Ambush at Vladimir

The Ambush at Vladimir is an event in the Circum-Pacific War shortly after the Cruik Fortress offensive.

A Third Power
Wardog Squadron was flying across the Vladimir Mountains to return to base but not without refueling by the tanker standing by. The tanker was escorted by elements of the 8492nd Squadron whose leader hailed the Wardog Squadron as heroes for toppling the fortress.

Just as they neared the tanker, a missile was fired from out of nowhere approaching the lead pilot Blaze who manages to avoid it. The tanker and the 8492nd Squadron disappeared from the combat zone all of a sudden as Nagase realized the inconvenient truth: "the 8492nd Squadron doesn't exist!"

Soon, the flight found themselves ambushed by a large contingent of Belkan fighters accompanied by jammer aircraft. The odds were totally against them so they had no choice but to head east to warn everyone of what they had just learned about the truth of the war. They soon break out of the deadly trap and flew back to Sand Island, unaware that a nasty surprise was already waiting for them there.