May 7th, 2016
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An air raid siren sounds over Angelus, Kesalia. The Ruvanian military has done the unthinkable. A surprise offensive was launched on the morning of May 7th 2016 their targets the parliament, Athijan naval base and Aquila AFB. As the air raid Siren roared Anthony "Voodoo" Cleroux scrambled to his Hornet and took off as fast as he could to intercept the massive flight of TU-95 Bomber's and their SU-27 escort fighters.
"Darkstar this is Voodoo, i've managed to get airborne are there any other RKAF (Royal Kesalian Air Force) fighters in the vicinity?" Anthony said over his headset
a voice crackled over the radio "Voodoo you've got two F-16's vectored towards your position to assist. Hold out until then and take out as many of those bastards as you can"
"Roger that Darkstar."
Anthony locked up six of the Bomber's and launched his six AIM-120's he had onboard. He managed to hit four of the other bombers while the other two missiles missed their mark. Anthony then threw his plane into full afterburner and merged to engage the bomber flight up close. He fired his two sidewinders at one bomber and downed it and then as he went to focus on the next one he was jumped by two Ruvanian SU-27's. Anthony went on the defensive to shake the two flankers as he thought all was lost help finally arrived as the two F-16's made it to his location and splashed the two Flanker's before they took him down.
Anthony said happily "WHOO looks like i owe you both a cold one! Thanks for the assist"
"That you do! Good job on taking out some of those pesky bears...we'll get the rest." The F-16 pilot chuckled.
soon AWACS crackled on the radio with a disappointing update "Darkstar to all planes. General Celuchu has ordered a retreat to the south, link up at Paradiso International Airport for further instructions and an address from the King Armistead himself."
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Several hours after the attack Anthony along with the remaining aircraft landed at Paradiso International. After the pilots relieved themselves and grabbed a nice cup of coffee they sat down in the airport lobby to hear the kings speech. Soon the king himself entered the lobby and stood behind the makeshift podium in full uniform from his military days. The pilots and soldiers then stood up and saluted their leader.
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"Settle down everyone...before i begin I would love to thank each and every one of you for going above and beyond the call of duty for your country. Today on May the 7th 2016 the Ruvanian air force launched an attack on our country's soil. Today is indeed a sad day for me and all the people of Kesalia, When those planes loomed over our beautiful capital and when those bombs fell i wondered with a heavy heart how something so tragic could happen. Just like the civil war waged over four hundred years ago which separated our beautiful continent Pangaea and created the two nations and thus the world as we see it today....BUT we will persevere. We will not let the communist power of Ruvania defeat our nation and we will persevere and we will NEVER let our enemy defeat us...we will fight tooth and nail for the people of our nation and hopefully ONE day we will reunite our once harmonious continent that was once separated by a bloody civil war."
The king concluded his speech and all the military personnel in attendance rose from their chairs and cheered with pride. After the speech the pilots headed to the ready room to receive an update on the capital.
"Alright flyboys listen up!" barked General Celuchu "The Ruvanian air force in their daring raid managed to take control of our nations capital and occupy a fair amount of the surrounding region, in the attack we lost three squadrons worth of fighters and nearly two thousand personnel on the ground and about five naval vessels in Athijan. Our prime minister being the great person that he is decided to cut our defense funding at such a horrible time then again these attacks are called surprise attacks for a reason. Our King has overridden the PM's bills and our factories located in the southern most region or safe zone are in the process of producing new aircraft to supply the surviving front line squadrons,Neighboring nations Prosperia and Wyvernia will also be committing to the fight. As of now all may look lost but we will succeed. Rest up and await further orders DISMISSED!"