- We were never there. - That won't fly and you know it.

Look, I'm following my tasking orders, Dick.

Somebody else wants to make a different story...

...let them use their imagination.

Right now I got a renegade airplane...

...I got a dead pilot and another one who may not make it back to base.

I don't give two shits what they say on CNN.

Did you know that the UCAV was having problems when you cleared it?

Planes malfunction every day. You know that better than anybody.

Doesn't mean every precaution wasn't taken.

Things go wrong.

Access denied. Access denied.

Access denied. Access denied.

Talon 2 to Combat Control.

Regressing VFR direct to Mother at 60,000 feet.

Port wing inoperative. Starboard canards frozen.

Oh, no, no, no. Come on.

Stay with me, big girl, stay with me. Come on.

Start eject and autodestruct sequence.

- Countdown. Twenty-five... - Talon 2 to base.