Alpha Whiskey, Alpha Whiskey, this is Ark Angel.
They've got a signal. It's Burnett.
Ark Angel Zero Six, this is Alpha Whiskey. Go ahead, Zero Six.
I'm on course with your last instructions.
Am keyed up and waiting for your... waiting for you to name the fairway.
Zero Six, this is Alpha Whiskey. How you doin', son?
I don't know. You tell me, sir.
The hard bit's over. You need to get yourself, uh, five clicks east, uh, to the sweet spot.
Understood?
Roger. Understand that spot to be friendly.
Good for birds?
That's affirmative. Spot is friendly.
You need to get there, stay out of trouble and Big Mother will pick you up.
Next contact at, um...
1700.
Roger.
Alpha Whiskey?
Uh, go ahead, Zero Six.
Sir, I shouldn't have left Stackhouse.
Distract him.
Uh, Zero Six, your last transmission was garbled. Let's talk about your, um... your gear.
How's it holding up?
The gear's good. I have a basic pack.
I left some of it at the crash site.
I guess I got rattled when I ejected at Mach 3.
You still got your boots, haven't you, cowboy?
Roger. They were tied on.
You got it made.
You're an optimist, sir. See, I had you figured for a grouch.
OK, Zero Six, just make it to the RP.
Roger.
Are you gonna be there, sir?
That's affirmative, son. Out.
He's here.
Yes, sir. I suggest we place him here.
It's open ground near the town of Hac, well inside the safe zone.
All right, let's go for the extraction.
.. command area responsibility. Ingress will be north, egress south.
From the radio contacts, you can see he has basically circled back towards the crash site.
Call sign is "Avalanche. " Authenticate: "Romeo Two, X-ray. "
Continue: "Bulldog. " Delay: "Cycle. " Abort is "Washdown. "
Aircraft down is "Cobalt. " Success is "Ripper. "
- Captain, you can take it from here. - Thank you, sir.
Bravo will establish a perimeter, then haul ass back to the helo on my command...
Admiral Reigart.
Let me introduce Colonel Brigand. He will conduct the pickup.
- Sir, my team is ready now. - Get me Admiral Donnelly.
I have spoken with Admiral Donnelly and have his full support.
You will stand down.
Chris.
Hey!
Yeah.
You American?
Nine millimeters?
Nine millimeter.
Do you have water?
Water? No water.
Thanks.
It's good.
Ice Cube.
Yeah. I like Ice Cube.
I like all hip-hop, uh, rap music.
West Coast, East Coast. NWA, Public Enemy.
They said stop, freeze
I got froze up because I'm public enemy number one
One, one, one, one
That's good. That's good, that's good.
You know where we're going?
Hac.
Hac? That's good. Good.
Jesus Christ!
Tell him to go!
Hey, come on! Come on!
Hey. Bonjour.
Come on. Come on, let's go. Let's go, OK?
Whoa, whoa. Hold it. I'm an American soldier that's been shot down.
Shut up.
- What were you bombing? - No bombing. We were taking photographs.
Photographs of what? Of what?!
Lokar's come back here again, killing everyone.
It's true. Lokar killed everyone. Children, women... Buried them up in the hills.
In the hills? Yes, I saw them. I saw the graves.
Yes, I saw them. I saw the bodies in the hills.
Tell him. I am an American. I am on your side.
- That's what I'm sayin'. We're on your... - Then you go outside.
Tell them you are an American.
- They don't kill American. - Ice Cube, tell them.
Tell this guy that we have photographs that can help...
Bullshit!
America say they make them sign deal.
- I swear to God... - But they already break it!
America government for shit! Now go!
Hey, hey, hey...
It's OK. It's me.
Come on.
Time?
Three minutes, sir.
Stop! Shh.
Let's go.
Reigart.
Leslie, I'm afraid there's bad news.
The Bosnian-Serb Fourth Army Patrol found Lieutenant Burnett near Hac.
I regret to inform you that Lieutenant Burnett is...
dead.
- I am sorry, Leslie. - Thank you.
There's meant to be a peace deal. Hac was meant to be a safe haven.
Yet once again in Bosnia, that's proved an illusion.
And in the midst of fighting around the southern enclave,
Bosnian Serb forces announced they'd found
the body of the American navigator, Lieutenant Chris Burnett,
whose plane was shot down two days ago.
The Serb authorities are claiming he was shot by Muslim guerrillas,
opposed to the recently signed Cincinnati Peace Accord.
The Serbs say the body was discovered by one of their teams
in a search-and-rescue attempt since the F-18 was shot down two days ago.
This incident is bound to spoil NATO's hopes for a clean exit from the Balkans,
and frustrates US military leaders, only days away from a withdrawal from Bosnia.
For NATO's forces on the eve of their departure,
the news ofLieutenant Burnett's death comes as another dark blow
at the end ofa disturbing and ultimately unsuccessful chapter in the alliance's history.
Savior Six, Savior Six from Gold Eagle command.
Be advised the package is not in position.
Mission is scrubbed. Return to base immediately.
Hey!
Hey! Wait!
We're here!
Come on! Fuck! Damn it!
We're right here!
You've gotta be shitting me!
Son of a bitch! They killed him, and we did nothing!
- Captain... - We did nothing!
We did nothing.
We were right here.
We were right... Fuck!
What's that?
It's not safe here. We'll keep going.
No. You go.
They killed my pilot because we took pictures of the graves.
And I know where they are.
And I'm gonna get 'em, so he didn't die for no reason.
Don't follow me.
It's safer here.
Shit.
Goddamn. Why is this off?
Why is this off? Why is this...?
Come on.
Come on! Goddammit!
All right. OK. OK, come on. Come on.
Yeah! Yeah. Yeah.
For the information of all hands, this ship will be relieved on station.
It will set course for home base, effective 2300 this evening.
- Sir? Your presence is requested in the SCIF. - All right, thank you.
It's the homing beacon, sir. On the second ejection seat.
The only way to reactivate it is from the seat, manually.
- How long has that been on? - Seven minutes.
Sir, you've gotta be very familiar with our systems to reactivate that beacon.
- That's Burnett. - Sir, it could be a setup.
It's a radio transmission. They are hearing the same music.
Sir, I agree.
Sir, we really should notify NATO command, or at least contact Donnelly for clearance.
- Of course, that will take a lot of time. - Tom, I get it. We wait, Burnett dies.
Piquet was very clear with his objections, sir.
- You will lose your command for this. - So be it.
I'm not gonna let that kid die out there while we sit around on this ship!
OK. All right. OK.
OK, all right.
Goddamn!
Gentlemen,
I wanna make one thing clear before we leave.
I intend to put you in harm's way.
Any man who doesn't wish to join this mission, step away right now.
All right, then. Let's go get our boy back.
About two clicks up this valley, we're gonna make a hard right.
Argh!
Argh...
There he is. There he is!
Come on! Come on! Damn it! What the hell is he waiting for?
Come on!
Come on! Come on, kid!
It's too hot to set down. We'll have to cover him aloft.
Goddammit!
Come on!
OK.
Go!
Captain, fast rope. Go get him.
Sir, he's on the rope.
- Sniper in the open. - We'll take him.
Come on, son. Come on!
Go!
They got him! Pull up! Pull up!
Hey, Chris.
Hey, Glen.
Admiral.
This is why they killed Stackhouse.
Admiral?
You were holding a letter for me. I'd like to get it back.
I think I can find it.