Munitions Empire

Chapter 1088: Exercise 1010

Dragon Island now conducts air combat exercises every day, where the engagements take place within a designated area, primarily to assess the combat readiness of various Air Force fighter jet troops.

Moreover, this is also where pilots are mainly trained to handle emergencies and adapt to confrontations with formidable opponents, as well as to enhance their aerial dogfighting skills.

Of course, so far no external troops have achieved victory in exercises against the Blue Force’s fictitious enemy troops on Dragon Island due to the vast equipment disparity between the two sides.

Dragon Island’s fictitious enemy troops are mainly equipped with J-6 fighters, while other Datang Empire Air Force pilots are generally equipped with Butcher Fighters—indeed, the two belong to entirely different eras, making defeat virtually no surprise.

Conducting such exercises is not about letting these external Air Force troops win but to prevent them from becoming arrogant or complacent, to keep them limber, and to avoid overreliance on equipment performance.

It’s just that the process of being trounced in the exercises is not very pleasant. Many pilots even treat the entire exercise as if it were a grand-scale horror story upon returning to their own units.

An ace pilot from the Chang’an garrison Air Force was flying his own Butcher Fighter near the seas around Dragon Island.

Thirty-plus victory markings were daubed on the tail of his fighter jet, signifying his strength. As a veteran pilot, his record was very impressive, which is why he could serve as the squadron leader in the Air Force troops stationed in Chang’an.