For forgets sake you didn't shoot down the general the first guy was just flying a fifth-generation fighter with an upgraded airframe
Nothing more.
He's referring to:
A stray beam from the General's particle projector streaks past Obrad's roosterpit, causing his instrumentation and HUD to scramble themselves for a few seconds before going back to normal. (This may be an important detail.)
Putting some distance between myself and the bandit, I level off and turn around to face him in a steep dive before locking onto him and firing a missile nearly straight down.
The Sabre attempts to evade, but fails, and is struck with the missile. Though still intact, its' engine troubles worsen, and it begins to fall out of the sky. You see the pilot bail out before it drops below tree height.
Thunder: "Mjolnir Flight, this is Thunder. We've secured the train, and are heading for home. Try to keep them off us, will you?"
Almost as soon as he finishes speaking, the train exits the jungle and comes out into a massive clearing, passing a Huit checkpoint. FAVs and wheeled APCs are dispatched to chase down the train
Enemy forces in the area:
1x SI-32 Sabre
3x FAV
2x LAV