Alas, Babylon
Chapter 1
Why are the planes sent away from the airforce base?
Why are the planes sent away from the airforce base?
The Air Force is trying to keep most planes off this base since it's a primary target, and they keep ten percent of them in the air at all times because they're safer from a bombing up there than on the ground.
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