"There are hardly any of them left in the air, guys. RTB."
/timeskip
"...So basically, the enemy plane that crashed has too few bodies accounted for. Some of our pilots saw chutes. Do you know what that means, pilots?..."
Captain Milakovich is debriefing some pilots on the defensive mission while briefing us on our new one. We need to account for all the people who were aboard the B-52s we brought down. After briefing, some buddies and I get aboard an Mi-25.
"We're heading southeast again, boys! We're going to sweep the coast three times and then move northeast toward the former border," the commanding officer shouts above the din of the rotors as they accelerate. "We have a report from a drone that there's an SAR team coming in from the sea. We're in no hurry this time, but if we find it we WILL engage. This might be a bumpy ride. Are you ready for this?"
"Yes sir," everybody aboard cries.
"Are we happy, soldiers?"
"Yes sir!"
The takeoff is fast and the chopper is moving southbound at an unusually fast pace.
"No hurry my ass," yells a pal of mine.
"Don't worry, we won't find anything anyway!" I reply. This is going to be fast.