They aid them in destroying the outpost & come to Spider, Bishop, Deadeye, Huckster, & Perseus' rescue in time. Along the way they aid Fury & the others as they are being attacked by Migs. Mean while Maverick, Merlin, Iceman & Slider take off to go aid in the mission. As they approach a village they find them in time as they are trying to reach the boarder they take the bridge out, aid Perseus, and then get into trouble. During a mission to take out a outpost Spider & Bishop in their F-15E Strike Eagle go off mission to find Deadeye & Huckster. Then after a mission where they recapture a airfield Spider finds out that Deadeye is alive. Spider has another flashback from when he was at TOPGUN where he, Bishop, Wiseguy, Punchline, Fury, & Playbook are being trained to fly the F-22 Raptor which is on loan from the US Air Force. As Spider & the Reapers escort civilians in transports during the incident Orlov shoots down Deadeye & Huckster's FA-18 Super Hornet. While on the Grant & in the Black Sea Spider reunites with his friend Wiseguy & his rival/love interest Fury from TOPGUN. Spider, Bishop, Deadeye, & Huckster find out that the McKinley was attacked by more of the drones & are transferred to the USS Grant in the Black Sea against the Republic who supplied the coup in the Persian Gulf with the hardware for their war including the drones. As Spider, Bishop, Deadeye, & Huckster were returning to the McKinley the McKinley contacts them telling them that they are under attack after Spider encountered a drone of unknown origin. Spider then aids the US Air Force, Perseus, & Muskrat as they go after the general who started the coup. As the Persian Gulf campaign progress the coup ambushes the fleet which then the next day after the attack Spider, Bishop, Deadeye, & Huckster fly A-6E Intruders to retaliate for the ambush on the fleet by attacking the enemy's commutations station & scuttling their naval fleet. Which later would be identified as a SU-47 & its pilot who flew it is Victor Orlov who is a legendary top notch pilot. During one of his missions with the McKinley he encounters an unknown plane. Spider has a flashback from his first day at TOPGUN of meeting Wiseguy, Punchline, Jester, Maverick & Iceman. During his time on the McKinley their allies fall to a coup in the region. The story starts out where Spider is in combat as the McKinley & the whole fleet are under attack. Maverick who highly speaks of him & reminds him of himself of when he was that age. Lance 'Spider' Webb just graduated from TOPGUN & transfers to the USS McKinley which is in the Persian Gulf.

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