红蓝博弈、电磁交锋！看准雷达兵沙场练兵

Recently, the comprehensive exercise of the graduates from the Air Force Early Warning Academy, "Thunder-2026," is in full swing. During the exercise, the directing team continuously increased the difficulty and intensity, setting up challenging scenarios to compel the trainees to practice strategies, tactics, command, and coordination under real combat conditions, thoroughly testing their ability to transition from students to combat personnel, and injecting "combat genes" into the young radar operators who are about to be deployed to grassroots positions.

The participating trainees were divided into red and blue teams, utilizing radar, electronic countermeasures, drones, and other operational elements to quickly develop mission plans based on the "enemy situation" reports. The trainees followed the training model of "virtual troops + real troops + data troops," dividing tasks to draft mission briefings, tactical application plans, and operation cards, using simulation training systems and real equipment for operations, striving for precision and efficiency in every data entry and command issued.

Air Force Early Warning Academy Trainee Xiao Guozhan

During the exercise, many terms and concepts from textbooks became special situations and challenges on the training ground. Faced with the constantly changing complex electromagnetic parameters on the screen, completing the closed loop of search, lock, identification, and decision-making was a comprehensive test of the theoretical knowledge and practical skills we learned over four years in military school.

In the exercise, the blue team suddenly increased the intensity of electronic interference, causing multiple red team radars to be disrupted, and the previously clear air situation tracks on the display were instantly engulfed by noise.

With the command issued by the red team radar group commander, shortly after, multiple radar squads captured the traces of the blue team's infiltrating forces from different directions, and the target tracks reappeared on the screen.

Air Force Early Warning Academy Trainee Zhang Jingkai

In this exercise, I served as the commander of the red team's simulated communication countermeasure station. Through the coordinated combat in the system confrontation, I honed my organizational and command capabilities and gained a deeper understanding of the future complex electromagnetic battlefield.

Faced with the blue team's continuous high-intensity reconnaissance and electronic interference, Zhang Jingkai, the commander of the red team's simulated communication countermeasure station, and his comrades closely monitored the spectrum terminal, calculating interference intensity in real-time, locating interference sources, and synchronizing intelligence from the radar network, quickly tearing through the electromagnetic cover and opening up the system intelligence link.

Air Force Early Warning Academy Instructor Jiang Zhimin

The subjects we set were completely aligned with the training requirements of the troops. Through this comprehensive exercise, the trainees gained a deeper understanding of military operations, and their overall quality and combat skills have significantly improved, laying an important foundation for their future positions in the military.

Reporter | Yu Hongchun, Chen Fei, Chen Sizhu, He Chenze, Tang Zhe, He Shuhuai