"stuff."
I drop even more chaff and try to get out of this starfish's radar circle. Afterwards I lock on again and fire another heatseeker at the last Gripen from the last wave, then close with one of the incoming Gripens and spray it with flak.
Your chaff proves to be too little, too late, and you are hit by the missile. The heatseeker finishes off the enemy, and your flak cannon does some considerable damage to the incoming plane, but your gun is now on the verge of an overheat.
"That wasn't you, it was that loving Gripen, that bastard better rot.
You, having made no attempt to counter or evade the RGM fired two rounds ago, are also hit. Your wing, weakened by Steele's botched flak cannon, is torn off completely and you begin spiraling out of control. The Mercanan plane meets a similar fate.
The RGM lock process begins anew. Steele and Kibble are placed in the Rafales' sights.

Remaining enemy craft:
2x Saab Gripen (close range)
2x Rafale (long range)
1x Huit AWACS (long range)