16 Before The Attack (2/2)
Anyway, I started to dogfight them, as usual, in my agile Russian jet fighter aircraft, I pulled a close pass and launched a missile from the bay of my jet fighters. The missile was launched, and I was surprised to see the jet dodge it quite easily.
Suddenly other fighter jets appeared, a red JAS 39C ”Gripen.” Same as the F-15J, the jet looked didn't have any cockpit, and the jet was shining in red. Gee, I almost thought that the JASDF did something weird again, but no. This fighter jet was agile as hell, even me in the Su-57 was having a very hard time fighting them. The table was turned against me, and now I'm the one that was trying to evade the missile which accuracy only god can explain; very fucking accurate.
I did many violent maneuvers that I never thought I could do. My eyes were having Redout multiple times. Banking maneuver, everything, I had tried to do it, but just because I can't get the upper in that dogfight situation. Then another problem came, a blue F/A-18E came from a distance; the same config as before, shining and no cockpits whatsoever.
I did many maneuvers and fired a few of my missile until it ran out. The fuel gauge on my jet also showed an almost empty state. I almost gave up on hope until this one person from the merc business that I very knew about came. Like an angel from heaven, he did a violent maneuver, even more, brutal than me. His jet was not an F-22C nor the same Su-57; it was a joint engineer fighter jet between the US and Russia. The design incorporating the forward-swept wing of the Su-47 and the sleek design of the YF-23, it was the actual state-of-the-art aircraft; the Lockheed Sukhoi X-02A fighter jet. The combination of American technology and Russian maneuverability in an aircraft.
The aircraft was very agile and fast, the rumor said that it can go toe-to-toe with around 30 F-22C and 20 Su-57. It seems impossible right, but trust me, it's the truth. The plane forward-swept wing folded and unfolded during the flights. He shot them down one by one without the same haste as I did. The jet utilizes its superb missile to shot them down, and its machine gun is just like a guided missile, very accurate.
I turned off my afterburner and saw the jet that I supposed to shot was falling down one by one. The jet fighter that was shot down didn't eject their pilot, which raise another question for me. Are they really humans? I turn my attention to the sudden appearance of an unknown fighter jet.
I saw his wing, and he had no insignia on his wings whatsoever. Only a 'UN” underneath his cockpit and a Mobius ribbon on his wings. I never thanked him, and he suddenly flew away, leaving me behind to fly back to Vladivostok.
END OF FLASHBACK
Dima: ”Wow, I never thought anime-like things exist IRL.”
Lance: ”Neither do I. I heard that they were genetically engineered fighter jets that were produced in 2019. But I don't believe that either. The point was I got my money.”
Dima: ”Genetically engineered? They live?”
Lance: ”I don't know. Maybe, though, I heard some girly voice from my headset back then.”
Dima: ”What about that other fighter jet? Did you know it?”
Lance: ”The X-02A ”Wyvern”? That was a fighter jet produced by the US and Russia to counter the massive amount of jet on the rebel hand. Yes, the rebel had fifth-gen fighter jets back then. However, all of them were the basic variant and not the improved one like my Sukhoi, but still better than this jet that we ride now. Piloting that was every pilot wet dream, only the UN that had it back in the day.”
Dima: ”How about the pilot?”
Lance: ”The pilot? I don't know much about him. He was known simply as the ribbon fighter or the grim reaper by the rebel.”
Dima: ”I wish I can try that X-02 fighter jet that you are talking about.”
Lance: ”I wish I could too.”
Though Lance's story was short, the trip came to an end as they saw the runway of the island. They landed their aircraft there and switched to another aircraft, which was an F-15E ”Strike Eagle.”