Battle of Nansha have been completed. With the mediation of Grumman, Ning Lei even experienced the treatment of taking off from the ski jump track several times.
Of course, the rocker-type steel structure runway built with steel plates was a strategic data collection conducted by the US Department of Defense for the 1143 project of the Soviet Union a few years ago. Grumman received a contract to simulate the flight deck of the USSR aircraft carrier that was still on the ship platform at that time, and use the F14 fighter jet to roughly evaluate the combat effectiveness of the new Soviet aircraft carrier.
Ning Lei naturally could not know that an outcast in the 1143 Project will have an incredible intersection with the future Republic.
After flying the F14 fighter several times, Ning Lei had a superficial understanding of this ski jump flight deck. If the deck is long enough and the requirements for dispatch efficiency are relaxed, the performance of the F14 fighter can take off at full load.
In fact, what Ning Lei is most interested in is the catapult takeoff. Although Ning Lei is a member of the Republic Air Force, the landline is of complete naval blood. Ning Lei is naturally very curious about the main function of his mount - the take-off and landing of aircraft carriers. Unfortunately, no matter how he negotiated, Grumman and the US Navy reception department showed no sign of letting go.
In the end, Ning Lei only completed the most basic training course for US Navy carrier-based pilots in Lemore - clearly understood the various marks of the aircraft carrier take-off and landing zone, and simulated the plane carrier flight deck along the flight parameters such as altitude, speed, slope, etc. given by the runway optical signal system.
The only authentic training is that Lemore's flight track is equipped with a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier's blocking mechanism. Ning Lei experienced several forced sudden brakes by the blocked cable when he landed, but these are no different from the real aircraft carrier take-off and landing.
Let’s not talk about the width of Lemore’s training runway, which is enough to place the flight deck of the US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier across. Even the calmest sea surface cannot be compared with solidified land.
Although the US Navy rejected Ning Lei's training on aircraft carrier take-off and landing, the military-building mechanisms such as naval pilot selection process, training methods, etc. are extremely generous. With the current differences in national strength between the Republic and the United States, the United States is not worried about being secretly learned by the Republic.
Without a strong industrial foundation and technological support, the high-tech "King Shi style" is really not something that ordinary countries are qualified to try.
America is right. At least it was surprising to see Ning Jianzhong, who was the first time he saw the F14 fighter jet, was surprised for a long time. After returning home from the airport, he was still sighing to Ning Lei that this big guy seemed to be enough to be a warrior in the same squad.
Except for Liang Yuan, no one knows that the most populous race on this planet has quietly turned on the plug-in mode, which shocked the whole world in just over a decade.
Ning Lei quietly arranged the ink-colored oversized goggles of the hgu-55/p type flight helmet in the dormitory. Outside the window, several colorful huge hot air balloons were inflating and heating slowly. Ning Lei's old partner Qiao Pengfei sat at the maple table and used a water pen to draw on the flight tactical board.
"Ning Team. The US Navy looks bad for this flight performance." Qiao Pengfei put away his pen, and the lines on the tactical board were extremely messy.
"Old Qiao. Maybe this time I will let you eat melons with me." Ning Lei said apologetically.
Ning Lei has known the news of domestic changes, but what is interesting is that the US side seems to turn a blind eye to the news and still invites Ning Lei to complete the last step of this training in the United States and participate in the 19th National Congress NATO Tiger Club public open day flight performance.
Ning Lei has learned from other channels that the Republic engineers in Grumman participated in the J-8 fighter modification project had received a hint from Grumman. He reminded Chinese personnel to sort out valuable information to prepare for evacuation of Grumman (Note 1)
Generally speaking, the most fragile relationship between the two countries is exchanges and cooperation between the military. Although the Republic and the United States maintain a consistent front on the issue of the Soviet Union, there is no agreement between them. According to reason, military exchanges should be terminated as soon as possible.
Ning Lei strictly abides by foreign affairs discipline and immediately asked the embassy military officer for instructions on his next steps, but the information from the country was even more confusing.
The order requires Ning Lei not to actively interrupt the exchanges with his American counterparts in the following military exchanges, and at the same time he should pay special attention to the influence of his image and must not lose his national character or military character, and be more wary of the conspiracy and intrigue of American imperialism...
In short, I have asked for a lot of requests, and I have not given any useful guidance. I also reserve the right to settle accounts after returning to China if there is a problem.
If Liang Yuan, a swaying opportunist, even if he did not curse this order, would have complained countless times. However, for staunch republicans like Ning Lei, facing such demands was as natural as breathing.
With Ning Lei's personality, since he cannot come up with a guide to action in his own style, he must do the following things according to his own style. Since the US Navy ignores all changes and invites himself to participate in the public open day flight performance, then the soldiers will come and the generals will stop them, and the water will come and the soil will flood.
"Captain Ning, I never thought about what happened after returning to China." Qiao Pengfei shook his head and said
"After two battles in Nansha, the Ning team set an unattainable benchmark for jet fighter pilots around the world. In addition, the F14 fighter is from the United States, so how can the Americans give up? We went to the United States for training this time and only handled a small provocation in the Japanese waters. Other times, it has been calm. Since World War II, when have the Americans been so tolerant and generous?"
"This NATO public open day, the US Navy used the Blue Angels flight performance team, and the intention was already written on his face with a bright look." Qiao Pengfei said with a slight mocking.
In the northeast corner of Ninglei's temporary dormitory, the doors of a large enclosed hangar with a semi-arched dome have been opened. An F/A-18 Bumblebee fighter with a sea blue background and bright yellow vertical stripes are slowly poking out the conical head from the hangar. (My novel "The Power of Industry" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!) (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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