The end of Jeff’ s right wing had been sheared off, Jeff was shocked at this, He was 30,000 feet on one wing. Jeff checked again and saw brownish,
Orange jet fuel leaking on the wing. In an quick movement jeff dumped all the fuel in the right tank and switched it over to his left and his left reserve tank. With the plan still slightly dipping to the right when Jeff send his first S. O. S,“ This is falcon 2-5 to Redson, Over”“ This is Redson go ahead Falcon 2-5 send your traffic”“ I need some fighters to escort me back to base, Copy?”“ Reason? Falcon 2-5”“ I’ ve been damaged and separated from squadron”“ Copy, Escort heading to Alpha 2” Suddenly the plane shuddered and began a dive that jeff couldn’ t recover immediately from, Then in an instant all around him Flak shells exploded and dotted the sky in icky black smoke. The Missile alert tone filled jeff’ s headset once again as he scanned the sky quickly to find the missile, After seeing a white speak with a black smoke trail coming on his right, Jeff pulled his flares and turn sharply to the left and pushed his throttle to max and prayed. The missile zoomed past him and once again Jeff’ s plane was missed. The Raptor was now almost on the ground, Jeff could now make out the sand dunes he was shooting past. After slowing down a bit jeff now knew he would not make it to the U. S. S Redson as he couldn’ t climb to meet his escorts. In a split second Jeff’ s right wing engulfed in flames, Then the engine shut off, Then the plane spun. Trying fruitlessly, jeff gave up trying to save the plane and grasped his hand around the ejector seat handle and pulled it.- ]
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