Aces

Chapter 3: Engage

Although these damn missiles weren't real they sure out the heat on you I was swerving my plane left and right hiring left and right rudder and pulling my joystick into high G's I never though I could withstand.

I could feel sweat start to form on my forehead I had to lose this missile there's no way I was gonna get shot down in a training exercise, just then I had an idea.

I pulled my Raptor into a high G turn that almost made me black out just then I cut all power and stalled my aircraft and as I predicted the missile flew right passed me detonating only a couple hundred feet in front of me.

I was safe until I heard another missile lock, "ah shit another one?"

Just then I hear red 2 yelling "splash one bogey he's out of this fight"

"Red two this is red leader confirm your hit on that bogey?"

"Affirmative red leader that is a confirmed hit"

"Roger that form up on me, max power we're going hunting."

"Solid copy red leader let's get em!"

"I hit the throttle and hit max power I felt my F-22's Pratt and Whitney engines ignite maxing out 35,000 pounds of thrust they were at full after burner I felt my plane shake as I gained speed my indicator read 750 mph and now my plane shuddered and I heard a loud roar it was a sonic boom I had passed the sound barrier and was now going faster than the speed of sound, red 2 was right beside me, he was a reliable wing man.

"Red 2 how you holding up everything on your plane looking good?"

"Fine as wine red leader no problems on my end."

"Copy that red 2 report if you have any problems I need you at your best."

"Copy red leader will report if anything goes wrong."

"Red leader this is red 2 permission to speak freely."

"Permission granted go ahead red 2."

"I don't wanna lose this simulation billy I've got a lot of people counting on me to win this my whole family has consisted of fighter pilots from my father to his father and so on and so on dating all the way back to the Great War."

"Don't worry tom we've got this just stick to my wing follow my orders and don't do anything stupid you hear."

"Yes sir"

After the talk with tom I started to think about who I had counting on me just then my planes radar picked something up.

"Sir we have two bogeys coming in behind us."

"Behind us how the hell did they get behind us?"

*missile warning*

*missile warning*

*missile lock*

"Oh crap they have me locked on!"

"Same here red leader I'm breaking off!"

"Red 2 it's time to lose these two behind us and turn the tide I'll do a split S you do an Immelmann turn ready?"

"I'm ready red leader."

"Alright let's do it"

I pushed down the stick on my plane and dived towards earth going inverted as I turned the split S was a dogfight you dive with your plane going inverted making a loop and heading the opposite direction it was meant to be used to disengage from combat not to evade incoming missiles but I knew how to use it to my advantage.

"It worked!" I out turned the missile. But just when I thought I was safe I saw white trails of smoke around me they were blanks being shot out of the enemy plane they left smoke trails as passed by me what was I supposed to do now?