Captain Jack Wilson climbed into the cockpit of an A-6 and Mac climbed into the seat next to him. Unlike the F-14 which had seats one behind the other, the A-6 had them next to each other. THe planes were lifted to the flight deck.
Joe was the last one on the catapult.
The controller said, "Raptor 7, you are cleared for takeoff."
Joe replied, "Roger!" and punched the throttle. The jet zoomed off the flight deck and climbed into the sky. As the planes formed up, Max said, "Hey, I bet this is the enemy's theme!"
He held up an I-pod in the window of the plane and then put it to the radio. The Inperial March (Darth Vader's theme) played over the radio.
Joe asked, "You have the Star Wars soundtrack on that thing?"
Max replied, "Yeah." as Across the Stars (the love theme from Episode II Attack of the Clones) played.
Three hours later, the planes came up on the KC-10 tanker plane. Jack and the others refueled first. Joe tried to bring the plane to one of the fuel hoses. THe cockpit canopy was small the the high control panel made it hard to see. Plus, the plane's fuel probe stuck up like a rhino's horn. It wasn't retractible. Finally, the plane connected with the tanker plane and began to refule. Then, they proceeded to the combat zone.
A voice on the radio said, "Raptor Squadron ,this is AWACS, callsigh Fire Streak. You are now under my command. We will activate our ECM jammer to prevent the enemy from picking you up on radar. You are cleared to engage."