

Spider then aids the US Air Force, Perseus, & Muskrat as they go after the general who started the coup. As the Persian Gulf campaign progress the coup ambushes the fleet which then the next day after the attack Spider, Bishop, Deadeye, & Huckster fly A-6E Intruders to retaliate for the ambush on the fleet by attacking the enemy's commutations station & scuttling their naval fleet.

Which later would be identified as a SU-47 & its pilot who flew it is Victor Orlov who is a legendary top notch pilot. During one of his missions with the McKinley he encounters an unknown plane. Spider has a flashback from his first day at TOPGUN of meeting Wiseguy, Punchline, Jester, Maverick & Iceman.

During his time on the McKinley their allies fall to a coup in the region. The story starts out where Spider is in combat as the McKinley & the whole fleet are under attack. Maverick who highly speaks of him & reminds him of himself of when he was that age. Lance "Spider" Webb just graduated from TOPGUN & transfers to the USS McKinley which is in the Persian Gulf.
