SOVIET UNION - 1981
A period of local government corruption and civil disruption has led to a rebellion in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Loyalist regiments have been wiped out. Air defences have been torn down.
NATO forces from the south take up a ‘peacekeeping’ mission, intervening in our internal affairs. There are now hostile forces on our doorstep, separated only by a chain of mountains...
You are a fighter pilot in the frontal aviation regiment stationed at Nalchik airbase, north of the border with the Georgian republic. You will fly the legendary MiG-21bis, leading the fight against the aggressors to our south.