10:47 PM, eight kilometers northeast of Crescent Oil Field, 300 meters altitude.
The UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter angled into the target airspace at a 45-degree incline, the low-frequency vibrations from the rotor blades cutting through the air were transmitted to each crew member through the fuselage.
Inside the cabin, there was only a faint red glow from the instrument panel, illuminating seven faces smeared with camouflage paint.
Blake secured the reinforced military tablet on his lap, his fingertips quickly sliding over the anti-glare touchscreen.
The screen was split into four displays: the top left showed real-time satellite imagery with a 0.3 meter resolution, the top right overlaid with a thermal imaging layer, the bottom left displayed synthetic aperture radar scan results, and the bottom right showed infrared images transmitted by a drone.
"Thunder-1 calling nest, arrived above target area."
