Vlad, vocal as usual, traverses the aisles of the plane, watching each passenger, one of his team members on the other side. He turns around heading upstairs to the first class cabins. Once arrived, he looked about. Smirking a bit, he traverses the smaller cabin as a much larger plane came into view. He goes to a stewardess's station picking up a mic.
"Ladies and gentleman. This is the Colonel speaking again. If you look out of our left window, you will see a Antonov AH-124. If you notice, she has on her belly a refueling apparatus. Today, you will take part in the first mid-air refueling involving that aircraft. Just imagine. The Russian skies, filled with these, followed by MIGs with the old Red Star, shining in the air, on their tail fins, a sickle and hammer." He chuckles a bit on the microphones. "Do not worry, I will make sure those who don't do anything stupid are treated well." He replaces the microphone as his radio goes off.
"Sir, they are ready..."
"Good, begin the procedures."
He thinks for a second. Looking down at his watch, he decides it's a good time for check-ins.
"Phoenix Team, report..."
"Freebird okay.", comes in one voice
"Sparrow, okay", chimed in the melodic voice of Nastasha
"Vulture okay"
"Strayone okay"
"Rapier, okay"
Vlad waited a minute, noting one report hadn't come in. There were six members of the team, yet only five responded.
"Cleric, report in...."