gun shots right outside the cockpit door.
a light flashes on the panel.
through the cockpit window, the glowing landing lights of ramstein base are visible in the distance, cutting a wedge through the german towns and fields.
dull thuds of bullet impacts.
final approach.  the landing strip not far at all.
altitude decreasing. 300 feet.  200 hundred feet.
chaos. gibbs tries to pull axelrod off the controls.
gibbs pulls axeirod's body out of the pilot's seat. looks out the cockpit window and sees.
gibbs senses that he's too close. he pulls way back on the stick, risks stalling her out.  but the bird responds.
a red warning light flashes on the plane's panel.