As a border town only more than 20 kilometers away from Mexico, the population of Sono is only more than 1,100 people.

Moreover, there are only more than 400 people living in the small town, and the others are all distributed in farms and pastures with a radius of 60 kilometers.

As for why there are so few people, even Lao Mo, it's because there is a 9-kilometer-long gorge on the border between the town and Mexico.

There is a border checkpoint more than 40 kilometers away, and 37 kilometers north of the checkpoint is a municipal-level city, so those who often travel between the United States and Mexico are generally reluctant to detour to the town.

But also because of the canyon, some people who smuggle flour will use special machines to project the flour packets over at night.

Because of this, Trench and Barney used this reason to apply for air patrols when they went to the lieutenant governor of Phoenix.

As for Li Changheng who will fly the plane after leaving the town, it is not a problem at all.

Whether it's a green beret or a seal this year, although there are not as many training subjects in the future.

But what Barney these people have more advantage than the future seals is that the more men are all weapons at this time.

After the mission, whether they want to fly a helicopter, tank, or fighter jet, as long as they are willing to learn, they will immediately have ready-made equipment for them to learn while using.

Of course, jet fighters want to learn and it is impossible for them to get on the plane directly, but the learning limit for propeller planes is much smaller.

So people like Barney control the P51 propeller fighter and only need to train for a while.

There must be no problems with lift-off, landing and earth observation.

When Li Changheng is away, they will have someone who can take his place in the air.

As for diving down and shooting the ground with an airborne machine gun, that's another story.

Moreover, this kind of maneuver, as long as it is not a fool, no one will use it on a fighter jet that has been retired for more than a decade.

In the evening, barbecue, beer, and chatting, a little drunk Li Changheng slept comfortably for ten hours.

Early the next morning, I took my four novices to the flight base one kilometer outside the town.

The P51, an ace fighter during the Second War, was designed with a runway standard for take-off and landing on any level ground.

As long as there is no big pit, it can take off and land in mud.

Moreover, the take-off distance is very short, and veterans can even lift the plane within 30 to 40 meters.

Those who are more elite are eligible to board an aircraft carrier.

Li Changheng got on a P51 which was inspected, maintained, and even replaced with a lot of new parts by a four-engineer recruited from the trenches. After listening to the explanation from the invited pilot, he started the fighter jet.

Drive the fighter jet on the runway for a full circle, wait until the plane is about to leave the ground, and immediately release the throttle a little bit.

After making a big circle, the plane slowly stopped outside the hangar.

He actually flew the P51 at the aviation school in Ohio last year, but this military type carries six air-fighting machine guns, plus the plane that has been sealed for more than ten years. Li Changheng doesn't want to test whether the plane is okay.

When he stalled and jumped off the plane, Barney was relieved and said in a slurred voice, "BOSS, I'll go on patrol. I almost had a heart attack just now."

Li Changheng laughed a few times, "I won't make fun of my life."

After that, I asked the person in charge of the logistics team, "Mr. Edmund, how much does it cost to maintain this base every year?"

The former air force retired lieutenant colonel Edmund, who was invited by Trench and Barney to find a relationship, was the training supervisor of a base before he retired. Of course, he was very familiar with this aspect.

"BOSS, if it is only maintained, it only needs 6 people to operate.

But 8 people are more secure, and it is not easy to make mistakes under the pressure of work. As for the salary?

Those of us who have joined the National Guard add up to 50,000 US dollars a year.

For fuel and aircraft maintenance, you can apply to Phoenix. After all, we are a regular air patrol team.

Moreover, as far as I know, some of the war-ready warehouses are not used up, and parts that are more expensive than the closed warehouses are recycled.

As for live ammunition, it's very troublesome, but here is Arizona, and you can buy any ammunition if you have money. "

"alright, I got it".

Li Changheng didn't need Edmund to finish, he said, "As a member of the air patrol team, I will use the relationship to find some foundations to sponsor.

In the future, there should be no less than 150,000 US dollars each year, except for the remaining 50,000 for extra meals or the expenses of holding parties.

The remaining 100,000 will be doubled according to your current salary. "

Even if everyone here knows, the purpose of everyone who came to this border town, and even retired and applied to join the National Guard, is to serve the young man in front of him.

But Li Changheng would never be silly to directly take out the money and pay everyone.

With this layer of fund donation, whoever will investigate in the future, don't even think about finding violations, or even a little bit of illegality.

As for other air patrol teams, even the upper management department also wants to receive donations from the fund.

It's a big deal to stuff money privately, or ask them to go to Las Vegas for a few days. If they win at a legal gaming table, as long as they pay taxes, everything else is not a problem.

Eight people earn 150,000 U.S. dollars a year, which is equal to 18.75 million per capita. The salary level is more than 10,000 higher than the average annual income of Los Angeles.

Not to mention Arizona, which is directly equivalent to more than 4 times the average per capita.

This level of income, let alone support the family, is to raise 5 children and then raise all the parents, father-in-law and mother-in-law.

For this group of former pilots and ground crews who have just retired or, like Barney, have retired for more than a year.

The salary level is already more than twice the salary offered by the major airlines.

Therefore, as soon as Li Changheng announced the fund donation, the scene was only temporarily hired except for that.

For three thousand dollars a month, everyone except Scott, who taught Li Changheng to fly, and Scott, who was also a National Guard inspector, cheered.

For Li Changheng~lightnovelpub.net~, the most expensive consumption of fuel and spare parts has to be paid by the state.

Not to mention 150,000, even if it costs 300,000 dollars a year, he is willing to raise this group of people and serve as a personal ground crew and maintenance team for himself.

He spent 300,000 pounds, or 1.2 million U.S. dollars, for spending 300,000 pounds, or 1.2 million U.S. dollars, to keep this group of people for many years.

After a few years of getting along, when they want to buy a private jet in the future, if this group of people can pass the training and assessment of the aircraft manufacturer and continue to ask them to be the exclusive private jet ground crew, it will not cost much.

Even in the future, the death squad will definitely buy planes for missions, and this group of people will be even more useful to them.

The time flies is a week.

December 4th.

Fully familiar with any parameters, functions, data, and operating rules are all back-to-back.

Even Li Changheng, who has maintained the P51 with an engineering mechanic, really started flying a fighter jet for the first time.