In late winter, an airport of the air force has a wide sky and mountains. Facing the direction of the sun, a j-20 fighter roared up and rushed to the scheduled airspace to carry out practical confrontation training Li Ling stared at the fierce attack and defense situation displayed in real time on the big screen, with no expression on his face. He has been in the army for 24 years, whether on the task of escorting the remains of volunteer martyrs back to the country or on the task of safeguarding rights at sea; Whether performing the military parade for the 70th anniversary of the national day or the assessment against the "golden helmet", as an excellent air force commander, Li Ling will never be judged by emotional interference—— Some people say that Li Ling is a "flying machine" that can make tactical moves to the extreme; Others say that he is a "digital brain" capable of insight into battlefield information. But Li Ling himself said, "I am a well-trained Air Force fighter pilot." Li Ling, commander of a brigade of the air force aviation corps, air force super pilot, "gold helmet" winner. Under his leadership, the army was rated by the Central Military Commission as an "advanced unit in the standardization construction of the whole army", and its flight brigade was awarded the honorary title of "strong army pioneer flight brigade" by the Central Military Commission. In recent years, Li Ling led the team to focus on the changes of science and technology, war and opponents, play an important role in the strategic transformation of the air force, and play the war song of the people's air force in the new era - flying for the motherland and escorting the new era with practical actions. Li Ling (left), commander of a brigade of the air force aviation corps and air force super pilot, exchanged experience with his comrades in arms after training (photo taken on January 8). Issued by Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Yang pan) Temper elite troops in the transformation of military training In 2008, when Li Ling was transferred to the former first air division and flew to the third generation aircraft as he wished, the people's air force also started the pace of strategic transformation. At the same time, the transformation and upgrading of military training ushered in an era of promoting systematic military training with "alliance as the key link". What really impressed Li Ling on the "system" and had an intuitive feeling of modern air combat was the experience of the army's disastrous defeat in the first "golden helmet" assessment of the air force. "We are completely suppressed by interference and become 'Deaf' and 'blind', like entering a black hole." Li Ling still remembers: "the other party didn't do any evasive action and rushed directly to attack. On the first drill day, we were eliminated by a big score of 59:166." "When we are still immersed in relying on the performance advantages of new fighters, other units have won with the support of 'system'." Li Ling couldn't sleep all night. "In modern war, no service or arm can fight alone, and no type of equipment can play its own role. We lose by not focusing on the changes of war..." Learning from experience, the army put forward the slogan "learning ability is combat effectiveness". Since then, the thinking of winning the system has taken root in every pilot's heart. Engage in confrontation with the army, unite with the Navy, and lead the ground guidance forces to conduct exercises Driven by Li Ling, the army has vigorously studied the wind of war, and the research on operational problems, winning mechanism and operational training methods has become a common practice, constantly promoting the army to move forward to the future battlefield. Since the establishment of the brigade, Li Ling has established an in-depth research group, actively established a joint training mechanism with other military forces, successively carried out collaborative training with brother forces, and accumulated rich data and practical training experience. With a solid foundation, the army won the first place in the group five times, and many pilots won the honors of "golden helmet" and "advanced individual in military training of the whole army", becoming the pioneer in the construction of combat effectiveness of the air force. Li Ling, commander of a brigade of the air force aviation corps and special pilot of the air force, flew a plane to participate in air combat confrontation training (taken on January 10, video screenshot). Issued by Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Yang pan) Aim at the war training coupling and forge the winning blade tip strictly On that day, when Li Ling returned to the airport with a j-20 fighter for the first time, it meant that the task of refitting the brigade's new aircraft had achieved a breakthrough. At that time, Ding Tang, chief of staff, wet his eyes with tears. "The upgrading of equipment is undoubtedly an important turning point and qualitative transformation for us, and it is a real rebirth." In order to speed up the pace of j-20 reloading and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Li Ling constantly communicated with the industrial department on the combat scenes of the fighter, so as to promote the fighter to better meet the needs of the battlefield. At the same time, he also took advantage of the exercise opportunity to explore the fighter flight data in the actual combat state and promote the pilot's leap from "flying" to "fighting" to "winning". "The change of fighter performance will inevitably lead to the change of combat methods. We need to solve the mystery of information-based air combat in the future." After changing the j-20, Li Ling was also pushed into the "no man's land" generated by the combat effectiveness of the new aircraft. "Whoever can solve the problem of military training can withstand the cruel test of the next war." "The j-20 has strong situational awareness, plays an important role in system operations, and completely reshapes the role of pilots in air combat." Senior high school Qiang, the captain of the "strong army pioneer flight brigade", said, "after we are equipped with the j-20, it is urgent to establish a new war training relationship and explore a new mode of war training coupling. The closer the training is to the actual combat, the closer the war training coupling can be realized and the closer it is to winning." "Only when we put ourselves on the battlefield can we really test the effectiveness of system operations." During that time, focusing on the new combat style, the whole brigade focused on improving the system organization training ability. "Based on the needs of the battlefield, we explored the 'four generations +' mode of small system group training, deepened the system joint training, really found out the number of fighters and rapidly improved the combat capability of new aircraft in an all-round way." Liu Xianpeng, chief of the training section, said, "during that period, the number of group training in only half a year was equivalent to the sum of the past few years, truly realizing the transformation of 'scientific group training gives birth to combat effectiveness'." In practice, Li Ling also realized that the unified standard is the key factor to determine the effect of mixed combat. Only by acting under the unified coordination standard and unified tactical standard, can the coordination cost in combat be reduced and the resultant force of the system be better brought into play. Over the years, Li Ling has taken the lead in formulating tactical standards and unified tactical briefs, realizing that the troops can achieve the effect of mixed combat through simple coordination. Li Ling's air force aviation brigade organized flight training, and j-20 fighters slipped out in batches (photo taken on January 7). Issued by Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Yang pan) Hand over qualified answers to the party and the people In a joint exercise, in order to achieve the task of directly inserting into the important target area of the "enemy", Li Ling flew ultra-low altitude and long-distance to break through the defense, beat the enemy and complete the attack task at one blow, creating a wonderful battle example in the exercise. Every time I talk about this record, Gao Qiang, who is also the winner of the "golden helmet", sincerely admires, "ultra-low altitude flight is a test of the pilot's comprehensive ability. A slight mistake will affect flight safety and fail to complete the attack mission." Li Ling's "ruthlessness" is also reflected in the extremely strict requirements for flight standards. In air combat, what is the optimal Mach number when turning? Pilots have their own answers to this question. Even if there are only slight differences in the answers, Li Ling also requires to eliminate the errors through verification. "If the data is unclear, there must be errors when fighting a war, so we can't always lock in victory." In Li Ling's mind, we must always measure the quality and effect of training with the yardstick of war. "Flight training is not only training for war, but also training for war. We should establish the concept that taking off is to meet the enemy and taking off is to fight." "For each flight, there are 7 to 8 counter air battles. Sometimes the maximum load is pulled to 8 g, which is equivalent to 8 weight on the body. The pilot should not only maintain standard flight movements, but also prevent black vision caused by head ischemia." Ding Tang said, "in order to sharpen the will to fight, we have to set up a dangerous situation, and even the opponent can revive indefinitely to attack... Now, such a fierce air battle has become the norm of brigade training." "The key and difficult subjects fly as general subjects, press the upper limit of the outline, fly to the lowest altitude, and fly as far as the sea..." every time when facing the pain after flying and the blood spots pressed out by the load on his arm, Li Ling will say, "pain is not important, the important thing is that we know that the purpose of bearing pain is to win." The brigade's predecessor was a heroic army with outstanding military achievements. In the face of future high-end wars, Li Ling never dared to relax his responsibility on how to temper the sharp blade army to win the future sky. In recent years, Li Ling has repeatedly pushed herself and her comrades in arms into a desperate situation, once again came out of the desperate situation, and completed a number of major war training tasks. "Fight bravely like our predecessors and hand over qualified answers to the party and the people." Now, facing the new "three-step" strategy of national defense and military modernization and the new journey of accelerating the construction of a world-class air force, Li Ling and his comrades in arms seize the day, aim at the forefront of military reform and scientific and technological development, fly high and fly far (outlook new era)