Scott let out a brief sigh of relief as he heard the other three pilots check in one by one. That would certainly make the prospect of hindering, if not outright halting, the amphibious force and their cover less daunting and far more achievable.
"Roger, all callsigns," he replied to the other three pilots. "Glad to have you in the air. Stalin, good job on downing those two helos - two less for us to worry about. We'll sort out your positions in the squadron once things are ah, a little less 'exciting'. In the meantime, let's proceed as follows: Charnel, buddy up with Stalin. Both of you take care of the helos, and any fast-movers that show up. Kat; hit them from North to South. I'll position to hit them from West to East just after. Your run should shake them up enough for me to avoid taking too many hits, and to get a good BDA on your first pass. Then we'll reposition for a run in tandem depending on the results. Glad you're all here, pilots - I think this is going to be a pretty busy morning".

Scott's mention of fast-movers was on the money; moments later the radio channel came to life as the radar showed two new inbounds at a higher altitude. 
"Black Knights, this is control - be advised, we show two hostiles moving in to your area. Looks to be two [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-35]MiG-35's[/url]. Stay alert, over"
"Roger," replied Scott with a grimace. The MiG-35 was no easy opponent at the best of times, in the best of aircraft. He was confident that his new allies could at least keep them off of their backs, if not swat them out of the skies. 
Angling his aircraft toward the approaching fleet, he got a better look at them at long range, and St Helen called out the radars' identification of the craft as she followed their movements. 
"Four helicopters remaining; looks to be two [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-50]Ka-52's[/url]... could be dangerous, they're super-manoeuvrable and can carry air-to-air missiles. Seems like we've got two troop-carriers as well, look like [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_AS565_Panther]Panthers[/url], they might be armed too. Swimmers look like [url=http://www.griffonhoverwork.com/products-services/hovercraft-range/bht-well-deck-configuration.aspx]BHT's [/url]in military config. Watch out for triple-A or shoulder-launched SAM's. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_Amphibious_Vehicle]APC's look like AAV's[/url], more small-arms to worry about from them".
"Great ID of the targets," he replied to his co-pilot, raising an eyebrow under his visor as he rolled the Super Tomcat out into his approach. 
"Kat, ready for your run. We'll commence our attack as soon as you pull out of your own. Watch for triple-A and SAMs, over".

High above, the two MiG's broke into a descending bank, circling lower toward the battle, hunting for the Black Knights' aircraft. Sighting Stalin and Charls' planes, they dived in toward them from on high, staggered in their formation and separation to pounce on the waiting jets and their pilots.