Name: Bernard Rounds
Rank: WO1 (Warrant Officer)
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Combat Role: AH-6 Little Bird pilot
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 142
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
The monotonous whirring of the helicopter rotor seemed distant as I strained to listen for any activity on the radio channel connecting us to the convoy below. So far, we've yet to hear anything apart from the norm.
We were orbiting the convoy about two hundred feet high when I suddenly see one of the humvees explode. The channel comes alive with shouts and orders, and I begin tracing the smoke trail from the projectile to a group of jeeps some distance away.
"Command, this is Gunfighter 1-1, I understand one of your vehicles has been hit?"
Whatever response I got over the radio was suddenly lost as the copilot shouted into my ear.
"Machine gun fire coming from the left, break right!"
I spot the stream of gunfire and banked right to evade, applying a touch of rudder input in the opposite direction to keep an eye on the enemy gunner. As the burst ended I righted the helo and pitched forward in preparation to counter.
"Gunfighter 1-1, returning fire, engaging enemy UAZ!"
As the enemy gunner followed up with another burst, I started banking again, this time pitched towards the enemy. Making sure to apply negative lead, I open fire with the miniguns mounted on the sides of the helicopter. The vehicle explodes and goes up in smoke. "Good hit," my copilot confirms. I check the status of the other AH-6 pilots to find that they are preoccupied with eliminating other threats. I give a directive to the rest of the flight and shift my attention to ground command.
"Command, this is Gunfighter 1-1, available for tasking."
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