At 9:38PM, on October 20th, 2025,

Six MH-102B 'Eel' Helicopters, thirty AH-32 'K-ller' Helicopters, and fifty BE-1 'Desolater' Bombers would takeoff from the respective airports on the Sava-Hendero Island Fortress (Formerly Conteran Island) and head towards 'The Scourge™', refuelling along the way to keep themselves airborne, they got there around midnight and started their work.



Heavy overcast clouds for most of the flight caused the vehicles to rely on radar alone to fly without hitting each other, they would fly in batches of six, one MH-102 and five AH-32 per squadron, to swarm the base from all sides, allowing the large flight of BE-1 Desolators to run through and destroy the airfields. The first shots fired were from one of the 'Eel' helicopters. The 'Eel' fired it's AGM-331 Ralph at a parked 'Dash-Strike-B', causing it to explode violently.

Each shot was quickly followed by 50mm cannon fire from 'K-ller' helicopters strafing enemy positions, causing multiple secondary explosions and destroying multiple aircraft, specifically 'Red-Opponent-D' fighters, and even an 'Eliminator-A.'

Then, suddenly, the Scourge got out of their shock and got two Interceptors in the air, the first one was shot down by an onlooking 'Desolator', the other was showdown by a 'K-ller' helicopter, but not before it slammed cannon fire into an MH-102B helicopter.

But soon, the onslaught stopped, until BE-1s coming in at full throttle, opened their Bombay's and dropped four 3800Ibs M-25 bombs onto key enemy positions, destroying many aircraft, making already flying aircraft, or SAM sites the only meaningful way to repel this attack. Even people miles away could hear the explosions and people just out of eardrum popping range, we're still flash banger by the high-pitched screech the explosions made.

But not everything lasted, as the helicopters started to pull away, two 'Red-Opponent-D' helicopters shot down one more 'Eel' Helicopter and six 'K-ller' helicopters. This image here shows the 'Eel' Flaring to dodge the missile, and then losing its tail after it was sheared off by the missile.


Many more missions like Hatchet would occur, specifically Operation Longsword using I-100M-1s, Operation Longbow using F-63W Bloc-3s, Operation Javelin using F-33S-50s, Operation Torpedo using Viking BF-20s, and Operation Shovel using Gallahads. All missions would use the name number and types of helicopters, but would use different types of planes in the same numbers.
In the end a ceasefire was signed for White Cross HH-102s and various Other vehicles of both sides to search for all remaining survivors and transport them to safety.

Losses:

Scourge:
460 Opponent series
219 Dash-Strike series
103 Interceptor series
11 Eliminators
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11 MH-102Bs
45 AH-32s
10 BE-1s
1 I-100M-1
3 F-63W Bloc-3
17 F-33S-50
24 Viking BF-20
30 Galahads