You are part of a two flight contingent from the 480th Fighter Wing, deployed to Norway in support of the training mission of RNoAF pilots ahead of their end of year upgrade from the F-16A to the F-16A MLU (Mid-Life Upgrade)
After months of massive Warsaw Pact buildup coupled with ever increasing exercises, WP forces crossed the borders of Central Europe at 1300 Zulu Feb 13th.
You are involved in the battle for Norway against a massive threat from the Kola based forces of the USSR as they make a push to Iceland.
Norway has taken brutal losses in the Air, Land, and Sea and is now regrouping it's forces to hold off the Soviets in the Bardufoss area, South West of what has been dubbed "The Blue Line" at 21E Longitude.
Just a mere few hours after an early morning operation to escort the USS Reuben James Task Group safely out of harm's way, you and your Allies are now facing down the barrel of a significant and unexpected second Soviet Air Assault.
