The plane they mocked hadn’t just defeated their legendary zero.

It had rendered its entire reason for being obsolete.

The oneeyed ace, Saburo Sakai, survived to see the peace, a living monument to an era of air combat that had vanished in the face of industrial precision.

The Hellcat had proven that in modern warfare, the most powerful weapon isn’t always the sharpest sword, but the most robust and relentless tool.

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