franco-russe
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Fine work.
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Fine work.
If you do the same with J-8 regiments, you will hardly ever find more than 15 planes, either. Yet we know from the rather complete lists of plane numbers that they have 28 each.
Professor Fang, chief designer of J-7BG, gave advice to Sri Lanka Air Force, user of J-7G, to shoot down rebellion Zlin Z-43. After radar looking down and acquiring target, J-7 pilot followed the advice to launch AAM immediately when the target is locked. Before taking his advice, Sri Lanka air force thought Chinese AAM needs more time to steadily aim at the target than Western counterpart. Hence few chances to achieve air-to-air victory were missed.
Here's a more detailed translation.
斯方飞行员如实回答:西方同类产品的瞄准锁定时间很长,估计你们中国的更长。听到这个答案,方锦星微微一笑,他一边安慰飞行员一边解释使用方法:“你要对我们的飞机有信心、对中国头瞄和导弹有信心!只要头瞄光圈套住敌机,你就按按钮发射导弹,不用等。保证击落!”
Sri Lankan J-7G's had consistently failed to shoot down Tamil Tiger aircraft during the 2007-2009 conflict so the Sri Lankan Air Force began to question the performance of the J-7G's. Chief designer Fang was brought in to advise the Sri Lankan Air Force on how to operate the J-7G's and also to explain the failures to shoot down enemy aircraft. During a lesson given by Fang to Sri Lankan pilots, Fang asked why the pilots had hesitated to fire even though the HMS was locked onto the enemy aircraft. The pilots responded with "Western missiles takes longer to aim, Chinese missiles would be even longer, right?" Fang responded that the pilots must have confidence in the aircraft and the equipment; once the HMS successfully locks on, press the fire button immediately. Less than a year later, J-7G's were scrambled to intercept unidentified aircraft. One of them was a Zlin Z 43 aircraft flying at 500m altitude. The J-7G pilot fired as soon as the HMS locked on and thus the Sri Lankan Air Force claimed its first air to air kill.