How does the weather affect bombers?

Galloping in the three-dimensional atmosphere and performing various combat tasks are all influenced and restricted by the atmosphere. All kinds of adverse weather, such as air jet, ice accumulation, vertical wind shear, lightning, cloud rain, fog and sandstorm, have great influence on flight safety and operational effectiveness.

The influence of clouds and precipitation. The influence of clouds and precipitation is mainly to make the visibility worse, and make the aircraft accumulate ice and bump, but it can also be used to fly in the shade when attacking in the air to achieve the purpose of surprise attack.

The influence of visibility, especially the visibility in the air (horizontal, vertical and inclined) is one of the lowest meteorological conditions that determine the flight activities of the Air Force, and it is also one of the important factors that determine the opening and closing of airports and issue notices and warnings of dangerous weather.

3. The influence of the wind. The influence of wind must be considered in the process of taking off, rendezvous, flying to the target, altitude selection, bombing, shooting, taking pictures and airborne landing. Aircraft usually take off and land against the wind to shorten the runway distance. If the wind speed is only 5 m/s and the ground speed is 100 km/h, the taxiing distance will be increased by 1.8 times if the takeoff from the headwind is changed to the downwind.

The influence of vertical airflow. Vertical airflow will cause the plane to bump, affect combat activities and even cause the plane to crash. The causes of vertical airflow are: various eddies and convergence areas in the atmosphere, rising (sinking) airflow on windward (back) slopes of mountains, etc. In recent years, some planes often crash in clear skies, which is also one of the reasons for the crashes.