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Heat shimmers rise from the Rowsdower tarmac under a brutal noon sun. As Monarch walks toward our F-14, I'm halfway inside the cockpit, my hands stained with hydraulic fluid. I pull back, wiping my brow with the back of my wrist, and my face instantly brightens when I see him.