A/N: This story was collecting dust, I wrote it on paper when this idea just floated out on a sunny day. I'm now rewriting it on my computer and when I'm done translating (since the story is in Dutch) I will put it here. The story only misses an epilogue so don't worry this story will get an ending.
A/N2: The epilogue of my other story is coming up as well
Enjoy!
Risks of flying – Chapter One
In four generations Rabb pilots where never spared from an early death. Trish had hoped her son would break this 'curse' after he narrowly escaped death with his ramp strike and became a lawyer after that. But he was still in the navy and liked the action and danger. Harm did break the 'curse' but not in a way they liked. On Christmas Eve, exactly thirty years after Harm Sr. was shot down, two officers came to the door to tell Trish and Frank that their son was MIA and had likely perished. They were under heavy fire and crashed just across the border of Iran and, parachutes had been seen. Iran didn't allow salvage of the aircraft which they claimed had crashed into a deep lake.
Also with JAG the loss was great, it should have been a simple TDA but because off an outbreak of the flu on board of the carrier Harm had volunteered to fly some missions. They had lost most of their instruments due to an unknown location of aerial defense. On top of that they got caught in a storm; they only knew they were over Iranian territory when suddenly four MIG's appeared. With most of their instruments down and outnumbered they couldn't fight them off. Because of Harm's actions his wingman got out safely but his plane was hit by bullets and in an uncontrollable descent. A group of marines had tried to salvage the crew but the Iranian border guard was to strong. There were no parachutes observed and the US wasn't willing to risk a war over two presumably death pilots. Trying to solve it diplomatically didn't solve anything either.
At the request of the family there was a funeral a month later for both pilot and RIO. The attendance was enormous, most of them pilots. It was good to say goodbye even if their bodies weren't there. Harm had broken the 'curse' because he didn't have any children to follow into his footsteps and the lineage of Rabb had ended. For Trish it was the most sad, Harm had been here only child she never succeeded in having more children with Frank. It was an unlucky coincidence that led to the loss of two good men but life had to go on.
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