Integrated Coordination of Aviation, Ground Missiles, and Radar: The Air Force Enhances Multi-Service Combined Strike Capability

Recently, a certain unit of the Eastern Theater Air Force organized a multi-service integrated exercise involving aviation, ground-to-air, and radar forces, conducting a full-spectrum red-blue confrontation drill. In a multi-dimensional, realistic combat environment, the exercise honed the troops' combined strike capabilities.

At the start of the exercise, both red and blue sides' early warning aircraft took off first, patrolling the designated airspace. After receiving instructions from the control tower, various types of fighter jets taxied out in sequence and took off with afterburners. The ground-to-air and radar units quickly organized forces to complete preparations such as establishing positions, setting up radar, and loading missiles. During the exercise, multiple red side aircraft waited for the opportunity to launch an aerial assault. Once detected by the blue side's early warning aircraft, they immediately guided blue side fighters to intercept. The ground-to-air and radar units of both sides also quickly organized forces to enhance air search, coordinating with their respective aerial forces to implement joint resistance. After a long period of patrol and tactical maneuvering, the red side aircraft began to receive fuel warnings. Under blue side's electromagnetic interference and complex weather conditions, the red side pilots calmly maneuvered their aircraft, successfully completing aerial tactical refueling.

A certain unit of the Air Force Aviation Corps Wang Yuli: Aerial refueling not only solved the endurance issue of the fighter jets but also allowed us to maintain continuous pressure on the opponent. In this extreme state, it tests our pilots' tactical and technical levels and the overall system's support capabilities.

As the fighter jets replenished their fuel, the red side's aerial mission commander readjusted the force deployment, organizing into four groups for sweeping, escorting, suppression, and ground strikes. Relying on an integrated data link to share battlefield situations, they quickly seized attack positions to implement beyond-visual-range precision strikes on blue side aerial targets. Subsequently, the red side's aerial group provided cover for the crews tasked with ground strikes to conduct ultra-low-altitude penetration, launching a covert assault on blue side ground targets.

The blue side fully leveraged the advantages of air situation intercommunication and system interconnectivity, quickly organizing ground forces to form concentrated fire suppression against the red side's assault forces. Faced with multiple layers of interception from the blue side, the red side's assault forces continuously evaded multiple locking threats, breaking through the air defense barrier under effective cover of electromagnetic interference, successfully destroying blue side ground targets.

A certain unit of the Air Force Aviation Corps Zhu Ming: We regularly conduct "back-to-back, cross-regional, unsupported, small module" confrontation training to solidify tactical foundations, strengthen combat groupings, and solve key challenges. Pilots practice boundaries and limits in real combat scenarios, promoting the accelerated enhancement of the system combat capabilities of all participating units.