The long-term defenders of the Eaglin Strait, the 88th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the Eaglin Air National Guard have protected Osea’s primary waterway from airborne threats since the war in the 1940s.
The Squadron came to some prominence during the 2010 Circum Pacific War, when they were nearly entirely wiped out during Operation Whalebird, the disastrous rendezvous of the Osean carriers Kestrel, Vulture, and Buzzard. F-15’s from the 88th TFS Assisted the Carrier Air Wings of the fleet against a Yuktobanian surprise attack, until the unit’s aircraft and pilots were all caught in the Ballistic missile attack that followed, taking the lives of dozens of Osean pilots.
Following the war, the squadron would receive a mixture of new F-15C’s, as well as aircraft from disestablished aggressor squadrons, to continue their mission of vigilant overwatch of the main artery to the Inland Sea.
