Alexander throttled up to chase after the TU-95 but as he closed in another plane had shot it down as its engines spurted out black smoke and flames.
Late to the party again.. Man I need to speed things up! However, something doesn't feel right... the bombers my squad engaged were almost flying alone without any major support. Why would they fly alone? Did they really think their fighters would be enough to--He was caught mid thought when he heard AWACS over the comm system ring in news.
<< Peace Sparrow, this is Rim-Light. High-altitude bandit has been confirmed as an XB-70 supersonic strategic bomber. Some of our men checked the bombers that were shot down, it seems that they were just unarmed drones, probably as a distraction so the XB-70 can get into our airspace.>>
"Well shoot, I figured something was up with--" he was caught mid sentence this time.
<< Based on the bearing and altitude of the bomber, we have been able to confirm that it is most likely armed with a nuclear weapon. None of your planes or allies in our airspace are capable of intercepting the bomber. You are all required to evacuate the airspace immediately! It seems the Yukes and Stovies are doing the same, so don't pay any mind to them and leave as quickly as possible!>>
Minutes passed quickly as thoughts of losing his squad mate Elizabeth flooded his mind and quite frankly they horrified him. He couldn't stand to lose another close friend, though they may not have grown up together as he did with Jacob their previous experiences in the war brought them both to a close friendship he couldn't imagine losing. He knew there was nothing he could do to stop it as it would be almost instantaneous. He turned to look at his radar indicator to see Elizabeth's aircraft flying away from the city.
I really hope we make it out of this one... Alexander throttled up and applied his afterburner. As Alexander turned on the afterburner he felt the sudden kick of the G-forces increasing; pushed into his seat he held onto the joystick and the Draken pushed to its max speed almost instantly.
He sped up and started to close back into his squads formation taking notice of a damaged A7 in the back of the scattered formation.
All of a sudden another group of fighters flew in and to his dismay they were friendlies. A squad of F-15S/MTDs, SU-35s and a pair of MiD-31s rocketed past his plane and back into the fray. The group flew in as a cleanup squad shooting down the remaining sparse enemy flankers from the previously ensued battle.
What in the world are they doing!? Didn't they hear that there was an inbound nuclear bomb? he worried that they we going to be incinerated by the explosion that was about to follow. Merely a few seconds later he heard a very muffled explosion, faint and far away but it was there. He closed his eyes and prayed it wasn't the nuclear payload.
All was quiet and calm as their formation was still flying straight and true. There was no explosion nor bright blinding light that generally follows a nuclear blast.
He turned off the afterburner as to not waste fuel and he looked over his gauges, everything was fine. They had made it and the battle had been won... For now.