SimHQ.com - Air Combat Zone - Feature: Kiss Me, Kislovodsk

Well comrades, the region has, how you say, "heated up?" Da, it has within the past week. I have been engaged in three missions, and have engaged enemy fighters, only F-4Es. I have had Sgt. Gennedy (you will realize that is not his last name comrades, his first name is always in my mind, forgive me if it bothers you) paint three aircraft symbols on the right side. I have also painted bomb markings on the left side of the aircraft, with each "bomb" worth five targets. I do not like to put multiple bomb markings, and each bomb marking has a "5" to denote how many targets I have destroyed. I have a total of 37 targets destroyed, so when I make my next five, I can put up another bomb marking. But what was important was my father had came to Sochi-Adler to see me. I was totally unprepared for this!

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I was working on my aircraft when I heard a UAZ pull up. I had assumed it was Major Grachev, but it turned out to be my father. He strode up as I was checking with Sgt. Gennedy the landing gear strut. We had thought it got damaged a day ago on a bridge strike mission. A sharp IRLF gunner fired his missile too early. I managed to evade, but the fragments had hit my aircraft. However, I did not feel any loss of control, so I did not think of it. However, there was a scratch on the wheel cover, so I felt we had to inspect it. Thankfully it did not damage anything, and became another scratch on the aircraft. However, I am sure you have become curious on the aircraft combat symbols. I have only put them on, I do not put bomb markings like the Americans or British do. I destroy too many targets to paint on my aircraft, for the missions have become easy. With fighter presence it has only gotten a little harder. A slight challenge yes, but not too bad. I engaged one over Tkvarcheli, and the others Northeast of there. We are whittling them down one by one. We have not seen the F-14s that the IRLF is sure to maintain in it's inventory, perhaps saving them for home defense. Most Russian pilots, to include me have not faced this aircraft. We are aware of course of it's capabilities, but it is still unknown to us.

For some pilots, that is okay, but I would like to go up against an F-14, to see if I am properly trained. Nor have we seen any more Mirage 2000-5s, for Sacha in her MiG-29 defeated two! That was the mission where I struck the two bridges and HAWK as a "diversion" . I do not think it was a diversion, at least in my mind. But I am drifting. The presence of my father has somewhat made me happy, for I had not seen him since leaving Moscow for here. We were almost finished when Sgt. Gennedy looked up, and nodded towards my father. I looked as well, and left my work, and walked in my dirty work coveralls and strode to him. My father smiled, and I nodded, I was too tired, and found a rag, and cleaned my hand as best as possible, then shook his hand. Sgt. Gennedy simply nodded, and said he will come back when I am finished.

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