A brigade of the 74th group army focused on the change of science and technology to create a new growth point of combat effectiveness—— Pilots and maintenance personnel jointly explore a new "sword technique" ■ PLA Daily reporter Chen Dianhong and correspondent Xu Haojie *** Focusing on the "three changes", we have established a clear direction for military training, which is an important guideline for training and preparing for war today and defeating the enemy in the future. Science and technology not only leads the change of war forms, but also supports the change of tactical methods of operation. Vigorously promoting military training through science and technology is inseparable from the innovative application of technology and training exploration. A brigade of the 74th group army focused on the new changes of weapon modification and upgrading and the improvement of scientific and technological content, and incorporated more skilled maintenance personnel into the combat method innovation team to create a new growth point of combat effectiveness with a more integrated attitude. Its practice is worth learning from. The iron wings whirled and the wind surged. In the first flight tactical drill of a brigade of the 74th group army in the new year, pilot Bao Yunling skillfully used the new "sword technique" to turn defense into attack, reverse the war situation and achieve good results. When he got off the plane, he thanked the "crew" for the first time: it was based on the crew's in-depth study of airborne equipment that he could win at the critical moment. Today, the brigade has many sets of new "sword techniques" in the exercise field, which are designed by pilots and maintenance personnel together, and have become a new growth point of combat effectiveness. "In the past, it was believed that the innovation of flight tactics was the business of commanders and pilots. As a support force, maintenance personnel often couldn't get involved." According to the leader of the brigade, for some time, the training and support in the brigade have been relatively independent. Pilots have worked hard to practice flight movements and study flight tactics. Maintenance personnel and other logistics support officers and soldiers are responsible for the maintenance of fighters. The working mode of each assuming its own responsibilities and clear division of labor also seems to have drawn a "gap" in the innovation of combat methods. Since the reform and adjustment, the helicopter equipment of the brigade has been modified and upgraded, with higher scientific and technological content and greater operational potential. The maintenance personnel took advantage of the trend and carefully researched the technology, and obtained a number of patents in equipment repair and maintenance, and a number of support technical achievements won military awards. At the same time, pilots' mastery of the deep principles and cutting-edge technologies of equipment is not deep enough, which has gradually become the bottleneck of operational innovation. Once, several pilots of the brigade designed a method of operation from the perspective of changing the shooting formation. Because they ignored the feasibility of technical support, they conceived it as a "fantasy" and finally ended it. "The 'wonderful idea' at the tactical level is inseparable from the strong support at the technical level." The Party committee of the brigade is keenly aware that system operations are linked, different specialties are intertwined and coexist, and the technical shortcomings of pilots happen to be the strengths of maintenance personnel. Open space integration and complementary advantages. The brigade incorporated the maintenance personnel into the flight tactics innovation team and let them work with the pilots to explore a new "sword technique" -- the pilots should not only be proficient in movement and strategy, but also learn technical knowledge from the maintenance personnel and deeply tap the potential of weapons and equipment; Maintenance personnel should not only be good equipment "good doctors", but also "look up to the sky" to provide technical ideas and a new perspective for combat innovation. The "sword technique" explored jointly is more vigorous. That year, the brigade participated in the army military competition. The pilots and maintenance personnel studied the application of data equipment, changed the target allocation mode, greatly increased the operation efficiency and achieved good results. Last year, pilots and maintenance personnel worked together to tackle key problems, innovate a series of operational training methods, and effectively improve the operational radius and firepower strike capability. After this year's training, pilots and maintenance personnel have made in-depth research on instruments and equipment, solved the problem of "vision" under complex meteorological conditions, and the warhawks can easily wear rain and fog. With the more and more frequent training tasks, as a whole, pilots and maintenance personnel fought side by side, and the discussion and exchange on combat issues were further deepened. The experience of going to the battlefield together also gave them a more tacit understanding and accurate grasp of the contradictions in training and the bottlenecks restricting the generation of combat effectiveness. In recent years, the pilots and maintenance personnel of the brigade have deeply studied the fire control system, navigation system and power system, and upgraded the tactics of shooting, concealment and penetration. Facts have proved that, unlike the previous simple "strategic" and "action" innovation, the two sides work together to "sharpen the sword" to make the tactics more forward-looking and technical advantages. Drawing inferences from one instance, the brigade further expanded and expanded its flight tactics innovation team, promoted professional officers and soldiers and technicians of manufacturers to step into the front stage from behind the scenes, and contributed good ideas to tactics innovation from different angles, It has formed a variety of operational innovation paths, such as "pilots put forward research topics, technicians solve key problems", "technicians obtain research results, pilots apply and improve" and so on. (outlook new era)