What are many fighters such as Hill Air Force Base and B 1B?

During these years' travel, I visited many world-class large-scale military bases abroad, such as Yokosuka Naval Base (shared by the United States and Japan), kadena air force base (American troops stationed in Japan), Plymouth Military Port, which had an important influence on Britain's maritime hegemony, and the largest military port in the world today: the United States? Port Norfolk. Here is a brief introduction to the author's situation in the United States? Impression of Hill Air Force Base (the map below shows the base, F35 fighters passing over the base from time to time). ?

Hill base is located in Utah? About 30 kilometers away from Salt Lake City, there are 4 19 fighter wing, 388th fighter wing and 34th frontline combat squadron equipped with F35A.

In addition, it is also an important base for the US Air Force Logistics Center to provide engineering and maintenance services for the global deployment of F22 fighters, F 16 fighters, A 10 attack aircraft and C 130 transport aircraft. It also provides guarantee and maintenance for weapon systems such as B-2, B 1B bombers and Militia III intercontinental missiles. So this is one of the three major logistics centers and one of the five major maintenance bases equipped by the US Air Force.

This is just one of more than 60 similar bases (first-level command) of the US Air Force in the world, with 4,700 soldiers and10.3 million civilians. The B29 bomber group bombed by Chinese and American military atomic bombs in Japan in World War II was formed and trained here.

The author naturally cannot enter the military base here, but can only look through the barbed wire of the base. However, in the Hill Aviation Museum next to the base, more than 90 military helicopters, transport planes, bombers, reconnaissance planes, fighter planes and various ammunition are displayed. The museum is free and accepts donations.

The picture shows the details of the inner cabin of the B 1B nose gear and the two winglets under the nose. This plays an important role in balancing the lift distribution of winglets.

198 1 year, the us military plans to equip 100 B- 1B, but with the change of time and situation, 60 B- 1B are in service, of which 36 are still in service. Its stand-alone cost was more than 200 million dollars, and the unit price of the more advanced B2 stealth bomber has reached more than 2 billion dollars!

This is the B52 bomber. Everyone is too familiar with it, so I won't introduce it.

This is B29? Super air fortress? Large bombers should be the most familiar large bombers in China. Let the author take his time: it was the main force of the US military's sneak attack on Japan in World War II. 1August 945, also in Hiroshima? Nagasaki dropped an atomic bomb. The B29 unit that dropped the nuclear bomb was located at Hill base from formation to training. At that time, the size of the B29 bomber group against Japan was often 200-300! There was even a huge fleet of 500 aircraft in the late war!

Such a huge fleet needs to take off from multiple airports in coordination. The starting base of the early B29 attack on Japan was Chengdu, China? Hanzhong area. At that time, the National Government organized 200,000-300,000 laborers for this purpose, and artificially built airport bases such as Guanghan, Xinjin, Qionglai and Pengshan. The B29 fleet from Chengdu has more than 70 aircraft! In the later period of the war, B29 changed from a Pacific island to a forward base.

B29 takes off with a total weight of more than 60 tons, carries 9 tons of bombs and has a combat radius of 3,000 kilometers. According to the statistics of our museum, during the B29 War alone, Japan dropped 6.5438+0.7 million tons of bombs and incendiary bombs, causing 400,000 deaths and huge economic losses, which greatly dealt a blow to Japan's arrogance.

Have you been to Changping, Beijing? Friends of China Aviation Museum may think: B29 looks familiar, yes! This is very similar to the Soviet Cartographic 4 bomber, the first airborne early warning aircraft of our army in the museum.

Soviet Cartography 4 was copied after the American system B29 of Soviet mapping. When the US military bombed Japan, three B29s were forced to land in the Far East of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union aided China 12 aircraft in 1950s after imitation. Now North Changping? China Aviation Museum has two planes, of which 1 has been converted into an airborne early warning aircraft, and there is a big mushroom (radar antenna) on its back, that is, the air police 1. (The picture above shows Changping, Beijing? The host of fig. 4 in the aviation museum)

That is to say, this B29 (note: including Soviet version B) large military aircraft has been flying in the sky of China for more than 40 years! I'm not familiar with it, so it's strange. Nowadays, B29 collected by aircraft museums all over the world is also a treasure. Although more than 2,500 aircraft have been produced, for various reasons, there are only 10 aircraft in the world.

During the float tour, the author saw a sign from the passing float? Us federal house of representatives? Utah Senator Stuart? A car. Members go to the meeting at this time to celebrate with people.

At that time, in the author's impression, he was a famous congressman, who strongly advocated active exchanges and friendship with China. In this regard, the author stepped forward to shake hands with him and said that he was from China? Shanghai, it feels great to watch this tour! The senator laughed when he heard this? Nice to meet you. China and Shanghai? The little friend who traveled with him immediately took this person as a commemorative photo of the author? Background board? Was filmed,

In particular, Stewart used to be a bomber pilot of B1B. He flew B 1B with the crew, breaking the world record of the fastest flight around the world that year. He is currently an important member of the Appropriations Committee of the US House of Representatives, the the State Council Committee on International Relations and the Intelligence Committee. After retiring, in addition to running a small business, he was also a best-selling author. It is not easy to become a best-selling author in America.

The picture above shows the float parade in Salt Lake City. The author is shaking hands and talking with the old cowboy in the west who participated in this activity in the street.

After hurriedly ending the trip to Hill Air Force Base, the author deeply feels that to strengthen our national defense construction is to keep pace with the pulse of many military powers. Without a national defense force that has reached the advanced level today, how can we guarantee our peaceful homeland?