

As the Persian Gulf campaign progress the coup ambushes the fleet which then the next day after the attack Spider, Bishop, Deadeye, & Huckster fly A-6E Intruders to retaliate for the ambush on the fleet by attacking the enemy's commutations station & scuttling their naval fleet. Which later would be identified as a SU-47 & its pilot who flew it is Victor Orlov who is a legendary top notch pilot. During one of his missions with the McKinley he encounters an unknown plane. Spider has a flashback from his first day at TOPGUN of meeting Wiseguy, Punchline, Jester, Maverick & Iceman. During his time on the McKinley their allies fall to a coup in the region. The story starts out where Spider is in combat as the McKinley & the whole fleet are under attack. Maverick who highly speaks of him & reminds him of himself of when he was that age. Lance "Spider" Webb just graduated from TOPGUN & transfers to the USS McKinley which is in the Persian Gulf.
