Governors House, New Haven, New Haven District Yesterday 900
Those assembled were the top men and women for the job. Govrnor Wisco had handed them the orders in manilla files. Upon reading them, they each incinerated their files in the paper destroyer at their feet. Wing Commander Scott was a veteran of the 4th Airwing, before being brought to the New Haven district to serve as head of Air defence. She was the focus of this mission, she was to direct a strike upon Whitshorian Interensts on the Isthmus. Nodding to Governor Wisco "Well, I think our people are well up for it" she said as she thought of all the revelant people she'd need to brief in person, without using any radios or telephones, no doubt the Whiteshorians were trying to listen in. Still with the times it was a great undertaking
Santiago Airbase 0330
The 16 Skylords at the airbase were loaded with 10 500lb guided Bombs and two 1200lb laser guided "Cookie" HE Bunker buster cradled under the wings and belly of each jet. heading off NWW, they clung to the terrain, using the gently rolling hills as cover.
Behind them, a rear guard of 4 I4 fighters followed to protect from any forbidden SAM systems that the Whiteshorians had
Chitre 0330
At the Chitre Airbase, 12 I4 Fighters and 6 Skylords were taxiing on the tarmac to the single runway, under their wings were 2 SR4 ASM and 4 500lb Smart bombs. One by one they throttled up their engines and ascended to only 50ft above the sea, heading for New Moscow
La Enea 0300
The military airstrip there hosted four I4 fighters today, under the cover of darkness, with 12 100lb bombs and two 5oolb guided bombs. Taking off was easy enough, they just hung low, barely 100ft above the sea, at Mach 0.9, it didn't matter if the Whiteshorians detected this flight, their aircraft were too slow in low flight.
Penonome 0340
"All units are to be aware a drill is being conducted in our airspace, please standdown all immediate airdefense measures, Air defense positions 1,2,4 and 9 are to remain of secondary alert, identify before firing" the radio alert was issued as soon as the aircraft entered the edge of the Restrictred Air Area.
New Haven 0350
The two fighters had been in the air 20 minutes, waiting to see if any active radar was detectable, senseing none, the 16 Skylords took off, some 48,000ft below.
Penonome 0410
When the sudden screech of the jet's rattled overhead, despite being warning just 20 minutes ago, it was enough to startle the men and women of the 1st Eastern Regiment. Still as the hour approached, they fueled up their tanks, trucks, jeeps, stocked up rations and made final preparations. They could be up to the old Canal by the time the sun rose on this auspicious day, if all went really well. Which knowing any sort of action, was really unlikely
-10m, 60km South of New Moscow 0420
TNS Saber sat at a depth that would avoid it being stuck by a local fishing boat, not that the sonar would expect it first, hopefully. Captain Patterson looked at the clock on the bulkhead. It was now or never. The GPS locations had been loaded upon the SR4 missiles in the nose of the submarine. "Launch tubes 1,2,3 and 4" he announced in a voice a little over a conversational tone. Someone echoed back to him "Tubes 1,2,3 & 4". Pressing the button, they launched out of the torpedo tubes, leaving a short trail of bubble before bursting to the surface,only to skim it as the guidance components seek out their targets at 200m
Coveton
President Sofia Saddler smiled, the jewel in her crown was New Haven and the bounty it brought, the $280 Billion NSD payment had gone to repaying national debt, giving citizens a nice grant and helping pave the way for a better Tarkan. Today it could help cement Tarkans relations in the GSO, if Arhel and the Albion Islands rung true on their words, it would help the effort, as the one thing she knew that was affecting the effort was the lack of personnel, all but 250 people were deployed to New Haven, not to mention 790 reservists that remained on the rock at the bottom of the World