Aces

Plan of attack

We were told to rendezvous at a nearby Air Force base located in Michigan. Everyone was talking about the Russian attack on the U.S. most of us still couldn't believe it, some of the guys who had family on the west coast were worried and scared wondering if their loved ones were ok back home.

Some wanted to go back, all of us were afraid of going into battle this would be the first time we would officially see action and many weren't ready I knew I wasn't ready, this was so unexpected but it had to be done, our homes were being invaded and we weren't about to let those damn Russians take that away from us.

The commander was about to speak as he approached us everyone got quite.

"Pilots at ease as you all already know the Russians have launched a massive aerial attack on the western coast of the United States, it is our job as fighter pilots to counter this threat. Any of those who wish to leave may do so... At the risk of getting shot for being cowards and traitors, this is our homeland this is our country, our friends and family are counting on us. remember what you signed up for, to protect the citizens of this nation! And that's exactly what you're going to do in this upcoming battle, so look sharp and remember everything you've learned. I know some of you have not completely finished your training so stick to your flight lead and don't do anything stupid to get yourselves killed. Your planes will be rearmed and refueled in a short while until then there will be a briefing explaining what you'll be dealing with I wish you all the best and Godspeed pilots it's an honor to fight alongside you."

"YES SIR!" The whole room of fighter pilots said in sync.

"Billy hey billy!"

"Hey man what's up where have you been?"

"I've been looking for you, and it's a lot to take in isn't it the Russians attacking us holy shit I still can't believe it."

"Yeah I know and now it's up to us to stop them, I guess they beat us to the invasion."

"Hell yeah I heard they're bringing in all their aces from around the world. Battle hardened fighter pilots who aren't going to think twice about shooting us down."

"That's true but we can't give up, they were going to send us across the pond anyway to fight the damn Chinese and Koreans at least they're not the ones invading."

"They don't need to invade billy the Russians already opened a hole in our defenses if the Koreans and Chinese wanted to they could come straight through and then we would really be screwed. You think they'll call back the aces fighting in Europe?"

"Maybe but it'll be a while before they'll be able to get here and get settled in about the situation. Right now we're the quick reaction force, if anything they're planning on making us target practice to keep the Russians distracted until the aces get here."

"Goddamn it, it's going to be a turkey shoot for the Russians most of our pilots aren't even out of combat training yet."

"That's true but they know how to fly the plane and shoot their weapons, so we'll need everything we've got. Damn it I'm going to shoot all those Russians down just watch."

I was getting angry and aggravated who the hell did those fucken Russians think they were. I thought they were a neutral country!!! I punched the wall in front of me and felt blood trickle down my hand.

"Hey billy take it easy we'll get our chance to take them out, now let's go the briefing's going to start soon.

"Yeah right."

We made our way to the briefing room all the rooms and hallways were crowded with pilots and ground crew and once we got there we saw the operations planners setting up equipment so that they could show us all the information on what exactly we were going to be dealing with. Soon the briefing started and the holograms were being projected on a screen in front of us.