Jimmy was a colonel and fighter pilot attached to the Air Brigade at one of Eagle Country's coastal bases. His main assignment was to fly an F-35 fighter on patrol and defense duties along the West Coast.
He had served in the Air Brigade for a long time and had logged over a thousand hours of safe combat flying. Although he could not compare with George, the unit's ace pilot, he certainly qualified as an elite pilot.
During his years of service, Jimmy had seen countless unusual terrains, overcome all kinds of severe weather, and carried out countless combat flight missions. He knew the entire West Coast airspace like the back of his hand.
But on this particular day, the elite pilot Jimmy was utterly bewildered.
Today had originally been a sunny, breezy day off, but when a level-one alert sounded at the base, Jimmy said goodbye to his lovely vacation and hurried aboard his aircraft to stand by, along with several colleagues whose faces were full of complaints.
Then Jimmy received an interception mission secretly issued by the Pentagon's general command.
Not only was its level of secrecy higher than anything Jimmy had encountered during his service, but the contents of the mission were also unheard of.
"Intercept an unidentified manned aircraft suspected to have been manufactured by China in West Coast airspace?"
"WTF?"
"Are they sure this mission wasn't typed up wrong?"
"Since when could foreign manned aircraft charge into Eagle Country's airspace this brazenly?" As a fighter pilot defending his homeland's security, Jimmy first looked utterly baffled when he read the mission details, then began to grow excited.
As the only superpower on Blue Star, Eagle Country's air force was unquestionably number one in combat strength.
Even Eagle Country pilots like Jimmy, who had reigned supreme for