July 20th 2017
0900 Hours (9:00AM) Mutsuki AFB, Sensoa
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James landed in Sensoa at Mutsuki AFB along with Anthony,Kim,Izumi and Juan. When they landed they were greeted by the base commander Takahashi
"Greetings I am commander Takahashi, commander of this wonderful base. It is quite an honor to have you Boomslang's here with us. Seeing how you all arrived without your own planes I will be more than happy to lend you some of my squadrons SU-30's....but before that please let me introduce you to our instructors and lead pilots Leon Fletcher and Dmitri Roskoff."
"Wyvernian Air Force's Flight Lieutenant, Juan Stutz. Gentlemen...", Juan shook hands with them, and noticed that Dmitri seemed a bit reserved.
"Captain Anthony Martinez of the Kesalian Air Force, pleased to meet you all. This is my other wingmate Kimberly Meitzen." Anthony replied
"Glad to meet you." Kim added.
"Likewise likewise! Your lady pilots might just get along with our new merc in town...a nice Esknarian gal eh Dmitri?" Leon replied with a wink.
"Shut up, Leon.", he said with a mumble. "We're here to do our work, and nothing else."
"Me and my buddy Dmitri here gotta have a chat, how about you Boomslang's go on and get settled in and meet us on the flight line in a couple of hours?"
"Yessir, see you soon!" Anthony and the crew replied.
As the Boomslang's walked off Leon put his hand on Dmitri's shoulder and looked at him.
"What's wrong Dmitri? I mean come on man...these guys are here to help us."
"WePAC...that says a lot. Nothing against them, but I'm not comfortable with them around."
"*sigh* Dmitri...Ruvania was the aggressor while The WePAC nations were on the defensive...I mean come on brother. You have to talk to them anyway as we are supposed to teach them how to fly these Flanker's."
"I know that! I'm not a coward, neither a faker. I'm being paid for this, so that's what I'm gonna do. But they better hope not expect anything else." Dmitri replied
"Dmitri...relax. Those pilots seem like decent people..even the tatted up one seems like a nice lady."
"With all due respect, Leon...you have your opinions; I got mine.", he then walked away to the hangars.
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1020 Hours (10:30AM)
The Boomslang's arrived at the hangars to meet Dmitri and Leon once again for the training in their temporary birds.
"*clears throat* Alright you all welcome to the first day of your flight training, now I know you can fly so this is just a familiarization course for the SU-30MKS. Now we all know that the Flanker series of jets are some of the best fourth gen jets out there." Leon said to the pilots.
"Roskoff take it from here." Leon added
Dmitri was just standing there, waiting for Leon to finish.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen...the Sukhoi's you will be flying are customized variants of the famous Su-30SM. Sensoa is not very fond of the Ruvanian avionics, so they ordered their Flankers with Western systems. For all intents and purposes, it will be like flying one of your own jets, except the controls are slightly...different. Respect the bird and it will respect you. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT push them too far...or they WILL bite you."
"Ruvanian jets tend not to be as forgiving as its Western counterparts.", Dmitri added. That caused some pilots to look one another with a bit of fear in their eyes.
"Well I did fly the F-14D before...and unlike the Flanker's they had no flyby wire and some were even lost to flat spins due to engine failures and excess yaw...of course the new Engines in the D model rectified that issue...anyway I think a Flanker might be a bit easier to fly than the Tomcat."
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"Unlike you, I never flew F-14's, Mr. Martinez, but I do know how...complicated...the Flankers can be, specially at low speeds. Anyway, enough of chatting. The controls are all in English, so you will not have to worry about translation issues. Prepare for take off."
"Yes sir." Anthony replied.
The Boomslang's grabbed their gear and headed to their planes. They met up with their birds and were shocked by their sheer size and ability to carry such large amounts of ordinance. As they were preparing Leon and Dmitri were having a little briefing of their own.
"Dmitri these Boomslang's shouldn't be too hard to train, haven't you heard the stories about them?" Leon asked.
"Yeah, yeah...tough guys and gals who proved their worth, but still...flying a Ruvanian jet is not for the weak!", he asserted, in a mocking tone.
The pilots all entered their planes and prepared for takeoff, it was time to see what the Boomslang's were made of behind the controls of a Ruvanian made fighter.
"Alright guys, me and Dmitri will take point. We're heading to the test range about a hundred miles out from here, from there you'll be able to test your planes fight characteristics and possibly weapon systems. Mounted on your planes are four R-73's and two R-350's R-73's are Ruvania's equivalent to the AIM-9 while the R-350 competes with the AIM-120 and AIM-140."
"And they're especially aggressive on tight turns. Be warned." Dmitri added
Within an a half an hour the group were at the range
"Alright kids, have at it get to know your birds." Leon said
The Boomslang's dispersed and began testing their aircraft to see how they performed.
"This bird is pretty responsive when you consider her size...sensitive too. The F-22 for example is responsive but its control inputs are much smoother allowing me to better fine tune where the nose goes." Anthony commented
But their check ride was soon cut short when Izumi received a radar warning.. "SHIT! Bogey inbound Boomslang 4 defending!" Izumi shouted. But before Izumi could line up for a shot the pilot made himself known as he flew by inverted and popping flares.
"For Chrissakes, I thought it was a bogey!", Izumi complained.
"My dear, if I was a bogey, all of you would be bogeyed by now!", Markham replied.
"MARKHAM!! What the hell took you so long?!", Dmitri asked, furiously.
"I was...busy."
"How busy?"
"Doing...things."
"What things?"
"Well, you know...things we do when...we gotta do things!
"Ugh...seriously Markham you must be off your meds.." added a female voice with an Esknarian accent
"You're incorrect my dear, I've taken my Rivotril daily dose already...twice.", he replied in serious tone.
"Sorry for Markham's moment...allow me to introduce myself. My name is Atiya Bishara Esknarian...well former Esknarian Air Force."
"And I am Heinrich Markham...former Adlarian Air Force, so pleased to meet you all. We shall introduce ourselves properly when back at base. Later guys!" Markham said as he returned to base with Atiya.
"Yeah...later." Dmitri replied
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1400 Hours (2:00PM)
The Boomslang's along with Leon and Dmitri returned to Mutsuki AFB after their training exercise. They disembarked from their planes and headed to the recreation room to discuss how they performed.
"You guys did well, I mean this is your first time flying Ruvanian made birds and you guys did really good." Leon said
"Eh..the planes are fantastic but it really takes some getting used to when landing and of course the rear visibility not being all that great. Other than that these Flanker's are good but I would personally prefer a WePAC bird." Kim replied. Before the conversation went on Markham and Atiya appeared in the rec room to properly greet the new pilots. At first glance Markham observed both Kim and Izumi.
"So you two ladies must be the female pilots i've been hearing a lot about...may I ask where you hail from m'lady?"
Kim looked at Markham "I'm from Prosperia, me and my friend Izumi..the one who nearly blew you outta the sky are both from there."
"And the society is 70% women correct?" Markham asked
"Yep. Hence why women are encouraged to join the military and also why some units are all female." Kim replied
"Lady, I'm SO moving to there!" he said. Outta nowhere...
"GIMME 5!!", a familiar voice yelled.
"HIGH5!", he high-fived with...
"Elson!", Juan said.
"Cousin Markham!!!"
"Cousin Crickett!", both hugged each other.
"Elson what brings you here buddy?" Markham asked
"I came here with my friend James, we're part of the KBD. On top of that we've been supporting the Boomslang's as well."
"Boys will be boys.." Atiya replied as she opened a can Crystal Fizz.
"I know right?" Izumi said with a chuckle.
Anthony got up and tapped Juan's shoulder "Juan...you mind if we talk privately?" Anthony asked
"Sure, bro.", he said while walking away from the group with Anthony. "What is it?"
"This is a big event that's about to go down next month...That Dmitri guy seems a bit reserved but I have a feeling he might be able to help ups. What do you think?" Anthony asked
"I guess we better just leave him be. I don't want trouble with him." Juan said with a shrug
"*sigh* yeah same here man...and we need him and of course Leon so they can assist us. The Boomslang's are capable but we need all the help we can get."
"I hear you. By the way, since I'll be helping Elson and James in the CAS role with the Leoqoon...could you do me a favor and keep the skies clear for us?", he reached out to Anthony
Anthony shook Juan's hand "I will, with my life."
"But don't get killed, I wanna see you at my wedding with Izumi!", he chuckled.
"Well we were supposed to have a double wedding my brother! You and Izumi along with me and Kim." Anthony replied with a smile.
"Yeah...well man. How about we go back inside with the others?" Juan asked
"Yeah, works for me bro." Anthony replied as he walked back into the room and closed the door behind him