An air superiority fighter aircraft flown by the TFMGAC's top ace, and possibly the world's grand air ace, Major Jason Earl Van Dyke, famed through his callsign "Dodger".

Throughout the 11 years of his jet's life, it had seen and survived countless encounters with death. Both close, and far. And it would gladly fly through more, much to the disdain of Maj. Van Dyke's ground crew responsible for keeping the bird of legend airworthy.

Dodger's daredevil nature landed him many times in debriefing, and at this point, his superiors merely treat it as an everyday problem. But it's because of that same recklessness that the young fighter pilot rose to legendary status among the ranks of the Global Air Combat Branch, and to those unfortunate enough to come across him as an enemy in the skies.

October 7, 2011. Maywar had come under siege by the Tactical Forces Military, with the global terror group Darkcorp International having their iron grip on the desert island nation. Maj. Van Dyke was on a strike mission with elements of the Aurora Squadron headed for the Pharaoh's City when they were detected by enemy radar as they approached the target airspace. Realizing that their cover was blown, and that the opposition had radars capable of detecting even stealth aircraft, they were forced to turn back after hitting only 5 ground targets around the city

The Aurora Squadron element immediately turned tail and escaped as fast as they can all the while under missile and flak fire, but along the way, the barrage of anti-air munitions being fired at them suddenly lowered in intensity, and one of their fighters was missing from their formation. That was where they heard their AWACs screaming over the radio "DODGER WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"

Maj. Van Dyke deliberately broke from egress to decoy enemy fire away from the escaping flight, using himself and his jet as bait to redirect their missiles and anti-air shells. Flying at backbreaking speeds and erratically shifting from low to high altitude all the while SAMs and guns were taking shots at him as he dispensed chaff and flares screeching through the smoke covered skies.

Dodger, with more than a dozen near-death encounters in that mach-speed dance with death, survived the harrowing ordeal, albeit with much damage to his aircraft. All 7 Shadow Raptors in the flight survived, and landed safely at Wright, with the exception of Dodger himself, who trailed smoke, a wing chipped multiple times, and a hole through his canopy when he landed.

And once more, owing to his reckless nature, the stunt he pulled off had forced hidden SAM batteries to open fire, making them reveal their positions on satellite, and leaving themselves vulnerable against new waves of strike fighter hits, immediately getting tagged for picking.

Then-1st Lieutenant Van Dyke was hailed a hero upon his return to Wright Airbase, saving the lives of his entire flight, and exposing hidden threats that Central Command failed to detect. His actions would land him more than qualified to receive the highest honors of the TFMGAC, USAF, and Maywar Air Force. Until this day, he still serves, and still flies the same F-22 that took him to fame.

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