Three fighter super class pilots, three fighters with 30 years of military service, and three witnesses of the first batch of refitting a domestic third-generation fighter in the air force were grounded at the end of their flight. An air force base in the southern theater held a grand ceremony for them to "bid farewell to the blue sky" and a "cloud sword track" flight Story Sharing meeting to commend their achievements and listen to their stories. Three "old pilots" have made outstanding contributions and made military contributions repeatedly—— Meng Fansheng was awarded the gold medal of honor for meritorious pilots of the air force and the commemorative medal of the air force model for successfully handling the major special situation of engine air parking and protecting the safety of people's lives and property; Chen Yanting led the team to carry out major combat training tasks for many times, and won second-class merit twice and third-class merit six times; Nie Jianhua, together with his unit, created more than 100 firsts in the field of combat training of a certain type of fighter, and won second-class merit twice and third-class merit four times At the scene of the story sharing meeting, yellow photos and wonderful stories aroused the common memory of the three pilots, and sincere words told the air force pilots' understanding of the mission. From the story of Meng Fansheng's restoration of his special situation of disposing of the engine's air parking, the officers and soldiers saw the loyalty and love of a Communist Party member who "would rather give his life than owe his mission" in the face of the choice of life and death; From the story of Chen Yanting's training at the border airport, the officers and soldiers saw the pilot's ambition and fearlessness of "the interests of the motherland and the people are as important as mountains"; From Nie Jianhua's story about himself and his team constantly breaking through the restricted area and filling the gap, the officers and soldiers saw the firmness and courage of a combatant who "dare to take responsibility in the face of mission and overcome difficulties". The story of "Lao Fei" has aroused heated discussion in the army. Comrades in arms have expressed their feelings in the wechat circle of friends and produced more resonance: "this piece of sea and sky, 'Lao Fei' has just flown by, and we will fly again; the track is traceless, the oath is sound, and let's see the salute of the future echelon taking off" Three people and three generations of machines for 30 years —— Follow the military track of three fighter super pilots at an air force base in the southern theater ■ Yang Zeda, Yang Chaozhao, Li Hanqing The scene of the flight Story Sharing meeting. Photo by Zhang Xuemin Three life and death decisions in 48 seconds and return to the blue sky in 19 days—— "Critical moment" in Meng Fansheng's eyes The officers and soldiers of the base have long been familiar with Meng Fansheng's heroic feat. But when he restored the thrilling 48 seconds in the story sharing meeting, more than 400 officers and soldiers on the scene were deeply shocked. On July 26, 2009, Meng Fansheng was stationed at an airport in North China for training. At 10:01, he packed up his equipment, boarded the plane and took off. Everything is the same as usual. Two minutes later, Meng Fansheng found that the engine speed and temperature of the aircraft decreased. When pushing and pulling the throttle, the aircraft did not respond. He immediately moved the throttle again and observed the instrument. He found that the speed and temperature had been declining slowly, the thrust of the aircraft was gradually decreasing, and the power was gradually disappearing. Meng Fansheng realized that the engine had a major failure and immediately reported it to the commander. The commander ordered: "return immediately!" At this time, during the turning process, the power of the aircraft has been completely lost, it is unable to maintain level flight, and the altitude drops rapidly to 300 meters. At this point, Meng Fansheng, sitting on the sofa, moved forward and demonstrated to the officers and soldiers on the scene with gestures. The driving code of this type of fighter stipulates that if you fail to drive at a height of 2000 meters, you should make an on-site forced landing or parachute jump as appropriate. 300 meters has been much lower than the specified height. Meng Fansheng estimated that the distance from the airport is about 15 kilometers. He judged that it was impossible to return to the field for forced landing, so he had to choose skydiving! Time is fleeting. The altitude of the plane has been reduced to 200 meters. The situation is very urgent. The commander decisively ordered: "skydiving!" When Meng Fansheng was ready to parachute, he instinctively looked out and found that the plane was over the city and the ground was densely populated. The plane just took off. It was full of oil and ammunition. The result after the crash was unimaginable. Meng Fansheng manipulated the plane decisively and slid out of the area, ready to find an open place to parachute. At this time, the altitude of the aircraft has dropped to 130 meters. However, there was a village ahead. He still didn't jump and continued to concentrate on operating the plane. At this point, Meng Fansheng paused, and the nervous mood of the officers and soldiers at the scene also mentioned to his throat. When Meng Fansheng prepared to parachute for the third time, he found that there was a market on the ground and he still couldn't jump! He pushed and pulled the accelerator again to try to restore the power of the aircraft, but failed to do so. The plane is still sliding rapidly. At this time, the altitude of the aircraft has been less than 100 meters. "I can obviously feel the green of the earth." Meng Fansheng said. "Must jump!" Almost at the same time as the commander's order came, Meng Fansheng pulled the ejection pull ring and parachuted! At the moment of popping up, the huge load made Meng Fansheng's eyes black. He could see nothing but the wind in his ear. As soon as the umbrella was opened, Meng Fansheng landed. Later, after interpreting the flight parameters, I learned that Meng Fansheng's aircraft altitude was only 97 meters when he parachuted, which was the last limit for parachuting. From the discovery of the secret to the implementation of skydiving, a total of 48 seconds. In order to protect the safety of people's lives and property, he risked his life, tried to drive in the air four times, gave up skydiving three times, and passed death. Meng Fansheng's story has impacted the hearts of officers and soldiers again and again. Everyone felt the tension and danger at that time from the details of the story. In this accident, Meng Fansheng was injured in his sternum and ribs, and even turned over when lying in the hospital bed. "I want to keep flying!" Meng Fansheng asked the doctor to do everything he could to help him recover, just to return to the blue sky as soon as possible. The story sharing meeting invited Meng Fansheng's family member Zhang Dongmei to the scene. Host Huang Peiqi asked: "when Meng Fansheng made the choice to return to the blue sky, what kind of mood did you feel?" Zhang Dongmei choked and said, "I understand that Lao Meng is such a person. As his' iron wingman ', I respect his choice and support him to return to the blue sky." 19 days later, Meng Fansheng put on a brand-new flight suit, neatly put on his helmet, and once again flew a fighter into his beloved blue sky. Heroes cast feats in a moment. A person's persistent pursuit must contain a deep love. Meng Fansheng said: "it is the solemn commitment of all our pilots that 'the people send me to learn to fly, and I learn to fly for the people'. At the critical moment, even if we need to pay our lives, we will not hesitate, which has become our instinct!" It takes only three days for a single aircraft to fight four "enemy" aircraft and enter the border airport—— Chen Yanting's interpretation of "hard core spirit" "As a pilot, a key quality is to have a strong physique. Can you withstand the 7-hour long-range training without good body? Can you withstand the high-intensity confrontation in the air and bear the load of 9 g without muscle protection?" Chen Yanting's opening remarks were resounding, with sharp eyes and straight waist. At the end of last year, 48 year old Chen Yanting got full marks in the physical examination organized by his superiors, and did 113 push ups in two minutes. When the host "broke the news" to the audience, many young officers and soldiers gave thumbs up! Speaking from the topic of physical fitness, Chen Yanting shared his story of "going to the meeting alone" in the confrontation exercise. In 2006, after completing the modification of a domestic third-generation fighter, Chen Yanting went to a test training base of the air force for 2-to-4 confrontation to verify the combat performance of the fighter. He knows that this task is not simple. He drives a new domestic third-generation aircraft, and the other party is also a third-generation aircraft, and the number is twice that of his own. In the preparation stage, Chen Yanting and his wingmen conducted in-depth tactical research and formulated a variety of countermeasures according to the characteristics of the "enemy" aircraft. On the day of the drill, the sky was as clean as a wash. Fully armed Chen Yanting was waiting for the take-off order in the cockpit when the news of the sudden failure of the wingman came. At this time, four "enemy" fighters have arrived in the scheduled airspace. Time is urgent, "enemy situation" is an order. Facing the adverse situation that four "enemy" planes had to face alone, Chen Yanting was calm and took off in an emergency. "Evade the 'enemy' radar and wait for an opportunity to attack!" The command of the tower commander had just been issued, and the air ground communication was suddenly interrupted. Without ground command and wingman cooperation, Chen Yanting drove the fighter in the air like a lonely boat, full of dangers. The four "enemy" planes, some with radar on and some with jamming on, surrounded Chen Yanting. While maintaining electromagnetic silence, Chen Yanting evaded the "enemy" radar through large-angle maneuver, detoured to the rear of the "enemy" aircraft side, and shot down each of the four "enemy" aircraft Speaking of this, Chen Yanting could not hide his pride in his voice: "during the revolutionary war, the heroic ancestors carried forward the spirit of 'fighting bayonets in the air', preferring to die one step forward rather than half step back. As descendants of heroes, we should have the belief that the brave will win when we meet on a narrow road. Moreover, I have confidence in myself and in our domestic fighters!" Warm applause broke out at the scene. The host timely asked Chen Yanting, "you have led the team to perform many tasks. What impressed you most?" Chen Yanting recalled the story of him leading a team to the border airport for training. That year, Chen Yanting, then chief of staff of a division of the air force aviation corps, received an order to go to an airport on the border for training and complete the garrison in three days! The lack of command tower, poor meteorological conditions and short takeoff and landing distance. There is a cliff at the end of the runway. If you are careless, the aircraft will be destroyed and people will die... After the emergency entry, a series of problems are in front of Chen Yanting. Create conditions where conditions are not available and make the best of your work in extreme environments. Without a tower, Chen Yanting pulled the navigation station with a tractor and commanded in the open air at the end of the runway wearing a straw hat; When the weather was bad, he called the professionals from the local meteorological department to analyze the meteorological law and find the flying gap for flight; The takeoff and landing distance is short. He took the pilot to refine the speed, landing point, landmark and parachute release time one by one, and made preparations for special situation disposal at the same time. During the training days at the border airport, as the leader and commander of the team, Chen Yanting and the mission pilot took off again and again to complete the cruise mission with high standards. At the sharing meeting, Chen Yanting said with determination and pride: "cruising over the blue sky, watching the great rivers and mountains of the motherland and guarding the happiness and peace of the people, that kind of pride is hard to describe in words." After the mission, Chen Yanting listened to the staff of the local airport say: "the villagers all say that once the plane rings, they sleep until dawn." "This is because the people's Liberation Army has arrived, because the people's air force has arrived, because the advanced fighters of the motherland have arrived, and the people are at ease, so they sleep soundly." Chen Yanting said. The mountains are still silent, and the river is running like yesterday. Talking about his past experience and the track of struggling to fly, Chen Yanting showed a happy look on his face. It has carried out more than 100 major tasks and created more than 100 first in the field of combat training—— "Breakthrough all the way" sought by Nie Jianhua "All of a sudden, I want to bid farewell to the blue sky and can no longer fly a fighter that gets along day and night. I am sad, but I have no regrets. I have completed the tasks assigned by the motherland and the people. I should be said to be a qualified fighter!" Nie Jianhua spoke modestly and movingly when telling his heart. At the sharing meeting, the host showed a set of data to his comrades in arms—— 3514 hours of safe flight, performing more than 100 major tasks, and creating more than 100 items in the field of combat training of a certain type of fighter