254: Chapter 354 Striving to eliminate the anti-aircraft missile positions in one fell swoop

General Philip, Commander of the USA European Theater Command, marked the anti-aircraft missile positions of the Anti-Judea Coalition based on intelligence provided by the Israel military, supplemented by the partially restored satellite reconnaissance data of the USA.

He subsequently ordered the initial takeoff of one hundred F-15 Eagle fighter jets and F-16 Fighter Jets from airbases in Turkey and Italy, flying towards Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and other countries, intending to destroy all exposed anti-aircraft missile positions of the Anti-Judea Coalition.

After the fighter jets took off and formed combat formations, they split up and headed straight for their respective targets. This immediately caused a massive influx of fighter jet intrusion alerts in the airspace surrounding Palestine.

Alerted by the Tianlei Missile Defense System, the Anti-Judea Coalition detected the USA fighter jets shortly after they entered the airspace.

Seeing that the intruding fighter jets were all from the USA, they did not hesitate and immediately ordered all Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles deployed at various frontline command posts to enter combat status. As long as the USA fighter jets entered combat range, they were to be shot down without exception.

In an instant, officers and soldiers at numerous anti-aircraft missile positions sprang into action, and some anti-aircraft missiles that had not been turned on immediately began preparing for launch.

However, as the USA fighter jets were well-prepared, many were carrying the most advanced long-range air-to-ground missiles, firing them before even entering the airspace of Israel.

Many of the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missile positions were hit by air-to-ground missiles and were destroyed before they could intercept them.

Fortunately, the number of advanced air-to-ground missiles carried by the USA fighter jets was not high. The reactive Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles quickly launched a large number of interceptors, hitting and destroying the first wave of air-to-ground missiles launched by the USA fighter jets in mid-air.

At this moment, the USA fighter jets had also entered the combat range of the Tianlei land-based and higher-tier models of anti-aircraft missiles. The Tianlei Missile Defense System immediately launched over 150 anti-aircraft missiles to intercept the fighter jets.

The USA fighter jet pilots only then realized that they had not destroyed many of the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missile positions. Under the dense encirclement of anti-aircraft missiles, many pilots had to hurriedly climb to higher altitudes or perform evasive maneuvers.

Those fighter jets that could not perform maneuvers were the first to be hit and shot down by the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles, followed by other jets that failed to escape lock-on and became fireballs after being hit by multiple consecutive anti-aircraft missiles.

The remaining USA fighter jets no longer had the mood to complete their mission easily. Some pilots hastily locked their carried air-to-ground missiles onto the anti-aircraft missile positions roughly before firing and turning back immediately.

Those pilots who did not want to easily give up on their combat mission tried to continue approaching the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missile positions, but a new batch of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles soon launched, heading straight for the USA fighter jets that had not fled.

The previous scene repeated itself; even though many pilots possessed highly skilled flight techniques, they could not withstand the continuous pursuit and encirclement of multiple anti-aircraft missiles, and soon found themselves turned into burning Turkeys.

The fighter jet pilots who had exited the airspace of Israel early and turned back secretly rejoiced that they had not set foot on the path to destruction. Terrified, they hurriedly reported the situation to the USA Air Force Command in Europe, requesting to cancel the combat mission and return to the airbase immediately.

The Air Force Command in Europe was extremely surprised to hear the report from the frontline pilots. Why were they requesting to return and abort the airstrike mission so quickly?

But after listening to the pilots' reports and watching the fighter jets disappear from the surveillance radar, they had no choice but to agree to cancel the airstrike mission and approve the pilots' return.

After some verification, it was found that in this single wave of launched combat aircraft, the USA had lost over 40 fighter jets under the interception of the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missiles. The losses were considered very significant.

According to the analysis, the main reason was that the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missile positions were not all destroyed at the first opportunity, allowing the Anti-Judea Coalition to launch more anti-aircraft missiles to attack the USA fighter jets.

After some consideration, General Philip decided to launch a second wave of combat aircraft, coordinating with the carrier-based aircraft of the USS Gerald R. Ford and the USS David, utilizing a larger number of combat aircraft loaded with advanced air-to-ground missiles, and striving to eliminate the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missile positions in one go.

This required close cooperation between both sides to ensure that all fighter jets could appear in the airspace of Israel at the same time and launch as many air-to-ground missiles as possible.

The commanders of the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS David carrier strike groups were somewhat reluctant about this airstrike on the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missile positions. After all, they had previously clashed with the Anti-Judea Coalition and lost quite a few carrier-based aircraft.

If they were to lose a large number of carrier-based aircraft again this time, the aircraft carriers would likely be paralyzed and rendered unusable.

In order to minimize losses and complete this escort mission, the carrier strike group commanders repeatedly used various excuses to delay the launch time of the second wave of airstrikes, only agreeing to launch the airstrike immediately once the transport ships were close enough to the waters of Israel.

Following this, 150 F-15 Eagle fighter jets and F-16 Fighter Jets took off again from airbases in Turkey, Italy, and the City-State Country, loaded with the most advanced air-to-ground missiles, and headed straight for the airspace of Israel.

The commanders of the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS David carrier strike groups also ordered the takeoff of over 100 carrier-based aircraft, which rapidly launched from the flight decks to form combat formations with the arriving F-15 Eagle fighter jets and F-16 Fighter Jets.

After brief formation, several massive combat formations appeared on the monitoring screens of the Tianlei Missile Defense System. At this moment, the Anti-Judea Coalition immediately ordered the activation of the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles, launching interceptions immediately after the USA fighter jets entered combat range.

This time, the USA fighter jets again took the initiative to launch a large number of advanced air-to-ground missiles, heading straight for the exposed Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile positions, and many anti-aircraft missile positions were destroyed under the airstrikes of multiple air-to-ground missiles.

However, the reactive Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile positions also launched quite a few anti-aircraft missiles to intercept the air-to-ground missiles. The missiles from both sides soon collided and exploded.

In order to effectively strike the USA fighter jets, the Anti-Judea Coalition directly deployed a limited number of Tianlei Type IX Anti-Aircraft Missiles, launching over 50 anti-aircraft missiles in a row, which rushed towards the USA fighter jets from a long distance.

At this moment, the USA fighter jet pilots flying head-on heard the alarm that their jets had been locked on, and were suddenly astonished that the Anti-Judea Coalition still had anti-aircraft missiles capable of attacking them.

To avoid being shot down, they had to let the fighter jets in the combat formation scatter and fly in all directions to evade the incoming anti-aircraft missiles.