“We do nothing. Our mission is to perform a patrol around the strait.”

“But....”

“I know, our weapons are free but we were told not to engage unless we are engaged.”

I heard a low ‘fine’ being muttered through the radio as my wingman’s F-15C flew closer to my own F-15C.

The place my wingman and I are patrolling is the coastal region located to the north of the airbase we took off from. The br...