76 – What can you do with five fighter jets?
Adjutant Song Dana’s proposal to give her an airplane, nothing else.
Even though it was the same adjutant, I started to feel a little wary at the unexpected story I heard from someone I had only known for a few minutes.
“I think it’s a bit overkill for a joke. No matter how much it is, how expensive is one of them..”
So I answered with a slightly awkward smile, but looking at me like that, she said with a really serious expression.
“I am not kidding. Of course, the price of each plane is quite high, but what is more valuable than that is the pilot who can fly it. Listening to you, it seems that someone who can manipulate has already been secured?”
“Yeah, there are, but…”
“Then there is no need to worry any longer. There are still extra planes waiting, so take a few with you. Even if you get shot down, you won’t care too much, so don’t be pressured.”
“Ummm..”
Certainly, there weren’t that many hunters who could control multiple drones at once.
At the same time, as was the case when dealing with manned aircraft in the past, training pilots is a costly and time-consuming task that is several times more expensive than an airplane in operating the Air Force.
In that respect, pilot Bae Tae-rang was always in short supply, and at this moment, Adjutant Song Dana recommended that Hunters belonging to Dreamers operate an extra plane for that reason.
‘No… No matter how it was, was an airplane such an easy thing to lend? Of course, you have to pay attention to the damage you get from being shot down, as well as the fuel consumed every time you go out..’
In general, unless the guild master’s authority is unnecessarily strong due to external reasons, such as the 28 guild, the adjutant can exercise considerable discretion regarding internal military operations.
However, even taking this into account, giving up the plane was something I had to endure a lot of bleeding on the other side, so I couldn’t help but be quite embarrassed. .
But..
Despite all the suspicious points, I thought it was too much of a waste to miss this long-awaited opportunity.
There was a possibility that there was some ulterior motive that I couldn’t know about, but it was enough to check it after having clearly dealt with it in the document in advance.
In particular, as I have been through similar things a few times while originally serving as an adjutant in the military, I already know very well what is needed in this regard and how to deal with it so that there is no backlash.
And, crucially, if the operation of the aircraft was allowed, the issues I wanted to check in the meantime could be checked in practice, and furthermore, I would be able to extract more reliable information to deal with the Abyss hordes of problems that are crawling here now.
‘Even so, as an aide to black hunters, there are limits… but if I can learn more about them, at least I’ll be able to find ways to fight as efficiently and without damage as possible.’
In other cases, I would have thought about it a little more. Now I was in a situation where I was more hungry than usual for information.
The part about the appearance was predicted, but it appeared much sooner than I thought… the so-called Abyss who know how to use their brains.
In order to deal with them, I had to somehow extract information about them in advance.
‘No matter how intelligent they are, they will definitely have certain behavioral patterns… Finding them is sure to be the key to winning this quest. And… for this, after all, there is nothing better than air power.’
So, I decided to accept the temptation that I couldn’t refuse from my point of view, and in response to this, a deep smile of unknown meaning began to form on Adjutant Song Dana’s lips.
*
Five unmanned fighter jets are performing a demonstration flight while slowly orbiting over the airfield.
And, looking at Glass skillfully manipulating them, Kwon Soon and Are were showing bright expressions.
“Although time has passed, I don’t think your skills will rust at all. I didn’t know much about it because I usually only shoot guns, but as expected, former airmen are different no matter what.”
“It is really glass. In general, I knew that the average number of aircraft that one Hunter in the Air Force could handle was about 4, but to handle 5 aircraft so skillfully.”
“If you had that level of skill, you would have been able to get an S rank in the Air Force, right? From that point of view, I think it was pretty close, but I mean.”
“Like Korea, in France, it is impossible for S-class hunters to be discharged, so if they had served a little longer, there would have been a high possibility that they would have been stuck.”
“And Glass must have been wearing the same face he’s always shown since he came here, right?”
“It must have been.”
Like that, the two expressed their admiration for Glass’ skills.
On the other hand, apart from their reaction
As I watched the planes flying skillfully in the sky, I began to feel that my worries were alleviated.
‘As the two of them said, this level can be regarded as a very outstanding skill among pilots. I’ve heard that there are people in the US who can pilot 8 planes, but I’m sure this level is enough here.’
In that way, as I checked with my own eyes how good Glass was, I began to have high expectations for my future work.
After completing the practice flight, Glass slowly landed the plane one after another on the runway.
“after..”
Glass lets out a sigh of relief at the fact that the test flight has ended safely.
Looking at her like that, I handed her the drink I was holding in my hand and asked her.
“How about the feeling of control?”
“Not bad. This seems to be a performance that is not far behind Rafale (Rafale). In addition, the difference in the control terminal is not that big, which is good.”
“I’m glad then.”
Glass responds by accepting a drink with a beautiful smile like that of a goddess.
I started to feel relieved that my primary concern had been resolved, but Glass asked with a little question as he saw me like that.
“By the way, Aide. No matter how much I can handle the aircraft, the limit is about 5 at most as of now. I don’t think it will be of much help to the overall charter with this amount of force, and considering the normal kill rate, I don’t think even this will last very long, right?”
No matter how lucky they were, they were given free planes, but in this battle, if they blew up the five fighter jets they received, it would be unreasonable to ask for more flight power than this in many ways.
In that respect, it was an item that had to be used sparingly and preciously as much as possible with this flight power, and even so, in the current situation where it was generally put into the battlefield once and then more than half were ground, at most 2-3 sorties were the maximum.
But..
Regarding Glass’s question, I answered with a confident voice.
“If that’s the case, don’t worry. Because they all have their own way.”
“… yes?”
In my words, the glass that puts a questioning expression on that goddess-like face.
Seeing her like this, I started to put a calm smile on my lips.
A smile filled with anticipation for the future.
‘Even though I haven’t had a chance yet, so I haven’t been able to verify it in practice. Among the materials I’ve seen so far, there’s never been an exception.’
Thorough analysis and statistics do not lie.
Recalling that fact once again, I decided to take this opportunity to test a fact that I had been studying in my spare time since I was an adjutant.