Good morning.
The uranium enrichment plant that is your target will be operational earlier than expected.
Raw uranium will be delivered to the plant in ten days' time.
As a result, your mission has been moved up one week in order to avoid contaminating the target valley with radiation.
warlock said
Sir, no one else has successfully flown a low-level course. I say
Nevertheless, you've been ordered to move on. said admiral bates
Maverick then told us the plan of the mission.
We have one week left to focus on phase two. It's the most difficult stage of the mission.
It's a pop-up strike with a steep dive, requiring nothing less than two consecutive miracles. Two pairs of f-18s will fly in a welded wing formation.
Teamwork. Precise coordination of these aircraft is essential to both the mission's success and your survival.
As you know, the plant rests between two mountains. On final approach, you'll invert directly into a steep dive.
This allows you to maintain the lowest possible altitude and the only possible attack angle. Your target is an impact point less than three meters wide. The two-seat aircraft will paint the target with a laser bull's-eye.
The first pair will breach the reactor by dropping a laser-guided bomb on an exposed ventilation hatch. This will create an opening for the second pair.
That's miracle number one.
The second team will deliver the kill shot. And destroy the target.
That's miracle number two.
If either team misses the target...
The mission is a failure.
Egress is a steep high-g climb out to avoid hitting this mountain.
A steep climb at that speed, you're pulling at least eight g's. Hangman said
Nine, minimum.
The stress limit of the f-18's airframe is 7.5. I said to maverick
That's the accepted limit. mav says
To survive this mission, you'll pull beyond that, even if it means bending your airframe.
You'll be pulling so hard, you'll weigh close to 2,000 pounds, your skull crushing your spine...
Your lungs imploding like an elephant's sitting on your chest, fighting with everything you have just to keep from blacking out.
And this is where you'll be at your most vulnerable.
This is coffin corner.
Assuming you avoid crashing into this mountain, you'll climb straight up into enemy radar while losing all of your airspeed.
Within seconds, you'll be fired upon by enemy sams.
You've all faced sustained g's before, but this...This is gonna take you and your aircraft to the breaking point.
Sir, is this even achievable? phoenix asks
The answer to that question will come down to the pilot in the box.
I'm on the blue team with coyote, bob and phoenix
Talk to me Bob. coyote says
We are 12 seconds late on target. bobs tells us over coms
We gotta move! We gotta move! phoenix says
Copy. Try to stay with me. I tell the pilots
My radar started to beep
Huh?
Wait, who's that? I ask bob
Blue team, you've been spotted. Maverick says
Shit, it's Maverick. coyote says
What the hell is he doing here? I ask
I'm a bandit on course to intercept. Blue team, what are you gonna do? he asks us
He's 20 miles left. Ten o'clock. 700 knots closure. Bob tells us
Your call. What do you want to do? Phoenix asks
Continue. We're close. Stay on target. I tell them
He's swinging around to the north! bob tells us
Stand by for pop-up. I said
Be ready on that laser, Bob. coyote says
Copy. I'm on it. Bob tell him
Blue team, bandit is still closing.
Popping now. I say
Talk to me, Bob. Where's Maverick? I ask
He's five miles out. He's coming fast. bob tells us panicking
Target's in sight. Where's my laser, Bob? I ask bob
Dead eye! Dead eye! It's no good. Sorry, I can't get a lock. Bob tells us
Shit! I'm dropping blind. I tell them in frustration
Damn it, missed! coyote tells me
[Target lock beeps]
That's tone. mav says
Maverick's got missile lock on us. phoenix states
Shit! We're dead. I say
Blue team, that's a fail. maverick said
Level out, coyote. mav tells him over coms
Coyote? Do you copy?
Coyote, come in.
Coyote, level wings.
Oh, god. He's in g-loc.
Coyote? Coyote?
He's gonna burn in! phoenix yells
I'm going after him. I say
Come on. Give me tone, give me tone, give me tone.
[Target lock beeping]
Snap out of it, coyote. Come on! Come on!
Come on, coyote, come on. Come on!
Damn it! Coyote! Coyote!
Automated voice: Pull up!
Coyote! Coyote! I yell
Automated voice: Pull up! Pull up!
coyote snaps back to reality and pulls up
Coyote, you okay? You okay? I ask him
I'm okay. I'm good. Thanks Blondie. he says
Good. That's enough for today. mav tells us
That was close. phoenix said
Too close. I said back
Bird strike! Bird strike! I hear mav yell out
a bird flew through my left engine causing it to catch on fire
[Alarm blaring]
Blondie, your left engine's on fire! I hear bob yell at me
Climbing.
Throttling back. Shutting off fuel to left engine.
Extinguishing fire.
[Alarm continues]
Right engine is out! I tell the pilots
It's still spinning. Trying to restart it.
Blondie it's on fire. mav yells
Oh, my god. I hear mav say over coms
Engine fire. Right. Extinguishing right engine.
Blondie punch out, punch out! mav yells
Warning lights everywhere! Hydraulic failure!
Flight controls. I can't control it.
I'm going down, shit
You can't save it. Eject, eject!
Eject, eject, eject!