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Lucy Debut
by renthedragon
Artist, USGI Florida Man
7 years ago
Captain Lucinda Harding was born in late 1997, one of multiple direct descendants of the YF-22 prototypes that championed the ATF program only a few years prior. For the next several years, Lucy and her siblings all underwent extensive training, testing, modifications and development to mold them into the deadliest fighters of this generation.
In 2005, Lucy was officially put into service, and found herself attached to the 525th Fighter Squadron two years later before being stationed overseas to Kadena AFB in Japan. One day, she was dispatched to scare away Chinese J-11 aeros, on her own to test her. The Flankers, although spooked by her undetected arrival, remained defiant, and tried to get on Lucy's tail, but ended up being outmaneuvered repeatedly, sending them on their way home with a clear message to the Chinese they had to watch out with the new Raptors.
In 2010, she'd return Stateside to Elmendorf AFB. While there, she'd assist in training new F-22 upstarts, and occasionally fly out to intercept Russian Tu-160 or Tu-95 aeros. In 2014, she was sent out to Syria to conduct strikes against Islamic militant forces, and to help keep Iranian air assets from snooping around in areas they didn't belong. She'd recall encounters with Iranian F-4s and MiG-29s, even one "Persian" cat, the latter being a matter that remains mildly classified to this day.
In recent years, in response to China and North Korea flexing muscle, she had been rotating between Andersen, Osan and Kadena Air Bases more frequently.
Lucy takes pride in her work, sometimes enjoys it a bit more than she should. While she's an experienced fighter, and knows when to pick her fights, she is a bit cocky to a fault, having a tendency of letting herself get carried away sometimes, and has gotten into spots of trouble more than once for it, even nearly caused an international incident or two as a result.
And here is one of my newest F-22s on my roster, albeit one of my 'older' ones of the bunch! I'm proud of how she turned out, and glad to finally be out of this art block that's plagued me for the last month. Expect alternate versions in the coming days.
In 2005, Lucy was officially put into service, and found herself attached to the 525th Fighter Squadron two years later before being stationed overseas to Kadena AFB in Japan. One day, she was dispatched to scare away Chinese J-11 aeros, on her own to test her. The Flankers, although spooked by her undetected arrival, remained defiant, and tried to get on Lucy's tail, but ended up being outmaneuvered repeatedly, sending them on their way home with a clear message to the Chinese they had to watch out with the new Raptors.
In 2010, she'd return Stateside to Elmendorf AFB. While there, she'd assist in training new F-22 upstarts, and occasionally fly out to intercept Russian Tu-160 or Tu-95 aeros. In 2014, she was sent out to Syria to conduct strikes against Islamic militant forces, and to help keep Iranian air assets from snooping around in areas they didn't belong. She'd recall encounters with Iranian F-4s and MiG-29s, even one "Persian" cat, the latter being a matter that remains mildly classified to this day.
In recent years, in response to China and North Korea flexing muscle, she had been rotating between Andersen, Osan and Kadena Air Bases more frequently.
Lucy takes pride in her work, sometimes enjoys it a bit more than she should. While she's an experienced fighter, and knows when to pick her fights, she is a bit cocky to a fault, having a tendency of letting herself get carried away sometimes, and has gotten into spots of trouble more than once for it, even nearly caused an international incident or two as a result.
And here is one of my newest F-22s on my roster, albeit one of my 'older' ones of the bunch! I'm proud of how she turned out, and glad to finally be out of this art block that's plagued me for the last month. Expect alternate versions in the coming days.
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Nice~
I love the look of aeros in uniforms. I'm glad you've been doing more of them since the AMA sketches.
Amazing job on this raptor, a good balance of sexy and classy.