April 18th 2016 12:30 Hours (12:30PM)
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"Gentlemen! You two have been given clearance for your mock exercise...for your safety the hard deck is set at 10,000 feet. Learn new tactics and stay safe!" General Celuchu said to Anthony and Juan.
"Yessir!", Juan saluted. "Gotta stretch the legs after a week without flying...", he chuckled.
"Well let's see how this plays out...also what about our ladies? Will they be sitting this out?"
"Well, this is just the two of us, so...let them watch." Juan replied as he saw Kim and Izumi come out of the hangar with beach chairs.
"A nice day to relax and some entertainment eh Izumi?" Kim said with a chuckle.
"Boys always being...boys.", she shook her head with a bit of chuckle.
Juan and Anthony shook hands and boarded their planes.
"Courtlyn tower to Boomslang 1 and Boomslang 3. You are both cleared for takeoff, fly to a heading of 330 to enter the training area."
"Roger that Courtlyn, tower" they both replied. Anthony and Juan threw the engines into full power and roared down the runway.
"Alright Boomslang 3, We're going to get about fifteen miles distance from us and we're going to go sidewinders for the first round and then guns only for the next one. When I say fights on we give it our all."
"Works for me!" Juan replied.
The two pilots soon reached their fifteen mile distance and Anthony gave the signal
"fights on!" Anthony said
"Roger!", Juan followed the same procedure, though taking a different approach, from upside down. Thanks to Juan's supermaneuverability he was able to find himself on Anthony's six. The R-14 may be a derivative of the F-14 but the upgrades alone make it a serious contender.
"Show me what you got Voodoo!" Juan said with a laugh
"Sure thing buddy" Anthony put his tomcats wings into manual sweep and applied asymmetrical thrust to try and out turn Juan.
"Nice try, but you're gonna have to work harder!", Juan did the same trick, but reduced speed instead, managing to keep Anthony within his HUD.
"Fox two! Splash Boomslang 1!" Juan said as he scored a kill on his friend.
"Dammit! Gonna have to find a better way to gain an advantage, good kill Stutz." Anthony replied.
"Don't give up, my friend! This battle has just begun!", he cheered to a defeated Anthony.
The two then gained their fifteen mile distance again and the fight was on once again, this time Anthony decided to try a new approach. The pilots merged once again but this time Anthony pulled hard on the stick and lined up for a missile shot high off boresight.
"FOX 2" He shouted
"WHOA!", Juan immediately heard the lock on warning sound and tried to perform an evasive maneuver, but...it was too late
"Splash one!" Anthony said
"Damn, beat me to it!", he said while finishing his maneuver. "Round 2. Like before, 15-mile distance; but this time, only guns...let's try like the old WWII warriors did...", he explained.
"roger that!"
Anthony and Juan reached the 15 mile distance and then continued to meet each other head on.
They both passed just a few feet from each other, nearly crashing head on! "Try taking me down!", Juan said while turning.
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"The gloves come off my friend..."
Anthony said as he pulled the stick to his gut, a massive 14G pull. Stressing his Tomcat to its absolute max the on board computer telling him that he's going over G.
"Shut up!" annoyed by the sound of the nagging betty
"The gloves come off my friend..."
Anthony said as he pulled the stick to his gut, a massive 14G pull. Stressing his Tomcat to its absolute max the on board computer telling him that he's going over G.
"Shut up!" annoyed by the sound of the nagging betty
"Yep...but the grip's still good even without them!", Juan performed a Pugachev's Cobra that made his R-14E 'flap' its wings...almost like a real bird! He managed to stay behind Anthony and was about to call a score when he heard a loud cracking sound. "What the hell?!"
Anthony performed a rolling scissors maneuver to try and get behind Juan "guns guns guns!" Anthony said.
"You got me, buddy...but I may be in trouble here. Heard a loud cracking sound, can you check out the airframe?", Juan asked his friend.
"Roger that"
"How many G's did you pull Stutz?" Anthony asked
"Let me see...16. Shit.", he sighed. "Dashboard's orange, the sweep system is damaged too."
Due to the damage Juan sustained the two pilots ended up returning back to base.
Anthony and Juan landed back at Courtlyn International and exited their planes.
"you did a damn fine job out there Juan despite the damage the plane took...it's no wonder Ratliff has you as their lead test pilot." Anthony said holding out his hand
"You too, my friend. Not everyone can pull 15 G's and remain conscious! Too bad I guess I'm gonna hear a lot from Elson, though...", he chuckled.
"Well I did pull 14..and Elson may get angry but that is your plane...now I am probably going to take some heat because this is not my bird, I gotta return it to the Kesalian Navy" Anthony replied
"It's not my plane either!", he laughed. "It was loaned by the WAF as a spare plane during our last battle. Nathan said they're working on something new and will take a while to bring my new bird
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15:00 Hours (3:00PM)
Anthony,Kim,Izumi and Juan were sitting in the rec room playing a game together when an angry voice shattered the tranquility.
"Martinez!! Do you think you can dick around and damage one of my planes?!" It was the CAG from the HMKS Exxelsior.
"With all due respect, sir...the damaged plane was my doing; besides, it's not from the Kesalian Air Force.", Juan intervened.
"Boy...consider yourself lucky...and Martinez my mechanics inspected the Tomcat we loaned you..you pulled 14G's. You better find a new bird for that op to Sensoa or else your ass is staying on the ground."
"Sir relax...it's a Tomcat not an F-35, it's built to take the abuse" Anthony replied
"I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that..." The CAG replied
"You may watch your tone referring to them, CAG. If were not for them, you wouldn't be here now!", Elson showed up and joined the 'chat'. "But Juan, lad, you gotta be more careful...fortunately it was not DBR situation.", Juan added.
"You know what? You've got a good point...but since you're not a Kesalian pilot and your friend here is...I have no choice but to take this bird back. We can't afford to keep on having pilots damage them like this especially for just a simple exercise. Martinez you better find a new bird."
"An exercise that can hone the skills of an aviator and thus save lives is not just a simple exercise...it's a learning experience. If it was not for these exercises you and my Boomslang's would not be alive today...with all due respect think before you speak sir." Anthony replied.
"He's right, you know...", Juan added, in a serious tone
"The one and and only way to reach perfection is through sheer practice!" Juan said
"Well ruin the Air Forces birds Martinez, i'm taking this Tomcat back." The CAG replied as he left the room.
"Crap, looks like i'm grounded.." Anthony said as he sat back down.
"No not really...if what I heard is true Armistead is allocating twenty new build F-22 Increment 4.0's to our Squadron. BUT, If the Sensoan's are cool enough..then again they should be since I used to go surfing there on vacation before the war and if I recall correctly Ruvania annexed them so I would think they'd allow you to use one of their SU-30MKS'...provided that you're cool with flying what is basically a Ruvanian bird with some of their own avionics and I think even Wyvernian avionics as well...perhaps Stutz might know if that's true or not."
"Well, according to an old report I read a few years ago, we supplied their Su-30's with avionics and a few other systems only...as far as I know, no fire control or anything of the sort...engines also remain the Ruvanian units.", Juan explained. "I actually don't know how they managed to put everything to work in harmony, since Ruvanian tech is quite different from ours."
"Juan quick question...so does it mean a Kesalian could fly one? I did hear rumors of a Kesalian pilot heading to Sensoa after his service was done...to fly as a Mercenary or something of the sort as he could not adapt to the civilian life" Anthony added
"Of course! As much as their technology doesn't follow the same patterns as ours, they're not aliens!", Juan chuckled. "Besides, most of the Sensoans nowadays speak the same language as us, so obviously we sent the equipment with the proper language settings."
"Man Stutz...part of me wants a Raptor...but I wouldn't mind getting my hands on an SU-30 to see what they can truly do.." Anthony said
"Well my friend! You have about two weeks to decide as we need some time to hatch out game plan." Juan replied.
"Yo kid...fly with my on my Catalina if you decide to pick the Rufie bird. After all some boys on the ground may need some CAS." James added.
"Noted my friend, i'll let you know soon on what bird I choose."