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August 9th, 1985 0240 Local/1240 GMT 18,000 feet over the English Channel USAF C-130 85-0042 Callsign LIBERTY 22 Daria awoke to an incessant droning that just would not go away, Jeez, what power tool is dad playing with now? She had a horrible dream she had been flying combat against the...

Jackhammer 11 Over Central Germany 2150 Local/1950 GMT 8 August, 1985 I would like to take the time to give a mention to my writing partner, Matt Wiser. Matt lost his stepfather on October 24th, and I know it has been tough for him. Thank you Matt, for all you have done, and will do for...

Situation Room, the White House Washington DC 0700 Local/1100 GMT 8 August, 1985: President Reagan and his National Security Team were assembled in the Situation Room, for the now-usual morning military briefing. After the confusion of the first couple of days after the outbreak of war...

2-North RAF Lakenheath 6 August 1985 0443 Local/0443 Zulu Daria awoke from her Air Force issue cot for the fifth time that night, or as she glanced with a scowl on her face at her Timex watch, morning. Didn't Churchill once say? "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without...

Just over the Inter-German Border 14 km South east of Fulda, FRG 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division Headquarters 4 August, 1985 1025 ZULU/1225 Local Major General Alexandr Leontev, Soviet Army, was a very angry man. He was on a hill overlooking his engineers throwing a bridge over the Fulda...

'Warsaw Pact attacks Allied Command Europe. Heavy conventional air and missile attack underway. Soviet ground forces have begun to cross Inner German and Czech borders. Situation confused. MFL.' Communiqué from SACEUR HQ to news services and all commands, sent in the clear, issued 0401 Zulu, 4...

US Mission, Berlin CIA Deputy Station Chief's Office West Berlin August 2nd, 1985 0730 Local/0530 ZULU Harrison Grey had had a lot of crappy duties to perform in his three years as part of US Mission Berlin (often called USBER), but this took the cake. Things had been tense in West Berlin as...

Chapter 5 – Quinn's Story 158 West 75th Street Lobby of the Steadman Building Friday, July 26th, 1985 1320 Local/1720 Zulu Quinn Morgendorffer had seen a lot in her 24 years…or at least she thought she had. She'd never seen a major city in the throes of panic. New York City was in a...

Main Gate RAF Lakenheath Lakenheath, United Kingdom Thursday, July 25th, 1985 0830 Local/0830 ZULU Daria and Jane were fighting their lack of sleep with a mixture of willpower and coffee as they checked themselves over as they sat in the line of cars that had accumulated to enter the main gate...

8 miles SSE of RAF Scampton F-111 s/n 72-1447 1420 ZULU/1420 Local Tuesday, July 23rd, 1985 "Jane, tell me we lost him" Daria implored as she kept an eye on the terrain zipping by the aircraft. The TFR was set to HARD and usually, the auto-pilot came through, but occasionally…terrain and...

Chapter 2 7 Months Later Officers Club RAF Lakenheath Lakenheath, United Kingdom Monday, July 22nd, 1985 1835 ZULU/1835 Local Mondays were always dead days in the O-Club at Lakenheath, and tonight was no exception. But, as young officers found out, it was one of the more affordable options one...

Chapter 1 Somewhere over North-Central New Mexico 0235 MST/0935 ZULU Saturday, December 29th, 1984 F-111D 68-0807 of the 4427th Tactical Fighter Replacement Squadron The twin turbofans of the twin TF-30P-9 engines roared through the night sky of the featureless New Mexican desert, the sound of...