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“They’re aloft.” At Lizzy’s request, Holly was handling the phone calls after Miranda’s long talk with the copilot.
He and Miranda had talked about tactics, specifically the implications of design capabilities versus real-world limitations.
The pilots had been deeply trained in air-to-ground combat and air-to-air scenarios, but never against another AC-130J Ghostrider. It simply hadn’t been a consideration.
She and the copilot had taken most of the Ghostrider’s flight between El Paso, Texas, and Nogales, Sonora, to work out the essential considerations. They’d signed off as her flight began its descent into Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Washington.
He had asked if they could meet later to work through more of the permutations.
She’d agreed.
Neither of them had mentioned tha
