At precisely 1407 local time, the skies above Kman Airport were filled with the roar of FA-18 Super Hornets as they raced towards three irreplaceable Iranian aircraft.

The urgency of the situation was palpable as a circling drone transmitted live footage back to the strike group.

What it revealed was alarming: Iranian forces were preparing to launch these aircraft at any moment.

As the F-18s surged forward, two pilots, known by their call signs Raven 1 and Raven 2, executed a wide maneuver to avoid detection.

However, the desert terrain posed its own challenges.

Raven 1’s radar warning receiver, the ALR67, suddenly lit up with an ominous tone that every fighter pilot dreads.

The tone indicated a phased array acquisition at fast pulse repetition, revealing the presence of a Tour M1 missile battery positioned within a mere 12 kilometers.