Аннотация: Ua ola ʻo Peter the Great i iwakāluakūmālima mau makahiki ma mua o ka mōʻaukala maoli a ua loaʻa iā ia ka manawa kūpono e lilo hou i keikikāne.
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HŌʻIKE KUHI
Ua ola ʻo Peter the Great i iwakāluakūmālima mau makahiki ma mua o ka mōʻaukala maoli a ua loaʻa iā ia ka manawa kūpono e lilo hou i keikikāne.
MOKUNA No 1.
ʻAʻole i make ʻo Peter the Great i ka makahiki 1725; ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ke olakino a me ka ikaika o kahi koa, ʻoiai kona mau ʻano maikaʻi ʻole. Me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kaua ma ka hema, ua lanakila ke tsar nui iā Iran āpau a hiki i ke Kai ʻInia. Ma laila, ma kona kahakai, ua hoʻomaka ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Port. A laila, i ka makahiki 1730, ua kaua nui me Turkey. Ua lōʻihi ia no ʻelima mau makahiki. Akā ua lanakila ʻo Tsarist Russia iā Iraq, Kuwait, Asia Minor a me Caucasus, a me Crimea a me kona mau kūlanakauhale palena.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Peter the Great i kona kūlana ma ka hema. I ka makahiki 1740, ua hoʻomaka ke kaua hou me Turkey. I kēia manawa, ua hāʻule ʻo Istanbul, a ua lanakila ʻo Tsarist Russia i nā Balkans a hiki i ʻAigupita. Ua lilo nā ʻāina nui ma lalo o ke aupuni Tsarist.
I ka makahiki 1745, ua hele aku ka pūʻali koa tsarist ma India a hoʻokomo iā ia i loko o ke aupuni nui. Ua pio pū ʻo ʻAigupita, ʻAitiopa, a me Sudan. A i ka makahiki 1748, ua pio ʻo Tsarist Russia iā Suedena a me Pinilana.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua lilo ke Tsar i mea ʻino-eia naʻe, ua ʻelemakule loa ʻo ia. A makemake nui ʻo ia e loaʻa ka ʻōpuʻu o ka ʻōpio, i hiki iā ia ke lanakila i ke ao nei i ka manawa. A i ʻole ka wai o ke ola. A i ʻole kekahi mea inu ʻē aʻe. E like me Genghis Khan, makemake ʻo Peter the Great e lilo i mea make ʻole. A i ʻole, he make nō hoʻi ʻo Genghis Khan, akā ua ʻimi ʻo ia i ke ola mau loa, ʻoiai ua hāʻule ʻo ia.
Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Peter i ke kuleana o ke duke a me ke ʻano duke i ke kauka, ka ʻepekema, a i ʻole ke kupua e hiki ke hoʻolilo iā ia i mea make ʻole. A pēlā i hoʻomaka ai ka ʻimi ʻana i ka elixir o ke ola mau ʻole, a i ʻole ka ʻōpio mau loa, ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, he hui nui o nā charlatans i hāʻawi i kā lākou mau mea inu, akā ua hoʻāʻo ʻia lākou ma nā puaʻa guinea ʻelemakule a, inā ʻaʻole i hāʻule, ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia.
Akā, hele maila kekahi keiki kāne he ʻumi makahiki iā Peter the Great a komo malū i loko o ka hale aliʻi. Ua haʻi aku ʻo ia i ke kanaka ʻelemakule lōʻihi he ala e hoʻihoʻi ai i kona wā ʻōpiopio. I ka hoʻololi ʻana, pono ʻo Peter the Great e haʻalele i kona noho aliʻi a me kona mana. E lilo ʻo ia i keiki kāne he ʻumi makahiki a hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ka manawa kūpono e ola hou i kona ola. Ua mākaukau anei ke Tsar no kēia?
Nīnau akula ʻo Peter the Great i ke keiki me ka leo ʻōʻō:
- He aha ke ʻano o ka ʻohana aʻu e noho ai?
Ua pane maila ke keiki wāwae ʻole i loko o nā pālule pōkole:
- ʻAʻohe! E lilo ʻoe i keiki home ʻole, a pono ʻoe e ʻimi i kou ala ponoʻī i ke ola!
Ua ʻānai ʻo Peter the Great i kona lae ʻōhule a pane akula:
"ʻAe, ua hāʻawi mai ʻoe iaʻu i kahi hana paʻakikī. He ola hou, he ola hou, akā he aha ke kumukūʻai? He aha inā e lilo wau i keikikāne no nā lā ʻekolu e noʻonoʻo ai?"
Ua pane mai ke keiki kāne i loko o nā lole komo pōkole:
- ʻAʻole, ʻekolu lā - ʻekolu hola wale nō no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana!
Kūnou akula ʻo Peter the Great:
- Ke hiki mai nei! A ʻekolu hola e lawa ai e hoʻomaopopo!
Ua hehi ke keiki i kona wāwae ʻōlohelohe.
A laila ua manaʻo ʻo Peter i kahi māmā kupaianaha i loko o kona kino a lele i luna. He keiki kāne ʻo ia i kēia manawa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hele wāwae ʻole ʻo ia a ʻaʻahu ʻinoʻino, akā he kanaka ʻōpio olakino a hauʻoli hoʻi ʻo ia.
A ma kona ʻaoʻao he keiki kamaʻāina lauoho keʻokeʻo. Ua kīkoʻo akula ʻo ia i kona lima. A loaʻa akula lāua iā lāua iho ma ke alanui pōhaku. Ua pulu ka hau, a ua aneane ʻōlohelohe a wāwae ʻole ʻo Pyotr. A he mea kaumaha ia.
Kūnou akula ke keiki:
- ʻAe, e ke Aliʻi! Pēlā ka hopena o ke keiki ʻilihune!
A laila nīnau akula ʻo Petka iā ia:
- ʻo wai kou inoa?
Ua pane mai ke keiki:
- ʻO wau ʻo Oleg, he aha?
Ua ʻōlelo ke aliʻi mua:
- ʻAʻole pilikia! E hele wikiwiki kākou!
A hoʻomaka ke keiki e hehi me kona mau wāwae ʻōlohelohe a ʻoʻoleʻa. Ma waho aʻe o ke anu a me ka pulu, ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ʻo ia e ka pōloli. ʻAʻole ia he mea ʻoluʻolu loa. Nīnau akula ke aliʻi keiki me ka leo haʻalulu:
- Ma hea mākou e moe ai i ka pō?
Ua pane aku ʻo Oleg me ka ʻakaʻaka:
- E ʻike ʻoe!
A ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua ʻike ʻia kekahi kauhale i mua. Ua nalowale ʻo Oleg i kahi ʻē. ʻO Peter the Great, i kēia manawa he keikikāne, ua waiho wale ʻia ʻo ia. Akā ua hele ʻo ia i ka hale kokoke loa. Lele ʻo ia i ka puka a kuʻi iā ia me kona mau lima.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka helehelena kaumaha o ka mea nona:
- Ma hea ʻoe e pono ai e hele, e hōʻino?
Ua kāhea akula ʻo Petka:
- E ʻae mai iaʻu e noho i ka pō a hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi mea e ʻai ai!
Ua lālau ke kumu i kahi hahau a hahau akula i ke keiki ma kona kino kokoke ʻōlohelohe. Ua hoʻomaka koke ʻo ia e uē. Ua hahau hou ke kumu iā ia, a holo akula ʻo Peter, me ka ʻālohilohi o kona mau kuʻekuʻe wāwae.
Akā, ʻaʻole lawa kēlā. Ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i kahi ʻīlio huhū ma luna ona. A pehea lā ia i lele ai ma luna o ke keiki.
Ua holo ʻo Petka me ka wikiwiki e like me ka hiki iā ia, akā ua nahu kāna ʻīlio iā ia i kekahi mau manawa a haehae i nā ʻāpana ʻiʻo.
Nani ka uē ʻana o ke keiki-tsar i ka ʻeha a me ka hoʻohilahila. Nani ka lapuwale a me ka haumia o ia mea.
A laila hāʻule ʻo ia i luna o ke kaʻa piha i ka lepo. Ua ua mai ka ua o ka lepo ma luna ona, e uhi ana iā ia mai ke poʻo a ka wāwae. A ua ʻeha ka lepo lepo i kona mau ʻeha.
Uwau akula ʻo Petero:
- Auē, e kuʻu Akua, no ke aha lā kēia e hana nei iaʻu!
A laila ua ala aʻe ʻo ia. Kū ʻo Oleg ma kona ʻaoʻao; ua ʻano ʻelemakule iki ʻo ia, ma kahi o ʻumikūmālua ona makahiki, a nīnau akula ke keiki kilokilo i ke aliʻi:
- ʻĀ, e ke aliʻi, ke ʻae nei ʻoe i kēia koho?
Ua kāhea akula ʻo Petero ka Nui:
- ʻAʻole! A e puka i waho ma mua o koʻu kauoha ʻana i kou hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻana!
Ua hele ʻo Oleg i kekahi mau kapuaʻi, hele ma waena o ka pā e like me ka ʻuhane a nalowale akula.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Peter the Great iā ia iho ma ke keʻa a pane akula:
- He ʻano hoʻomana daimonio kēia!
Ua make ke Tsar nui a me ka Emepera mua o All Rus' a me ke Aupuni Lūkini i ka makahiki 1750. Ua make ʻo ia ma hope o ke ola lōʻihi ʻana, ʻoiai no kēlā mau manawa i ʻike ʻole ai lākou pehea e ana ai i ke koko, i ka wā o kahi noho aliʻi hanohano a holomua. Ua pani ʻia ʻo ia e kāna moʻopuna kāne, ʻo Peter II, akā he moʻolelo ʻē aʻe kēlā. Loaʻa i kāna moʻopuna kāne kona aupuni ponoʻī a me nā kaua.
HOʻIHOʻI ʻO ʻAMELIKA
HŌʻIKE KUHI
Ke hoʻomau nei nā pāʻani a nā kiu, a ulana nā poʻe kālai'āina i nā hana hoʻopunipuni maalea, a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā mea āpau. Loaʻa kekahi kolone o ka Air Force iā ia iho i kahi kūlana pupule, e hoʻoweliweli ana i kona ola.
MOKUNA 1
Kani ka uaki hoʻāla i ka hola 6 a.m., ua hoʻonohonoho ka lekiō uaki i nā mele hōʻoluʻolu a maʻalahi hoʻi e hoʻolohe. Ua komo ʻo Colonel Norman Weir o ka Air Force i kona lole hoʻomehana Nike hou a holo i kekahi mau mile a puni ke kahua, hoʻi i kona lumi, a laila hoʻolohe i ka nūhou ma ka lekiō ʻoiai ʻo ia e kahi ana, ʻauʻau, a komo i kahi ʻaʻahu hou. Ua hele wāwae ʻo ia i ka Officers' Club ʻehā poloka ka mamao a ʻai i ka ʻaina kakahiaka-nā hua manu, ka sausage, ka toast palaoa piha, ka wai ʻalani, a me ke kofe-ʻoiai e heluhelu ana i ka nūpepa kakahiaka. Mai kona hemo ʻana i ʻekolu makahiki ma mua, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Norman i kēlā me kēia lā hana ma ke ʻano like.
Ua ala ʻia ke Aliʻi Mokulele ʻo Patrick S. McLanahan e ke kaomi ʻana o kāna mīkini paʻi transceiver SATCOM, e kuha ana i kahi kahawai lōʻihi o nā leka ma luna o kahi ʻāpana pepa mīkini paʻi wela e like me ka palapala kūʻai maikaʻi ʻole. Noho ʻo ia ma ke kahua o kāna bombardier, e hoʻomaha ana ke poʻo ma ka console, e hiamoe ana. Ma hope o nā makahiki he ʻumi o ka lele ʻana i nā mokulele hoʻokuʻu mamao, ua hoʻomohala ʻo Patrick i ka hiki ke hoʻowahāwahā i nā koi o kona kino no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka misionari: e ala ana no ka manawa lōʻihi; e noho ana no nā hola lōʻihi me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaha; a e hiamoe koke a hohonu hoʻi e ʻoluʻolu ai, ʻoiai inā he mau minuke wale nō ka hiamoe ʻana. He ʻāpana ia o ke ʻano ola i hoʻomohala ʻia e ka hapa nui o nā mokulele kaua i ke alo o nā pilikia hana.
ʻOiai ka mea paʻi e hoʻopuka ana i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi, ua ʻai ʻo Patrick i ka ʻaina kakahiaka-he kīʻaha milkshake protein mai kahi thermos kila kila a me kekahi mau ʻāpana pipi jerky me kahi hoʻopiha ʻili. ʻO kāna mau meaʻai a pau i kēia lele lōʻihi ma luna o ka wai he kiʻekiʻe i ka protein a haʻahaʻa ke koena-ʻaʻohe sanwika, mea kanu, a huaʻai paha. He maʻalahi ke kumu: ʻaʻohe mea pehea ka ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe o kāna bomber, he halepaku nō ka halepaku. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana ia mea ʻo ia hoʻi ka wehe ʻana i kāna mau lako ola a pau, ka wehe ʻana i kona lole lele, a me ka noho ʻana i lalo me ka ʻōlohelohe i loko o kahi keʻena pouli, anu, walaʻau, pilau, a me ka makani. Makemake ʻo ia e ʻai i ka meaʻai ʻono ʻole a me ka pilikia o ka paʻa ʻana ma mua o ka ʻeha ʻana i ka hilahila. Ua mahalo ʻo ia i ka lawelawe ʻana i loko o kahi ʻōnaehana mea kaua i ʻae i nā lālā o ka poʻe hana e hoʻohana i kahi halepaku-pono nā hoa pailota hakakā a pau e hoʻohana i nā pacifiers, e ʻaʻahu i nā diapers makua, a i ʻole e paʻa wale i hoʻokahi ma ko lākou mau lima. ʻO ia ka hilahila nui loa.
I ka pau ʻana o ka mīkini paʻi, ua haehae ʻo ia i ka ʻāpana leka a heluhelu hou. He noi hōʻike kūlana ia-ʻo ka lua ia i ka hola hope loa. Ua haku ʻo Patrick, kākau code, a hoʻouna i kahi leka pane hou, a laila ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e kamaʻilio me ke luna o ka mokulele e pili ana i kēia mau noi a pau. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kona noho kipaku, wehe i kona kāʻei noho, a kū i luna no ka manawa mua i nā lā.
Ua hiamoe loa kāna hoa, ʻo Wendy Tork, Ph.D., he loea ʻōnaehana pale, ma ka noho ʻākau. Ua hoʻokomo ʻo ia i kona mau lima ma lalo o kona mau kāʻei poʻohiwi i ʻole e kaomi hewa i nā lima ejection-he nui nā hihia o nā limahana hiamoe e moeʻuhane ana i ka pōʻino a me ke kuʻi ʻana iā lākou iho mai loko mai o nā mokulele maikaʻi loa-a ua komo i nā mīkina lima lele, ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia ka pale maka o kona mahiole ʻeleʻele, a me kahi pale maka oxygen inā loaʻa kahi pilikia a pono ʻo ia e lele me ka ʻole o ka ʻōlelo aʻo. Ma luna o kona lole lele, ua komo ʻo ia i kahi ʻaʻahu lele kauwela, me kahi kāʻei ʻauʻau ma luna, a ʻo nā puʻupuʻu o nā ʻeke inflatable ma lalo o kona mau lima i hoʻoulu ai i kona mau lima e piʻi a hāʻule me kēlā me kēia hanu hohonu a hiamoe.
Ua nānā ʻo Patrick i ka console pale o Wendy ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i mua, akā pono ʻo ia e koi iā ia iho e ʻae ua kū ʻo ia ma laila e nānā iā Wendy, ʻaʻole i nā mea kani. Aia kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia i hoihoi iā ia-a laila ua hoʻōki hou ʻo ia iā ia iho. E kū i mua, e Muk, wahi a Patrick iā ia iho: ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoihoi-ua aloha nui ʻoe iā ia. Ma lalo o kēlā lole lele ʻeke a me nā lako ola e waiho ana i kahi kino nani, ʻoi aku ka ikaika, a me he mea lā he mea ʻē, he mea paʻakikī ke hoʻoponopono, kokoke hewa ke noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēlā mau mea i ka wā e lele ana he kanahākumamākahi tausani kapuaʻi ma luna o ke Kai Kūʻono o ʻOman i loko o kahi manu kaua ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe. Kupanaha, akā hoihoi.
I kēlā manawa, ua hāpai ʻo Wendy i kona pale mahiole ʻeleʻele, ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kona pale oxygen, a minoʻaka iā ia. ʻAuē, wahi a Patrick, me ka huli koke ʻana i kona manaʻo i ka console pale, hiki i kēlā mau maka ke hoʻoheheʻe i ka titanium.
"Aloha," wahi āna. ʻOiai ua pono ʻo ia e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kona leo e kamaʻilio aku i kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke keʻena, he leo aloha, ʻoluʻolu, a hoʻopau i nā mea kaua. ʻO Wendy Tork, Ph.D., kekahi o nā loea kaulana loa o ka honua i ka ʻenekinia electromagnetic a me ka hoʻolālā ʻōnaehana, he paionia i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kamepiula e kālailai i nā nalu ikehu a hana i nā pane kikoʻī. Ua hana pū lāua no kahi kokoke i ʻelua mau makahiki ma ko lākou kahua home, ʻo ke Kikowaena Mea Kaua Aerospace Kiʻekiʻe (HAWC) ma Groom Lake Air Force Base, Nevada, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Dreamland.
"Aloha," i pane mai ai ʻo ia. "E nānā wale ana au i kāu mau ʻōnaehana. E hōʻea ana mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao o Bandar Abbas i loko o kekahi mau minuke, a makemake au e ʻike inā ua ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mea."
"E hoʻomaopopo mai ka ʻōnaehana iaʻu inā ʻike ʻia kekahi mau hōʻailona i loko o ʻumikūmālima pakeneka o ka paepae ʻike," wahi a Wendy. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me kona leo ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe maʻamau, wahine akā ʻaʻole wahine. Ua ʻae kēia iā Patrick e hoʻomaha a hoʻōki i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā mea i kūpono ʻole ma kahi mokulele koa. A laila kūlou ʻo ia i mua ma kona noho, kokoke iā ia, a nīnau akula, "Ke nānā mai nei ʻoe iaʻu, ʻeā?"
ʻO ka loli koke ʻana o kona leo ua hoʻokuʻi i kona puʻuwai a maloʻo kona waha e like me ka ea ʻĀtika. "He pupule ʻoe," lohe ʻo ia iā ia iho e ʻōlelo ana. E ke Akua, ua kani pupule kēlā!
"Ua ʻike au iā ʻoe ma o ka pale maka, e Major, mea wela," wahi āna. "Ua ʻike au i ke ʻano o kou nānā ʻana mai iaʻu." Ua hilinaʻi ʻo ia i hope, e nānā mau ana iā ia. "No ke aha ʻoe e nānā mai nei iaʻu?"
"E Wendy, ʻaʻole wau..."
"Ua maopopo anei iā ʻoe ʻaʻole ʻoe?"
"ʻAʻole au... ʻaʻole wau..." He aha ka mea e hana nei? i noʻonoʻo ai ʻo Patrick. No ke aha lā wau i paʻa ai i ka ʻōlelo? Manaʻo wau ua like wau me ke keiki kula i loaʻa wale ʻia e kahakaha ana i loko o ka puke noke a ke kaikamahine āna i makemake nui ai.
ʻĀ, ua aloha maoli ʻo ia iā ia. Ua hui mua lāua ma kahi o ʻekolu makahiki i hala aku nei, i ka wā i hoʻolimalima ʻia ai lāua ʻelua i ka hui e hoʻomohala ana i ka moku kaua lele ʻo Megafortress. Ua loaʻa iā lāua kahi pilina moekolohe pōkole a ikaika, akā naʻe, ua pale mau nā hanana, nā kūlana, a me nā kuleana i nā mea hou aʻe mai ka hana ʻana. ʻO ia ka manawa a me kahi hope loa āna i manaʻo ai e hiki i kā lāua pilina ke lawe i kahi ʻanuʻu hou a hoihoi i mua.
"Ua maikaʻi, e ka Meia," wahi a Wendy. Ua nānā pono ʻo ia iā ia, a ua manaʻo ʻo ia e peʻe hou ma hope o ka pale kaua o nā mea kaua a noho ma laila a hiki i ko lākou pae ʻana. "Ua ʻae ʻia ʻoe."
Ua ʻike ʻo Patrick ua hiki iā ia ke hanu hou. Ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia, e hoʻāʻo ana e ʻike mālie a maʻamau, ʻoiai ua hiki iā ia ke manaʻo i ka hou e kahe ana mai kēlā me kēia puka. Ua lawe ʻo ia i ka lipine TV ukali. "Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi leka... kauoha... kuhikuhi," i ʻōhumu ai ʻo ia, a minoʻaka ʻo ia, me ka hoʻohewa a me ka hauʻoli pū iā ia. "Mai ka Ewalu Air Force. E kamaʻilio ana au me ke aliʻi nui, a laila nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ma ke kelepona. Ma mua o ko mākou hele ʻana ma luna o ka ʻaoʻao o ka honua. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao o Iran."
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana, e ka Meia," wahi a Wendy, me ka leʻaleʻa i kona mau maka. Kūnou ʻo Patrick, me ka hauʻoli i ka pau ʻana o ia mea, a hele akula i ke kahua mokulele. Ua hoʻōki ʻo ia iā ia. "ʻAuē, e ka Meia?"
Huli hou akula ʻo Patrick iā ia. "ʻAe, e Kauka?"
"ʻAʻole ʻoe i haʻi mai iaʻu."
"He aha kaʻu i haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe?"
"Ua maikaʻi anei kaʻu mau ʻōnaehana a pau, i kou manaʻo?"
Mahalo i ke Akua ua minoʻaka ʻo ia ma hope o kēlā, wahi a Patrick i manaʻo ai. Malia paha ʻaʻole ʻo ia e manaʻo he ʻano kolohe wau. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi o kona mālie, akā makaʻu nō hoʻi i ka ʻae ʻana i kona nānā ʻana i kāna "ʻōnaehana," pane maila ʻo ia, "Manaʻo wau he nani ko lākou ʻano, e Kauka."
"ʻAe," wahi āna. "Mahalo." Ua minoʻaka iki aʻe ʻo ia me ka mehana, nānā iā ia mai luna a i lalo, a hoʻohui akula, "E makaʻala nō hoʻi au i kāu mau ʻōnaehana."
ʻAʻole loa ʻo Patrick i loaʻa i kēlā ʻano hōʻoluʻolu a me ke ʻano ʻōlohelohe i kona kūlou ʻana e kolo ma waena o ke ana e pili ana i ka hale hoʻokele.
Akā ma mua pono o kona hoʻolaha ʻana iā ia iho e neʻe ana i mua a hoʻokaʻawale i ke kaula intercom, ua lohe ʻo ia i ka hōʻailona leka uila lohi "DIDDLE...DIDDLE...DIDDLE..." o ka ʻōnaehana ʻike hoʻoweliweli o ka moku. Ua ʻike wale ʻia lākou e ka radar ʻenemi.
Ua lele koke ʻo Patrick i loko o kona noho hoʻokuke, hoʻopaʻa iā ia iho i loko, a hoʻokuʻu i ka paʻa palekana. Aia ʻo ia i loko o ka ʻāpana hope o kahi mokulele hoʻokuʻu EB-52C Megafortress, ka hanauna hou o nā "moku kaua lele" a ka ʻāpana noiʻi huna a Patrick i manaʻolana ai e kūkulu no ka Air Force. He mokulele hoʻokuʻu B-52H Stratofortress kēia i hana ʻia ma mua, ka lio hana o ka pūʻali koa hoʻokuʻu kaumaha lōʻihi o ka US Navy, i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā ukana nukelea a me nā ukana ʻaʻole nukelea. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka B-52 mua i nā makahiki 1950; ua ʻōwili ka mea hope loa mai ka laina hōʻuluʻulu i iwakālua mau makahiki ma mua. Akā, ua ʻokoʻa kēia mokulele. Ua kūkulu hou ʻia ke kino mokulele mua mai ka honua a luna me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana hou loa, ʻaʻole wale no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana, akā, no ka hoʻolilo ʻana iā ia i mokulele kaua holomua loa ... ʻaʻohe mea i lohe.
"E Wendy?" kāhea akula ʻo ia ma ka intercom. "He aha kā kākou?"
"He mea kupanaha kēlā," i pane aku ai ʻo Wendy. "Loaʻa iaʻu kahi pahuhopu PRF X-band loli ma laila. Ke wikiwiki nei ka hoʻololi ʻana ma waena o nā ʻōnaehana huli anti-ship a me anti-aircraft. Manaʻo ʻia ka mamao... ʻAuē, kanakolukūmālima mile, hola ʻumikūmālua. Aia ʻo ia ma luna pono o mākou. I loko o ka laulā o nā missiles i alakaʻi ʻia e ka radar."
"He manaʻo anei kou i kēia?"
"He AWACS paha ia," i pane aku ai ʻo Wendy. "Me he mea lā e nānā ana i nā pahuhopu honua a me nā pahuhopu lewa. ʻAʻohe PRFS wikiwiki-e nānā wale ana. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka nānā ʻana o APY ma, e laʻa, he E-2 Hawkeye a i ʻole E-3 Sentry, akā ua like ke ʻano."
"ʻO nā mokulele AWACS Iran?" i nīnau aku ai ʻo Patrick. E lele ana ka EB-52 Megafortress ma ka lewa honua ma luna o ke Kai Kūʻono o ʻOman, ma ke komohana o ke kahakai ʻo Iran a ma ka hema o ke Kai Kūʻono o Hormuz, ma waho o ke Kai Kūʻono Peresia. Ua kauoha aku ʻo Lt. Gen. Brad Elliott, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Advanced Aerospace Weapons Center, i ʻekolu o kāna mau mokulele hoʻopōkā Megafortress hoʻokolohua e kiaʻi i ka lewa kokoke i ke Kai Kūʻono Peresia, e hoʻokō ana i kahi hoʻouka kaua malū a malū inā hoʻoholo kekahi o nā ʻāina i manaʻo ʻia he kūʻokoʻa ma ka ʻāina e komo i loko o ke kaua e ulu ana ma waena o nā pūʻali koa Coalition a me ka Repubalika o Iraq.
"He 'kākoʻo' a he 'moho paha,'" wahi a Patrick. "ʻO kekahi o nā mokulele i hoʻoili ʻia e Iraq i Iran he mokulele hoʻolaha mua ea IL-76MD. Malia paha ke hoʻāʻo nei nā Iranians i kā lākou mea pāʻani hou. Hiki iā ia ke ʻike iā mākou?"
"Manaʻo wau hiki iā ia," wahi a Wendy. "ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hahai ana iā mākou, e nānā wale ana i ka ʻāina, akā ua kokoke ʻo ia, a ke hoʻokokoke aku nei mākou i ka paepae ʻike." ʻAʻole i hoʻolālā ʻia ka B-52 Stratofortress, ʻaʻole hoʻi i manaʻo ʻia he malū, akā ua ʻokoʻa loa ka EB-52 Megafortress. Ua mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o ka ʻenehana anti-radar hou i hoʻolako ʻia me ia ma ke ʻano he kahua hoʻāʻo hoʻokolohua: ʻili "fibersteel" ʻaʻole metala, ʻoi aku ka ikaika a me ka māmā ma mua o ke kila akā ʻaʻole radar-reflective; nā ʻili hoʻomalu beveled ma kahi o nā kihi pololei; ʻaʻohe antennas waho; mea radar-absorbent i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā intake engine a me nā puka makani; a me kahi ʻōnaehana ikehu radar-absorbent kū hoʻokahi e hoʻouna hou i ka ikehu radar ma ke kino o ka mokulele a hoʻohuli iā ia ma nā kihi hope o ka ʻēheu, e hōʻemi ana i ka nui o ka ikehu radar i hoʻihoʻi ʻia i ka ʻenemi. Ua lawe pū ia i nā ʻano mea kaua like ʻole a hiki ke hāʻawi i ka mana ahi like me nā mea hakakā tactical Air Force a Navy paha.
"Me he mea lā e kiaʻi ana ʻo ia i ke Kai o Hormuz, e nānā ana i nā mokulele e hiki mai ana," wahi a Patrick. "E hana i ʻelua-ʻekolu-ʻole e pale aku ai. Inā ʻike ʻo ia iā mākou, e hoʻāla paha ia i nā Iranians."
Akā, ua lohi loa kāna ʻōlelo ʻana: "Hiki iā ia ke ʻike iā mākou," wahi a Wendy. "Aia ʻo ia ma kanakolukumamālima mile, hola hoʻokahi, me ka wikiwiki nui, e hele pololei ana iā mākou. Ke piʻi nei ka wikiwiki i ʻelima haneli knots."
"ʻAʻole kēlā he AWACS," wahi a Patrick. "Me he mea lā ua ʻike mākou i kekahi ʻano mokulele kiaʻi e neʻe wikiwiki ana."
"ʻAuē," i ʻōlelo hōʻino ai ke aliʻi o ka mokulele, ʻo Lieutenant General Brad Elliott, ma luna o ke intercom. ʻO Elliott ke aliʻi o ke Kikowaena Mea Kaua Aerospace Kiʻekiʻe, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Dreamland, a ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻolālā i ka moku kaua lele ʻo EB-52 Megafortress. "E hoʻopau i kāna radar, e Wendy, a e lana ka manaʻo ua hewa kāna radar a hoʻoholo e hoʻōki."
"E haʻalele kāua i kēia wahi, e Brad," wahi a Patrick. "ʻAʻohe pono o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hakakā ma ʻaneʻi."
"Aia mākou ma ka lewa honua," kūʻē ʻo Elliott me ka huhū. "He kuleana ko mākou e noho ma ʻaneʻi e like me Turkey."
"E ka haku, he wahi kaua kēia," wahi a Patrick me ke koʻikoʻi. "E nā limahana, e mākaukau kākou e haʻalele i kēia wahi."
Me hoʻokahi pā ʻana, ua kauoha ʻo Wendy i nā mea hana jamping ikaika o ka Megafortress e hoʻopau i ka radar huli o ka mea hakakā Iranian. "Ua hoʻāla ʻia nā Trackbreakers," i hoʻolaha ai ʻo Wendy. "E hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kanaiwakumamāiwa i ka hema." Ua hoʻohuli ʻo Brad Elliott i ka Megafortress i ka ʻākau a huli pololei i ke ala lele o ka mea hakakā. ʻAʻole paha e ʻike ka radar pulse-Doppler o ka mokulele i kahi pahuhopu me ka wikiwiki pani ʻole. "Bandit i ka hola ʻekolu, kanakolukumamālima mile, a ma ke kiʻekiʻe mau. Ke hele nei mākou no ka hola ʻehā. Manaʻo wau ua nalowale ʻo ia iā mākou."
"ʻAʻole wikiwiki loa," wahi a ke aliʻi holo moku a me ke kōkua pailota, ʻo Colonel John Ormack. ʻO Ormack ke hope luna koa a me ka ʻenekinia nui o ka HAWC-he kupua, he pailota kauoha me nā tausani hola ma nā mokulele taktika like ʻole. Akā, ʻo kāna mea i aloha mua ai, ʻo ia nā kamepiula, nā avionics, a me nā hāmeʻa. He mau manaʻo ko Brad Elliott, akā ua hilinaʻi ʻo ia iā Ormack e hoʻokō iā lākou. Inā hāʻawi ʻia nā hōʻailona a i ʻole nā ʻēheu i nā techies, e ʻaʻahu ʻo John Ormack iā lākou me ka haʻaheo. "He ʻano palaualelo paha ʻo ia. Pono mākou e kau i kahi mamao ma waena o mākou a me ia. ʻAʻole paha ʻo ia e pono i ka radar e hopu iā mākou."
"Maopopo iaʻu kēlā," wahi a Wendy. "Akā, ke manaʻo nei au ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia kāna IRSTS. ʻO ia..."
I kēlā manawa, lohe lākou a pau i ka leo nui a wikiwiki hoʻi o ka "DIDDLE-DIDDLE-DIDDLE!" ma luna o ke kelepona intercom. "Ua laka ʻia ka mea pale lewa, he kanakolu mile ka mamao, e pani koke ana! He nui loa kona radar-ke ʻā nei ia ma o kaʻu mau jammers. Ua paʻa ka laka radar, ua wikiwiki ka pani ʻana... ua hiki ka wikiwiki o ka pani ʻana i ʻeono haneli knots!"
"ʻĀ," wahi a John Ormack, "ma ka liʻiliʻi loa ua mehana ka wai ma laila ʻoiai i kēia manawa o ka makahiki."
ʻO nā ʻakaʻaka wale nō ka mea a kekahi o lākou i noʻonoʻo ai i kēlā manawa - no ka mea, ʻo ka ʻike ʻia ʻana e kahi mea interceptor supersonic hoʻokahi ma luna o ke Kai Kūʻono o Oman ʻo ia wale nō ka mea make loa e hiki i kahi luina hoʻokuʻu pōkā ke alo.
No Norman Weir, ua ʻokoʻa iki kēia kakahiaka. I kēia lā a no nā pule ʻelua e hiki mai ana, aia ʻo Weir a me kekahi mau kakini o kona mau hoa kolonela piha o ka Air Force ma Randolph Air Force Base kokoke iā San Antonio, Texas, no kahi papa hoʻokiʻekiʻe. ʻO kā lākou hana: koho i ka mea maikaʻi loa, ʻike loa, a me ke akamai loa o nā 3,000 Air Force majors no ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia i lieutenant colonel.
Ua ʻike nui ʻo Colonel Norman Weir e pili ana i ka hoʻoholo ʻana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pae paʻakikī a kūʻokoʻa-ʻo ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā ʻoihana he mea kūpono ia nona. ʻO Norman ke alakaʻi o ka Air Force Budget Review Agency ma ka Pentagon. ʻO kāna hana, ʻo ia ke hana pololei i ka mea i noi ʻia iā ia e hana: e kānana i nā kuahiwi o ka ʻike e pili ana i nā mea kaua a me nā ʻōnaehana ʻike a hoʻoholo i nā kumukūʻai a me nā pono e hiki mai ana ma luna o ke ola o kēlā me kēia. ʻO ke kumu, ʻo ia a me kāna limahana he kanaonokumamālima mau loiloi koa a me nā kānaka kīwila, nā mea helu kālā, a me nā loea loea i hoʻoholo i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka United States Air Force i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO kēlā me kēia mokulele, missile, satellite, kamepiula, pahu ʻeleʻele, a me ka pōkā, a me kēlā me kēia kāne a me ka wahine ma ka Air Force, aia ma lalo o kona maka kiaʻi. Pono kēlā me kēia mea i loko o ka waihona kālā o kēlā me kēia ʻāpana e hala i ka loiloi koʻikoʻi o kāna hui. Inā ʻaʻole, e pau ia i ka hopena o ka makahiki kālā me kahi memo hoʻokahi i kekahi ma ke Keʻena o ke Kakauolelo o ka Air Force. Loaʻa iā ia ka mana a me ke kuleana no nā piliona kālā i kēlā me kēia pule, a ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kēlā mana me ke akamai a me ka hoihoi.
Mahalo i kona makuakāne, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Norman e alualu i kahi ʻoihana koa ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe. Ua koho ʻia ka makuakāne o Norman i loko o ka Pūʻali Koa i ka waena o nā makahiki 1960 akā ua manaʻo ʻo ia he ʻoi aku ka palekana o ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke kai ma ka Navy, no laila ua komo ʻo ia a lawelawe ma ke ʻano he loea hoʻoneʻe mokulele ma luna o nā mokulele like ʻole. Ua hoʻi mai ʻo ia mai nā huakaʻi lōʻihi ma nā Moana Pākīpika a me India me nā moʻolelo kupaianaha o ke koa mokulele a me ka lanakila, a ua paʻa ʻo Norman. Ua hoʻi pū ka makuakāne o Norman i ka home me ka nalowale o ka hapalua o kona lima hema ma muli o ka pahū ʻana o kahi pahu kaua ma luna o ka mokulele USS Enterprise a me kahi Purple Heart. Ua hoʻomākaukau kēia i ke ala no Norman e ʻae ʻia i ka United States Naval Academy ma Annapolis.
Akā, ua paʻakikī ke ola ma ke kula. ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻana he kanaka introvert wale nō ʻo Norman, he ʻōlelo akahai ia. Noho ʻo Norman i loko o kona poʻo, e noho ana i loko o kahi honua ʻike a me ka noʻonoʻo maʻemaʻe a palekana. He hana hoʻonaʻauao ka hoʻoponopono pilikia, ʻaʻole he hana kino a he hana alakaʻi paha. ʻO ka nui o ko lākou koi ʻana iā ia e holo, e hana i nā push-up, e hele wāwae, a e hoʻomaʻamaʻa, ʻo ka nui o kona inaina iā ia. Ua hāʻule ʻo ia i ka hoʻokolohua kino, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia me ka hoʻokae, a hoʻi i Iowa.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi mau ʻana a kona makuakāne e pili ana iā ia e hoʻonele ana i kāna komisina a me ka haʻalele ʻana i ke Kula Naval-me he mea lā ua mōhai kona makuakāne i kona lima i hiki ai i kāna keiki ke hele i Annapolis-ua kaumaha loa ia i kona ʻuhane. Ua aneane hōʻole kona makuakāne i kāna keiki, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke uku i ke kulanui a koi aku iā ia e haʻalele a loaʻa kahi hana. Me ka makemake nui e hoʻohauʻoli i kona makuakāne, ua noi ʻo Norman a ua ʻae ʻia i loko o ka Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia ke kēkelē ma ke kālā a me ke komisina Air Force, lilo i loea helu kālā a me ke kālā, a ma hope o kekahi mau mahina ua loaʻa iā ia kāna palapala hōʻoia CPA.
Ua aloha ʻo Norman i ka Air Force. ʻO ia ka mea ʻoi loa o nā ao āpau: ua mahalo ʻia ʻo ia e ka poʻe i mahalo a mahalo i nā mea helu kālā, a hiki iā ia ke loaʻa ka mahalo o ka hapa nui o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe no ka mea ua ʻoi aku kona kūlana a me kona akamai ma mua o lākou. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka lau ʻoka gula o kāna mekia i ka manawa kūpono a ma hope koke iho ua lawe ʻo ia i ke kauoha o kāna kikowaena lawelawe helu kālā ponoʻī ma ke kahua.
ʻOiai kāna wahine, me he mea lā ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ke ola ma hope o kona kānalua mua ʻana. Ua ʻae ka hapa nui o nā wāhine i ke kūlana o kā lākou kāne, akā ua ʻālohilohi ka wahine a Norman a hōʻike i kēia kūlana ʻike ʻole ʻia akā hiki ke paʻa i kēlā me kēia manawa kūpono. Ua "hāʻawi manawaleʻa" nā wāhine a nā luna kiʻekiʻe iā ia e lawelawe ma nā kōmike, ka mea i hoʻonāukiuki iā ia i ka wā mua. Akā ua ʻike koke ʻo ia he mana kona e "hāʻawi manawaleʻa" i nā wāhine a nā luna haʻahaʻa e lawelawe ma kāna kōmike, no laila ʻo nā wāhine wale nō a nā luna haʻahaʻa a me nā luna ʻaʻole i kauoha ʻia e hana i ka hana kaumaha. He ʻōnaehana maʻemaʻe a maʻalahi hoʻi.
No Norman, he uku ka hana akā ʻaʻole paʻakikī. Koe wale nō ke kiaʻi ʻana ma kekahi mau laina neʻe i ka wā o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka ʻāpana a me kekahi mau pō lohi e hoʻomākaukau ana no ka nānā ʻana i nā kahua snap a me nā makahiki, he kanahā hola kāna hana i ka pule a he liʻiliʻi loa ke kaumaha. Ua ʻae ʻo ia i kekahi mau hana maʻamau ʻole: ke hana ʻana i kahi loiloi ma kahi pou radar ma Greenland; ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke koʻokoʻo aʻoaʻo o kekahi mau limahana o ka ʻahaʻōlelo e hana ana i ka noiʻi no ke kānāwai. Nā hana koʻikoʻi, haʻahaʻa ka pilikia, hana manawa piha. Ua hauʻoli ʻo Norman iā lākou.
Akā, ʻo ia ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai nā hakakā kokoke i ka home. Ua hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ʻo ia a me kāna wahine ma Iowa, akā ʻaʻohe kahua mokulele ma Iowa, no laila ua hōʻoia ʻia e hoʻi wale lāua i ka home no nā kipa. ʻO ka hoʻouna ʻana o Norman i ka hana PC ma waho i Korea me ka ʻole o ka ukali ʻia e hāʻawi iā ia i ka manawa e hoʻi ai i ka home, akā he mea hōʻoluʻolu iki ia me ka ʻole o kāna kāne. Ua hoʻopilikia ka hoʻokuʻu pinepine ʻana i ka hana ma luna o ke kāne, me nā ʻano like ʻole o ke koʻikoʻi. Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Norman i kāna wahine e hoʻomaka lāua i kahi ʻohana i ka wā i lohi ai ke kaʻina hana, akā ma hope o nā makahiki he ʻumikumamālima, ua maopopo ʻaʻole ʻo Norman i manaʻo maoli e hoʻomaka i kahi ʻohana.
ʻO ka ʻōpala hope loa i hele mai me ka hana hope loa a Norman ma ka Pentagon-ua lilo ʻo ia i luna hoʻokele mua o kahi keʻena hou e nānā ana i ka waihona kālā o ka Air Force. Ua haʻi aku lākou iā ia ua hōʻoia ʻia ka hana no ʻehā mau makahiki-ʻaʻohe neʻe hou aku. Hiki iā ia ke haʻalele inā makemake ʻo ia. ʻO ka uaki olaola o kāna wahine, ka mea i kani nui no nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei, ua lilo i kuli i kēlā manawa. Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Norman e kali. He hale kūʻai hou kēia. Nui nā pō lohi, nui nā hopena pule. He aha ke ʻano o ke ola no kahi ʻohana? Eia kekahi, i kekahi kakahiaka, ma hope o kekahi kūkākūkā ʻana e pili ana i nā keiki, ua hōʻike ʻo ia ua ʻelemakule loa ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo e hānai i kahi keiki hānau hou.
I kona hoʻi ʻana i ka home i ke ahiahi aʻe, ua hala ʻo ia. ʻEkolu makahiki i hala aku nei kēlā, ʻaʻole i ʻike a kamaʻilio paha ʻo Norman iā ia mai ia manawa. ʻO kāna pūlima ma nā pepa hemo ka mea hope loa āna i ʻike ai nona.
ʻĀ, ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻo ia iā ia iho, e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kona noho ʻana me ka ʻole o ia. Hiki iā ia ke lawe i nā hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a ʻoi aku ka ʻē; e huakaʻi i ka honua me ka hopohopo ʻole e pili ana i ka hele mau ʻana i Iowa i ke kauwela a i ʻole Florida i ka hoʻoilo, kahi e noho ai kona mau hoahānau kāne; a ʻaʻole pono ʻo ia e hoʻolohe i kāna wahine mua e koi ana e loaʻa i ʻelua mau kānaka akamai kahi ola ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka hoʻokō - ʻo ia hoʻi, "kīwila" - ola. Eia kekahi, e like me ka ʻōlelo kahiko, "Inā makemake ka Air Force iā ʻoe e loaʻa kahi wahine, inā ua hāʻawi lākou iā ʻoe i hoʻokahi." Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Norman e manaʻoʻiʻo he ʻoiaʻiʻo kēlā.
Ua piha ka lā mua o ka hālāwai o ka papa hoʻokiʻekiʻe ma ke Keʻena Kakauolelo o ka Papa Koho Air Force ma ke Kikowaena Hana Koa o ka Air Force ma Randolph me nā kikoʻī o ka hoʻonohonoho a me kekahi mau hōʻike pōkole e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hana a ka papa, nā pae hoʻohālikelike e hoʻohana ʻia i ke kaʻina koho, pehea e hoʻohana ai i nā papa inoa a me nā pepa loiloi, a me kahi loiloi o ka faila moho maʻamau. Ua alakaʻi ʻia nā hōʻike pōkole e Colonel Ted Fellows, ke Aliʻi o ke Keʻena Kakauolelo o ka Papa Koho Air Force. Ua loaʻa i nā hoa kahi hōʻike pōkole e pili ana i nā ʻikepili o nā moho-ka lōʻihi awelika o ka lawelawe, ka hoʻolaha ʻāina, ka hoʻolaha kūikawā, a me nā ʻike pono ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ʻia e wehewehe i ke ʻano o ke koho ʻia ʻana o kēia mau moho.
A laila, ua kamaʻilio ka pelekikena o ka papa hoʻokiʻekiʻe, ʻo Meia Kenelala Larry Dean Ingemanson, ke alakaʻi o ka ʻUmi Air Division, i nā lālā o ka papa a hāʻawi i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lālā o ka papa, me kahi Memorandum of Instruction a ke Kakauolelo o ka Air Force (SAM). ʻO ka SAM kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā kauoha i hoʻopuka ʻia e ke Kakauolelo o ka Air Force i nā lālā o ka papa, e hoʻomaopopo ana iā lākou i ka poʻe e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia a me nā quota no kēlā me kēia, me nā alakaʻi laulā e pili ana i ke koho ʻana i nā moho kūpono no ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana.
ʻEkolu mau māhele nui o nā luna i kūpono no ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia: nā moho ma ka ʻāpana mua, ma luna, a ma lalo. I loko o kēlā me kēia māhele, ua noʻonoʻo ʻia nā ʻoihana kūikawā: nā luna laina, me nā luna mokulele a i ʻole nā luna i helu ʻia; nā luna hana i helu ʻole ʻia, e like me nā mākaʻi palekana a me nā luna mālama; a me nā luna kākoʻo misionari, e like me ke kālā, ka hoʻokele, a me nā lawelawe kahua; me nā ʻoihana kākoʻo misionari koʻikoʻi, e like me ke Chaplain Corps, Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, Biomedical Sciences Corps, Dental Corps, a me Judge Advocate General Corps. Ua hoʻolaha pū ʻo General Ingemanson e hiki ke hoʻākoakoa ʻia nā panela loea ma nā mea pilikino ʻē aʻe e pono ai ke Kakauolelo o ka Air Force.
Ua māhele ʻia nā lālā o ka papa i ʻewalu mau pūʻulu o ʻehiku mau lālā i kēlā me kēia, i hoʻoponopono ʻia e ka pelekikena e hōʻoia ʻaʻole i pili loa kēlā me kēia hui i hoʻokahi ʻoihana kūikawā a kauoha paha. Me he mea lā ua hōʻike ʻia nā kauoha nui a pau o ka Air Force, nā ʻāpana hōʻike pololei, nā keʻena hana kahua, a me nā ʻoihana kūikawā: logistics, mālama, limahana, kālā, ʻenehana ʻike, chaplains, mākaʻi palekana, a me nā ʻumi o nā mea ʻē aʻe, me nā ʻoihana mokulele. Ua ʻike koke ʻo Norman ua hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia nā ʻoihana mokulele, a i ʻole nā ʻoihana kūikawā "i helu ʻia". Ma ka liʻiliʻi o ka hapalua o nā lālā o ka papa he mau luna i kākau inoa ʻia, ʻo ka hapa nui he mau luna o ka ʻāpana a i ʻole nā luna limahana i hāʻawi ʻia i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma ka Pentagon a i ʻole ma ke keʻena nui o ke kauoha.
ʻO ia ka pilikia nui loa a Norman i ʻike ai ma ka Air Force, ʻo ia ke kumu hoʻokahi i hoʻomalu i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā mea ʻē aʻe a pau, ka ʻoihana kūikawā hoʻokahi i hoʻolilo i ke ola i mea kaumaha no nā mea ʻē aʻe a pau-ʻo nā pailota.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka United States Air Force kēia, ʻaʻole ka United States Accounting Force-ua kū ka lawelawe e kaua i nā kaua no ka pale aupuni ma o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka mana ma luna o ka lewa a me ka lewa kokoke, a he kuleana koʻikoʻi ko nā airmen e pāʻani ai. Akā, he nui ko lākou ego a me nā waha nui. Ua hāʻawi ka lawelawe i nā ʻae i kāna mau airmen ma mua o kā lākou kākoʻo ʻana i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe mea nui. Ua loaʻa i nā Airmen kēlā me kēia pōmaikaʻi. Ua mālama nā luna o nā hui iā lākou e like me ka hiapo-ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā luna o nā hui he mau airmen, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻohe kuleana lele pololei o ka hui.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa iā Norman kahi i loaʻa ai kona makemake ʻole i ka poʻe e ʻaʻahu ana i nā ʻēheu. ʻO kona makuakāne paha ke kumu o ia mea. Ua mālama nā pailota i nā mīkini mokulele moana e like me nā kauwā hoʻolimalima, ʻoiai inā he loea ka mīkini a he mea hou ka pailota i kāna lele mua ʻana. Ua ʻōhumu nui ka makuakāne o Norman a lōʻihi e pili ana i nā luna ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa a me nā mea hoʻokele mokulele. Makemake mau ʻo ia i kāna keiki e lilo i luna, akā ua paʻa kona manaʻo e aʻo iā ia pehea e lilo ai i luna e mahalo ʻia a mahalo ʻia e nā luna koa a me nā luna ʻaʻole i kauoha ʻia-a ʻo ia hoʻi ke kau ʻana i nā lele i kēlā me kēia manawa kūpono.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, he luna kēia, he pailota, nāna i hoʻowahāwahā i nā hana palekana a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a ke kāpena o kāna mokulele a ua kī aku i kahi rocket Zuni i loko o kahi laina o nā mokulele e kali ana e hoʻopiha hou, ʻo ia kekahi o nā pōʻino kaua ʻino loa a ka Navy i ʻike ai, e pepehi ana ma mua o ʻelua haneli mau kānaka a hōʻeha i kekahi mau haneli, me ka makuakāne o Norman. He pailota wiwo ʻole, hoʻokiʻekiʻe, ʻike i nā mea āpau i hoʻowahāwahā i nā lula, ua hoʻokuʻu koke ʻia kēia luna mai ka lawelawe ʻana. Ua hoʻolei pinepine nā luna o ka ʻāpana o Norman i ka puke i nā luna i helu ʻole ʻia a me nā limahana i kākau inoa ʻia no nā hewa liʻiliʻi loa, akā ua hāʻawi pinepine ʻia nā pepa liʻiliʻi i ʻelua, ʻekolu, a i ʻole ʻehā mau manawa ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma mua o ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo koa. Loaʻa mau iā lākou nā pono piha.
ʻĀ, i kēia manawa e ʻokoʻa nā mea. Inā loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻaʻahu pailota hoʻolaha, manaʻo ʻo Norman, pono ʻo ia e hōʻoia iā ia iho he kūpono no ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia. A ua hoʻohiki ʻo ia ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻalahi.
"E hoʻomaka kākou i ka hana," wahi a Patrick.
"Manaʻo maikaʻi loa," wahi a Brad. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i nā throttles o ka Megafortress i ka hana mālie, hoʻohuli i ka mokulele ma kona ʻēheu hema, a hoʻokuʻu i ka mea hoʻokuʻu nui i kahi luʻu mālie ma ʻeono tausani kapuaʻi i kēlā me kēia minuke. "E Wendy, e ʻomi i kēlā me kēia kulu hope loa mai loko mai o lākou. Full spectrum. ʻAʻohe hoʻouna lekiō. ʻAʻole mākou makemake i ka Iranian Air Force holoʻokoʻa e alualu iā mākou."
"E kope," wahi a Wendy me ka nāwaliwali. Ua holo wikiwiki ʻo ia e hopu i nā penikala a me nā papa inoa i hoʻopuehu ʻia i ka wā i hoʻouna aku ai ka GS maikaʻi ʻole i kekahi mea palekana ʻole e hoʻopuehu ana ma loko o ke keʻena. Ua kōkua ka hoʻohuli ʻana i kāna mea hoʻoponopono oxygen i "100%" i ka wā i hoʻoweliweli ai kona ʻōpū a me ka hapa nui o kona mau mea e lana a puni ke keʻena. "Ke hopu nei au. ʻO ia-" I ka manawa koke, ua lohe lākou a pau i ka ʻōlelo aʻo wikiwiki "DEEDLEDEEDLEDEEDLE!" a ua ʻālohilohi nā kukui ulia pōpilikia ʻulaʻula i kēlā me kēia keʻena. "Hoʻokuʻu missile radar, hola ʻehiku, iwakāluakūmālima mile!" kāhea akula ʻo Wendy. "E huli ʻākau!"
Ua hoʻohuli ikaika ʻo Elliott i ka Megafortress i ka ʻākau a hoʻokuʻu i nā throttles i ka hana ʻole, e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ana i ka ihu e paʻakikī ai ke kāohi ʻana i ka missile a e pale aku i ka ʻōpala o ka mīkini hoʻokuʻu mai ka mea hoʻouka. I ka lohi ʻana o ka mea hoʻokuʻu, ua huli wikiwiki. Ua manaʻo ʻo Patrick me he mea lā ua huli ʻo ia i lalo-ʻo ka paleki koke ʻana, ka luʻu ʻana i lalo, a me ka huli ʻoi ʻana ua hoʻopilikia wale iā ia a me nā mea ʻē aʻe a pau.
"ʻŌpala! ʻŌpala!" i uwē ai ʻo Wendy, e kiola ana i ka ʻōpala mai nā mea hoʻolei hema. ʻO ka ʻōpala, nā ʻāpana metala e like me ka tinsel, ua hana i nā ao nui e hōʻike ana i ka radar i hana i nā pahuhopu wahaheʻe hoihoi no nā missiles ʻenemi.
"Ke hele mai nei nā missiles!" kāhea akula ʻo Wendy. "E hoʻouka i nā Stingers!" I ka hoʻokokoke ʻana mai o nā missiles ʻenemi, ua pana aku ʻo Wendy i nā missiles radar liʻiliʻi a me nā missiles ʻimi wela mai ka pūkuniahi alakaʻi o Megafortress. Ua kuʻi pololei nā missiles Stinger me nā missiles e hiki mai ana, a laila pahū i kekahi mau kapuaʻi he ʻumikūmālua ma ke ala o ka missile, e haehae ana i kona fuselage a me ka ʻōnaehana alakaʻi. Ua hana ia. Ua pahū ka missile ʻenemi hope loa ma lalo o ʻelima tausani kapuaʻi ka mamao.
ʻEhā wale nō minuke i hala iā lākou e iho ai i ʻelua haneli kapuaʻi ma luna o ke Kai Kūʻono o ʻOman, i alakaʻi ʻia e kahi waihona ʻāina o ka kamepiula hoʻokele, kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻokele ukali, a me kahi kukuna ikehu lahilahi e ana i ka mamao ma waena o ka ʻōpū o ka mea hoʻopōkā a me ka wai. Ua hele lākou i ke komohana hema me ka mana piha o ka pūʻali koa, ma kahi mamao loa mai ke kahakai ʻo Iran. Ua ʻike ʻo Brad Elliott i nā mea a nā pailota hakakā e makaʻu ai-ka lele haʻahaʻa, ka pouli, a me ka lele ʻana ma luna o ka wai mamao loa mai nā kahakai aloha. Ua hoʻonui ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻū ʻenekini, ua like kēlā me kēia hāʻule ʻana o nā nila ana wahie me he mea lā he mea koʻikoʻi-ʻoiai ke kani iki ʻana o nā headphone a i ʻole ka haʻalulu i nā mana lele me he mea lā he hōʻailona ia o ka pōʻino. ʻO ke alo o kahi radar jamming a ka ʻenemi a me nā hoʻouna lekiō i hoʻonui hou aku i ka haunaele. He kakaikahi nā pailota hakakā i loaʻa ka wiwo ʻole no ka hahai ʻana i ka pō ma luna o ka wai.
Akā, i ko Wendy aʻo ʻana i kāna mau hōʻike hoʻoweliweli, ua ʻike koke ʻia ʻaʻole e nalowale maʻalahi ka MiG, a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe. "Pōmaikaʻi, e nā kānaka-ʻaʻole mākou i nalowale. Aia ia i loko o iwakālua mile mai o mākou a ma ko mākou huelo, e noho kiʻekiʻe ana, akā e mālama mau ana i kahi laka radar maikaʻi iā mākou."
"Ke manaʻo nei au aia kekahi mau leka e hoʻihoʻi ʻia ana i ke keʻena nui," wahi a Elliot.
"ʻEono hola, kiʻekiʻe he ʻumikūmālima mile. Ke hoʻokokoke mai nei i ka pae wela." Ma muli o ka paʻa ʻana o ka radar o ka ʻenemi hoʻouka kaua, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻohana i kahi missile i alakaʻi ʻia e ka radar, akā me ka IRSTS, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokokoke maʻalahi a pana i kahi missile e ʻimi ana i ka wela.
"E Wendy, e mākaukau e hoʻokuʻu aku i nā Scorpions," wahi a Brad.
"E ʻōlelo ʻoe pēlā." Aia nā manamana lima o Wendy ma ka papa kī, e paʻi ana i nā kuhikuhi hoʻokuʻu no ka mea kaua hoʻohoka a ka Megafortress-ʻo ia hoʻi ka AIM-120 Scorpion AMRAAM, a i ʻole Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. Ua lawe ka EB-52 i ʻeono mau missile Scorpion ma kēlā me kēia pylon ma lalo o nā ʻēheu. He mau missiles i alakaʻi ʻia e ka radar nā Scorpions, i hoʻomalu ʻia e ka radar hoʻouka kaua a ka Megafortress a i ʻole e kahi radar ma luna o ka ihu o ka missile-hiki i nā missiles ke hoʻouka i nā pahuhopu ma ka ʻaoʻao hope o ka mea hoʻopū ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana o kahi radar i kau ʻia ma ka huelo, e ʻae ana i nā hoʻokuʻu ma luna o ka poʻohiwi e kūʻē i nā ʻenemi e alualu ana. He kakaikahi wale nō nā mokulele ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i lawe i nā AMRAAM, akā ua lawe ka EB-52 Megafortress i hoʻokahi no ʻekolu mau makahiki, me hoʻokahi misionari kaua. Aia nā mokulele ʻenemi i loko o ka mamao he iwakālua mile o ka Scorpion.
"ʻUmikūmālua mile."
"A hiki iā ia i ʻewalu mile, e hoʻopaʻa iā ia a hoʻomaka e pana iā lākou," wahi a Brad. "Pono mākou e pana mua."
"E Brad, pono kākou e hoʻopau i kēia," wahi a Patrick me ka wikiwiki.
Nānā akula ʻo Wendy iā ia me ke kahaha loa, akā kāhea akula ʻo Brad Elliott, "He aha ia, e Patrick?"
"Ua ʻōlelo au e pono kākou e hoʻōki i kēia," wahi hou a Patrick. "E nānā, aia kākou ma ka lewa honua. Ua hāʻule wale kākou i kahi haʻahaʻa, ke hoʻopaʻa nei kākou i kāna radar. Ua ʻike ʻo ia he poʻe ʻino kākou. ʻAʻole e hoʻoponopono ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hakakā i kekahi mea."
"Ua hoʻouka mua mai ʻo ia iā kākou, e Patrick."
"E nānā, ke hana nei mākou e like me nā ʻenemi, a ke hana nei ʻo ia i kāna hana-e kipaku ana iā mākou mai kona wahi a me kona lewa," wahi a Patrick. "Ua ho'āʻo mākou e komo i loko, a ua hopu ʻia mākou. ʻAʻohe mea makemake i ka hakakā ma ʻaneʻi."
"He aha kāu e manaʻo nei, e Nav?" i nīnau aku ai ʻo Brad me ka hoʻohenehene.
Ua kānalua ʻo Patrick, a laila kūlou akula iā Wendy a ʻī akula, "E hoʻopau i ke keakea ma ka UHF GUARD."
Nānā akula ʻo Wendy iā ia me ka hopohopo. "Ua maopopo anei iā ʻoe, e Patrick?"
"ʻAe. E hana." Ua hoʻokomo ʻo Wendy me ka hoʻokaʻulua i nā kuhikuhi i loko o kāna kamepiula ECM e pale aku i nā hōʻailona jamming mai ke komo ʻana i ka 243.0 megahertz, ke kahawai kamaʻilio pilikia ultra-high frequency (UHF) honua. Ua hoʻohuli ʻo Patrick i ke kelepona panel intercom i COM 2, āna i ʻike ai ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ke kahawai kamaʻilio pilikia UHF. "E nānā, nā mokulele Iranian ma ko mākou kūlana hola ʻeono, hoʻokahi haneli kanahikukumamāono kilomita ma ka hikina hema o Bandar Abbas. ʻO kēia ka mokulele ʻAmelika āu e alualu nei. Hiki iā ʻoe ke heluhelu iaʻu?"
"E Patrick, he aha kāu e hana nei?" i kāhea aku ai ʻo Elliott ma luna o ke intercom. "E ka pale kaua, ua pau anei kou hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka UHF? He aha ka mea e hana nei?"
"He manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole kēlā, e Patrick," wahi a John me ka ʻoʻoleʻa, akā, ʻaʻole i like me ka ikaika me Elliot. "Ua haʻi wale aku nei ʻoe iā ia he poʻe ʻAmelika mākou. Makemake paha ʻo ia e nānā i kēia manawa."
"He pupule ʻo ia ke pane mai," wahi a Brad. "ʻĀnō, mai hoʻā i ka lekiō a..."
Akā, i kēlā manawa pono nō, lohe lākou ma ka lekiō: "He aha kēia? Ua kaumaha iki mākou."