[spoiler]gotcha, if you haven't noticed I've been trying to avoid killing established characters, but I'm also not making it easy to win against these guys.[/spoiler] The A-10s didn't see him coming, but by the time he could get in lock range they had finished their sortie and climbing to a higher altitude. The slow attack craft were alerted to the lock and relayed the hostile back to the AWACS, again three air superiority fighters broke off from their patrol to intercept. One of the A-10s was hit by his cannon fire but remained airborne, another got hit with one of his missiles, this detonated off his number two engine and crippled his craft, forcing him to bug out before he took anymore damage. The other A-10s scattered an launched flares to defeat the missiles, which fortunately for them, they were able to, although there were a few close calls.