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Sergeant Edward Swan: ISAF fascist.
Lieutenant Edward Swan's military career began on 11/9/2004 when he was forced to choose between military service and a jail sentence by a North Point judge. He chose military service and because of his flying experience, was sent to fighter pilot training. ISAF was desperately short of trained pilots at the time and so, his training was cut short. Upon the completion of his training, he was sent to a squadron of Mig 27 Floggers and assigned to air defence duties.
It was in this role that he obtained his first aerial victory on the 15/9/2004. Climbing to 20,000 feet, his flight of three aircraft spotted the approaching Erusian bombers below them and dived. Firing his two R-73 missiles into one of the Tu-95 Bears, he continued to dive and evaded being shot down by the bombers escorts. (His two wingmen attempted to stay and were shot down. Lieutenant David Dylan and Sergeant Winston Downing both went down with their aircraft.) The crew of the bomber successfully bailed out and was picked up by North Point air/sea rescue services.
He continued to down aircraft using this hit and run tactic and was to successfully down a further three Tu 95 Bears and one Tu 16 Badger. After the ISAF attack on Rigley Airbase, the Erusian bombing raids almost completely ceased and he was to obtain no further kills.
On the 21/11/2004, he was involved with a pub brawl and sentenced to one week in a military stockade. Upon his return, the squadron was re-equipped with Mig-29 Fulcrums but it wasn't until the 31/11/2004 that he was to use the aircraft in combat.
Flying above Comona Island Rocket base, he was to down two F-14 Tomcats and was able to claim half a Mirage 2000. The other half of the kill was attributed to Lieutenant Joseph Putt, who was flying an F/A-18 Hornet. However, because Lieutenant Joseph Putt was black, Edward refused to acknowledge his involvement. This was one of several incidents between the two men that would continue throughout the war.
Edward's squadron continued to fly aerial defence duties until the 28/2/2005, where his squadron was sent to attack the Tango line. He was to down one Mi-24 Hind E and one Harrier. Afterwards, his squadron was assigned to flying tactical bombing missions in support of the ISAF's advance. In this role, he was to down a further eight Harriers and two F-16 Falcons.
Although his squadron was selected to fly against Stonehenge, Edward was not meant to be involved with the attack. However, one of the pilots who was meant to be flying the mission became ill with measles and Edward took over as the reserve pilot.
During the attack, his aircraft was damaged by ground fire. Although the damage was light, it did damage his threat warning alarm system. As he pulled up from his attack on the Stonehenge facility, an R-77 missile fired at long range by Yellow 4 hit him. Badly damaged, he was able to pull his aircraft up before successfully ejecting from his aircraft. He was captured by Erusian forces and was a POW until the 10/7/2005, when he was liberated by the ISAF invasion of San Salvacion.
After a period of refresher training, he was sent back to his former squadron, in time for the closing days of the conflict. The squadrons role had not changed and he was to down two F/A-18 Hornets before the conflicts end.
After the war, Edward went into politics. He joined the North Point National Front party and was the parties presidential candidate for the 2007 elections. Despite an extensive campaign, he failed to