With the entry of the pilots of Peace Sparrow into the battle, the tables had started to turn in the direction of the defenders, despite being heavily outnumbered, with most of the fighters succeeding in downing a few fighters. However, the significantly less maneuverable Phantom found itself struggling to keep up in the furball of fighters and instead decided to go for the Harriers that had completely bypassed the dogfight and were attacking targets on the ground. They all sat in a row of six, staying at low speeds and strafing military vehicles on a freeway, making for easy targets, even for the flying brick. Charles brought the F-4E onto their left flank and with an order to his WSO, four SDM's were fired at once, outright destroying one of the Harriers and sending one into a drop. The remaining four Harriers, noticing the danger, throttled up and set their thrust vectoring engines forward to escape. As Charles prepped to pursue, the AWACS took to the radio.

[b]AWACS[/b]
[b]<<[/b]Confirming kills! Scratch one MiG-21 for Meteor, scratch one MiG-21 and one Su-27 for Mold, one MiG-21 for Romeo, one Su-27 for Angel, one MiG-21 for Slypheed, one Su-27 for Drake and two Harrier's for Anemi. We now outnumber the enemy.[b]>>[/b]

"Rim-Light, could we get an ETA on the bombers?" Charles asked, repeating the question of the other pilot who hadn't been answered earlier.

[b]AWACS[/b]
[b]<<[/b]Bombers arriving within ten kilometer radius of the city now! Four Tu-95's and four Tu-22M's and one unknown bandit at very high altitude and speed, unreachable for any of you. Engage and destroy the bombers before they reach the city! I will attempt to identify the unknown bandit.[b]>>[/b]

Sure enough, Charles could see the glint of metal far away and above, along with the eight bombers approaching at a lower altitude. Erika scoffed. "You couldn't have told us earlier?" Shrugging, the Belkan turned the Phantom away from the retreating Harriers and went towards the bombers. There were still a few fighters left in the air, but it seemed the bombers were of more importance.