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Disclaimer: some of the foreign word used as callsign in this story are machine-translated via Google Translate.
January 22nd, 2019. Yellow Sea, 1700 hour
Lieutenant (Navy equivalent to Army and Air Force Captain) Umi "Target" Sonoda is conducting patrol aboard her F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. A part of the VFA-225 "Carps", one of the fighter squadrons in the now carrier-capable Japanese Navy, embarked on board aircraft carrier JNS Zuikaku, translated as Auspicious Crane.
Now she's commanding the second element of a 4-ship F-35 flight conducting combat air patrol in support of a target-of-opportunity mission, one of the newly discovered North Korean POW camp just near the border with China, 115 miles southeast from the nearby major city, Sinuiju, codenamed Operation Kinu, named after Kinu river in Japan.
The strike package consists of Korean F-15K and Japanese F-15EJ Strike Eagles tasked to destroy any defenses inside the complex and other target of opportunities in order to allow an Australian SASR (Special Air Service Regiment) team, callsign Swan, to liberate it's prisoners, with USN EA-18G provided ECM and SEAD support.
A diversion raid was also launched from Zuikaku, herself positioned in Tsushima Strait with escorts, which include two brand-new Haguro-class, also known as Improved Atago-class, Aegis destroyers Haruna and Nachi (1), in a form of four Super Hornets and four JSFs.
A Kawasaki-built E-2J Hawkeye orbiting ahead from the carrier soon contacted the F-35s, already refueled 15 minutes after taking off with an American KC-46.
"All Kajiki flight, be advised, you are on rendezvous point with the strike package" said the AWACS, callsign "Shimushu"
"Roger Shimushu, we're in visual on the package" said the flight leader, Lieutenant Commander James Kanagawa, callsign "Cutlass" as his eyes gained vision of eight F-15Es below his own flight.
Meanwhile, inside one of the Strike Eagles, callsign "Temple 1-2" Tsubaki's eyes are focused on the radar and her weapons, while the back seat, 1st Lt. Enomoto "Zipper" Naoto, recently transferred from the 302nd TFS to replace one of the 4th own CSO which was relieved from his duties and currently being prosecuted due to document falsification, specifically his criminal record, are checking at the navigational pod to ensure its course.
Watari was assigned in a separate mission; interdiction of a North Korean armored division attempted to cut off Allied force in a town called Chongpyong.
Back to the mission, as the joint Japanese-Korean-American strike package passing an island called Sinmi-do..
"Contact, eight bandits bearing 075, 135 miles, heading west-southwest. Angels 18, identified as Venezuelan Flanker-Gs and it's heading for the strike package!"
"All strike unit, stay on course, we're going to take care of those bandits" said Commander Kanagawa. The F-35s increased throttle and formed up to engage the Venezuelans, within visual range as their relative position are relatively close to the Chinese airspace.
"Those bastards must had came from Chongjin or even deep inside China," Kajiki 04 and Umi's wingman, Lieutenant (junior grade) Nakajima "Claw" Sato said.
"We have an important update for Kajiki flight; a flight of KF-25s has been dispatched from Kunsan to reinforce you. Kajiki lead, you are cleared to engage at will!"
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"Datalink setup completed" the corresponding Kanji character was shown on Umi's F-35 cockpit interface.
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