Joint Air Base Sioux

*“Those who relish in the exploits of American ‘liberty’ are blind to those who provide such liberties.” - Colonel J.R. Velasquez*

**Joint Air-Base Sioux (J.A.B. Sioux)** is the **Federal Government’s** military headquarters for the portion of Federal territories in the Dakotas and Nebraska. Serving the role of providing close air support, air reconnaissance, and deploying local military garrisons from behind it’s walls, Joint Air-Base Sioux is one of the most critical locations to ever exist within the confines of **Yankton County**. The Air Base has active radar and air defense systems, making the base seemingly a challenge to take by any opposition.

The history of Joint Air-Base Sioux stretches back to the 1960s, where American military aviators tested state of the art aircraft on an isolated air-strip located some miles away from the growing city of Yankton. Here, munitions and aircraft would be investigated, researched, and evaluated over a period of ten years to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness. Throughout the 1970s, up until the early 2000s, the air-strip lay dormant, holding ancient treasures of a bygone era of American interventionism and warfare; though, as time went on, the air-strip would see usage under new management by the year of 2001. During the height of the **PAX-13 crisis**, the air-strip would be remilitarized by the **Federal Emergency Management Agency (F.E.M.A.)**, serving as a local humanitarian aid camp for those who had possibly been infected with the outbreak of the strange, new disease. Amid the climax which would see America’s government topple into ruins, **F.E.M.A.**, in tandem with the United States Military, would import various aircraft and jet fighters from across the country in preparation for a possible civil conflict. Those who lived within Yankton county often questioned what occurred behind the rolling hills that separated the air-base from the outside world, but many simply remained oblivious to what was unfolding behind the scenes.

By the year of 2003, with the infection spreading across most of the continental United States, the garrison at J.A.B. Sioux would be mobilized in preparation to begin clearing out the towns that silently rested on the fringes of the Missouri river. Though, as a result of a massacre by F.E.M.A. in the south near the state boundaries of Wisconsin, the people of Yankton county rallied to bring an end to the tyranny of the Federal forces in the area. Spearheaded by the **U.S.A.F.** warlord forces which controlled the city of Yankton, an armed counter-assault was prepared after news transpired through the city that Federal forces were converging upon the city’s walls. What ensued was a violent battle in between the Air Base and City of Yankton, resulting in the first ever victory for the U.S.A.F. forces in the region; during this battle, over a hundred men were killed during a colossal firefight, and to accompany these casualties, dozens of important assets, including jeeps, humvees, armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles were lost on each side. Fleeing through the wrecks of smoldering vehicles and gored bodies, the remnants of the Federal garrison fled to J.A.B. Sioux, dragging their wounded along while also salvaging whatever vehicles and equipment they could.

Former Army **Colonel Jacarrio Rodriguez Velasquez** would be appointed to oversee military operations on-site. With his appointment, Colonel J.R. Velasquez began pursuing the immediate extermination of all unruly cities and garrisons who wish to eliminate the power of the **Federal Government** ruling over the northern regions of the United States. A man such as him will uphold his duties, even in the face of certain death.

*Written by soildeath35*