Behind Enemy Lines Page #2

What you don't know from experience

is that the routine, the systems checks,

the drills, the maintaining of discipline,

that's what you do to prepare for war.

- We're not at war, sir.

- Yes, we are.

Unless we're parked in San Diego Bay, you're

at war every time you step on this boat.

- You understand that?

- No, sir, I do not understand.

If we're at war, why don't we act like it?

Cos as far as I can tell, we go out,

we fly around and we come back.

Maybe we're pretending we're in the fight,

but we're not fighting, we're watching.

You should be glad you're not in a fight.

With your attitude you wouldn't last long.

Sir, I've given the navy seven good years.

I think I've served my country.

You wouldn't know the first thing

about serving your country.

You have two weeks remaining on this tour.

You will serve them in a manner

befitting a naval officer.

I'll keep your letter in my pocket.

At the end of those two weeks,

you be on your way.

You're dismissed, mister.

Sir.

O'Malley told me you dropped your letter.

He's tellin' the truth.

So you're gonna break up the band, huh?

Oh, that's good.

Hey, listen, Chris. Listen, I thought

you were kidding about getting out.

You telling me I gotta find another navigator?

Is that the deal?

I can't do it anymore. I'm done. I'm sorry.

(PA system) All hands. An air contact

believed to have originated in the North Pole

has been spotted

and is inbound to USS Carl Vinson.

No, no, it's good to hear your voice. No, no.

Yeah, they're taking care of us great.

They're putting up tinsel,

and it's very Christmasy.

No, Dad, don't wake her.

Just tell her I said "merry Christmas."

We're disappointed

that we won't be seeing you.

Well, you may get to see a lot of me soon.

Well, we understand. You got

important things to do over there.

Dad, I gotta go.

- We're very proud of you.

- Dad, I gotta get goin'.

- All right, I love you.

- Bye.

That son of a b*tch!

Did you see this? He put us

on the holiday mission. Goddammit.

- Well, at least we get to fly.

- Yeah, during the one good meal of the year.

- It's almost like he doesn't like us.

- No. You, not me. You.

(PA) Merry Christmas, girls and boys.

On the flight deck it's show time.

(PA) Merry Christmas, girls and boys.

On the flight deck it's show time.

Aircraft remaining for the NATO

solo photo reconnaissance mission.

He's got a brand-new car

Looks like a Jaguar

It's got leather seats

It's got a CD player...

("player" echoing)

Wouldn't it be great to look back

and there's Britney Spears?

But wait, she wants to try flyin' the plane.

Yeah, just move the stick right there. Yeah.

We'll start over again

Grow ourselves new skin

Get a house in Devon

Drink cider from a lemon

(TV) The CincinnatiAccord verifies Serbia's

commitment to a lasting peace in Yugoslavia.

I welcome the announcement

that NATO will leave the region.

Coordinates 301506.51150 confirmed.

Sectors are all concurrent.

- You sure about that?

- I'm readin' it right here, pal.

Yeah, well, uh...

the Serbs must've bought some old U-boats,

cos we're flyin' over a lake.

Goddammit.

And a warm thank you to the US intelligence

community, ladies and gentlemen.

Yet another useless joyride at the cost

of mere millions to the US taxpayer.

Hey, hang on. Scope showing activity

in section four alpha to our left.

Must be in that forested area.

That's the demilitarized zone.

There shouldn't be any activity.

Yeah, I know, I know. But the scope

doesn't lie. There it is. Let's check it out.

We're not supposed to fly that section.

The brass'll have a sh*t fit.

Hey, we're on recon,

so let's recon something.

Stack, it's probably just

some locals fooling around.

Could be a good opportunity

to test our shiny new digital camera.

Why do I listen to you? All right, let's do it.

ECM is clear. GPS is synced

with new coordinates.

Steady up 0-3-4 and fly the director.

- IDEM camera is at speed.

- Got it. Going into burner.

On condition. Stand by for roll... now.

Rolling digital.

(shouting in Serbo-Croatian)

Smile, guys. You're on TV.

(jet flying overhead)

- Aren't you gonna miss all this excitement?

- Oh, absolutely.

- What is it?

- Holy sh*t! We're being painted!

What?!

Sh*t! They fired! Scoop it, now!

- Pull up! Get the nose moving!

- Roger!

- I see a single missile tracking on us.

- I don't see it. Call my turn.

Slice left. Hard!

Jesus Christ!

Where is it?

Reverse right!

Try to break the lock!

- Golden Eagle, we have been engaged.

- Roger.

- Put out decoy flares.

- Copy.

- No joy.

- Where is it, goddammit? Where is it?!

I can't see sh*t! Where is he?!

Jesus Christ! Second missile in the air!

Three miles and closing!

- Pull up! Change your vector!

- I got him! I got him!

(yells)

We need a bigger heat decoy.

We're screwed!

Missile's closing. 2.8... 1.8... 1 mile!

Drop the fuel tanks and pull up!

Good fireball!

Clear on top. Coming back down.

I got two missiles in sight,

both tracking for the fireball.

That's it! One down. Up we go.

- Where's the second?

- No joy. I don't have it in sight.

- He's back on us. Push over!

- Copy.

Hard left.

- I'm going for a head-on pass.

- Here he comes! Head on, right side!

He clipped us! Part of the tail's gone!

- Flight controls going to sh*t!

- Where is it?

He's coming back.

Missile arcing right. Break!

I got no turn left, Chris!

The controls are shot!

Nose break, right!

Sh*t!

Sh*t! Seat eject! Eject, eject!

Goddammit.

(Christmas song plays)

- You throw a hell of a party, sir.

- Yeah, I really like Christmas.

Sir, we've lost a bird, an F-18. Feet dry.

Ark Angel Zero Six.

Burnett and Stackhouse.

Goddammit. I put 'em on the holiday mission.

- Any beacon activity?

- Not yet, Admiral.

We have a radar plot of flight path

from feet dry to last contact.

Here in yellow is the assigned path.

In the red is actual.

Lost contact is here.

They're off-mission. What the hell happened?

Lt'll be tough to pick up a beacon signal,

even from a satellite.

The terrain is extremely rough.

Damn weather's sure not helping.

Contact Admiral Piquet,

alert NATO chain of command.

Make sure we have a FLASH op rep

out over all US national circuits.

And get through to Admiral Donnelly.

- No names.

- No names, sir.

Stack! Stackhouse!

Stack!

Are you OK?

Yeah.

- Sh*t, man. Are you OK?

- Yeah, I'm OK. You look terrible.

Yeah? Hey, man, that looks pretty bad.

Let me see this. Oh, man.

Oh, we gotta change this.

We need a field dressing on this.

Sh*t. Squeeze right here.

So...

where are we, Mr Navigator Man?

In the mountains north of Miciovic.

You think they saw us eject?

We are not gonna be around to find out.

Reigart'll be curious

what happened to his $40 million plane.

Forget it. I already tried.

You need to get to higher ground.

What?

You think it'll work up there?

Yeah. Just get high enough.

All right. All right, sit tight.

- Hey, Chris.

- What?

Listen, I should've dodged

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