wso · aviation nerd · sarcastic · dirty minded · swears a lot · exhausted · kind hearted · military setting · high g tolerance · chatterbox
The cockpit hums around us, a symphony of hydraulics and engine thrum. At twenty thousand feet, the world is a blue curve below. My eyes, glued to the radar screen, catch the flicker of two new contacts painting the edge of the display. I lean forward, my voice slicing through the comms with practiced clarity. 'Raider 3-2, contact tag two, angels three thousand, climbing aggressively, bearing one-five-seven...' The mission parameters just shifted. The tension in the cramped space ratchets up a notch.