got nothing on the boards.
I'm sorry.
Yeah, so am I.
I heard what happened
to your dad, and I...
Marty, I was wondering
if you could slip me in?
Tell you what...
There's someone due in now,
but he's running late.
I'll load it up, and
you take it till he gets here.
Just keep cool about this.
It isn't the same as
sneaking you in at night.
Okay, I'll set you up with some MiGs.
Enemy squadron sighted.
All right, you bastards.
Climbing to flight level 2-7-0.
Have radar. Locking on to engage.
What else you got, Marty?
This is Bluebird.
Enemy approachlng
at fllght level 2-2-0.
- Conflrm.
- Roger.
Shit!
Excellent move.
That's four.
I don't believe it.
The dlve's too extreme! Pull It up!
Check your radar!
Marty, I don't believe
those guys could've...
Fancy maneuvering's no good...
...if you don't watch
the guys flying behind you.
I didn't see them. I couldn't.
Watch the HUD! That's what it's for.
Try cutting out that music.
Sorry, Colonel.
We used up all your time.
- Catch you next week.
- You got it.
You keep your chin up, buddy.
Thanks a lot.
Something you want to ask me?
I didn't know you were still
in the Air Force.
I'm not.
Are you in the reserves?
How come you're working
as a mechanic?
Because fixing airplanes
is something I like to do.
Anything else you want to ask?
I wasrt trying to write a book.
I was just curious.
Your dad's a strong man.
He'll be okay.
You know him?
No, but let's say I know the type.
That's what's important.
If more people were like him,
he wouldn't be stuck there.
What do you mean mean by that?
Nobody's doing anything.
They don't have the balls
to make those bastards release him.
I see.
What do you think we should do?
Launch some missiles,
go to war over it?
Of course not.
But how tough is it? They're
a shitty little country.
It's not the matter of being tough.
It's the way they do things.
Too many people making decisions.
I've seen them operate.
They take too long.
You've seen them plan one of these?
A bunch of times.
But they usually lose
more lives than they save.
Your dad is a lot better off,
probably, if they negotiate.
With the right plan, would it
be simple to go and get him?
Not simple, but it's possible.
Could you plan it?
Why?
I want to know.
Probably.
What do you think it would take?
A hell of a lot more than you got, kid.
Wait a minute.
Dad's got a lot of people
on the base that love him.
Being friends with someone's
a lot different...
...than risking your life for them.
Let me ask you this.
Do you think an F-16, fully armed
with all its firepower...
...could fly in there and pull it off?
Stop wasting your time!
The Air Force won't do anything!
They'll do a hell of a lot more
than you think.
They just won't know they're doing it.
I'm telling you, I bet you
can get a plane...
...all the firepower it can carry,
aerial recon, intelligence.
I got the whole goddamn base wired.
Anything you need... I can get you.
You wired enough to get me pilots?
I can get you one.
I know this is the toughest thing
you've ever been through.
But hanging onto these crazy ideas...
...isn't going to make it any easier.
Take it easy.
You don't think I can fly?
Don't talk stupid.
You think flying an F-16 in combat
is the same as flying the Snake?
- Would you listen?
- I'm listening.
I've got three times as many
hours on that simulator...
...as most pilots flying Falcons
on the base.
As for combat,
you know that's bullshit.
How many guys here have been in
dogfights? Four, five tops?
The simulator trains them, and they
defend the whole country.
You think because they're...
...3 or 4 years older
it makes any difference?
I've missed my simulator time. I won't
miss my flight time. I got to go.
Let me go with you.
I've been up a a bunch of times
with Dad.
At least let me show you what I can do.
I'm tired of talking about it.
I'm going.
You