March, 2022
Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran
Chapter 10 Aerial bombing against Natanz nuclear plant (4)
"Operation has successfully completed!" "Elite" reported to the base in a small but excited voice. The commander and other high officials at the base shouted for joy. “Elite” thought that his father, who was the veteran of the Middle East wars, would congratulate him. He was convinced that he caught up his father and could become a genuine "Elite" when he returned home safely.
The
bombing operation had ended with five shots of bunker buster.
"Abdullah" still had one bunker buster and one small nuclear missile.
It was quite sure that the Iranian fighters in Isfahan Air Force base would notice
the incident in Natanz and scrambled immediately. Israeli pilots had no enough
time to stay there. Three aircrafts soared and ran away from Iranian airspace.
Radar showed that Iranian jets had taken off from Isfahan and were chasing them.
The
Iranian Air Force did not have AWACS, airborne warning and control system.
Their air defense radar network was also poor. Therefore, when Iranian air
force acknowledged three unknown fighters, three Israeli jets had already fulfilled
their duties. Furthermore, Iranian jet fighters were old fashioned with poor
performance and far inferior to the Israeli F35s with stealth capability. The
Iranian fighters not only were unable to stop the Israeli airstrikes, but also
unable to catch up with the F35s. Iran let them escape out of the Iranian
airspace.
Three
jets reached to Iraqi airspace. Now they were following the same route in
reverse and were going to go back to home. The fuel gauge showed that the
remaining was less than a quarter. It indicated that it was impossible to
return home by themselves. But they had nothing to worry about because the
aerial refueling aircraft was supposed to welcome them on their way to the
base. Should be -------.
However,
the order from the base was quite unexpected. Commander ordered them to change
the flight route to the south and head for the Strait of Hormuz over the
Persian Gulf. Three pilots could not understand the meaning of the order.
(cont’d)
Areha
Kazuya