1998 Akborian-Aslanian War

The 1998 Akborian-Aslanian War, known as the First Akborian War in Akboria and the Philippine Strait War, was an armed conflict in Akboria from 1998 to 1999 that began with the bombardment of Caledonia City in 1998 by the Akborian Armed Forces. Within 72 hours of the bombing, the incumbent Aslanian president, (INSERT HERE), issued a formal declaration of war on Akboria, deploying the United Aslanian Air Force for a bombing campaign against Akboria, beginning the war.

Names
The war went by many names,

Background
Ever since the collapse of relations with South Aslana in 1991,

Conflict
On July 17, 1998, at 1830 hours Aslanian Standard Time, the incumbent President of the United Aslanian Republic, (INSERT HERE), gave a formal declaration of war against the Republic of Akboria to international broadcast. A bombing campaign of military installations on North Akboria Island was ordered 45 minutes after the completion of the declaration. 12 F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft were deployed from Caledonia Air Force Base to conduct the initial bombing campaign against on North Akboria Island. The fighter aircraft met 2 groups of 8 Sukhoi Su-27 Aircraft during their bombing campaign. A dogfight ensued, resulting in an Aslanian victory with 4 Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft destroyed and a single F-15 destroyed, marking the only operational loss of an F-15 due to a SAM attack. The bombing campaign resulted in a victory with the destruction of 5 Akborian Army, Air Force, and Naval installations.

News of this single loss captured international headlines as Aslana prepared a capture of North Akboria Island. The plan consisted of a second bombing campaign of the island, an amphibious landing during the bombing, and the strategic capture of the military bases bombed initially.

During this time, Akboria shut down it's airspace by order of the incumbent President of Akboria, (INSERT HERE). Due to the wipe out of a large portion of the Akborian Air Force's cargo aircraft, Air Akboria, the flag carrier airline of Akboria, had aircraft repurposed into cargo aircraft for military transport between the Aklaea Islands and North Akboria Island.

North Akboria Island was fully captured on August 11, 1998 and Akboria sought ways of support. The Akborian Ambassador to the Philippines was tasked with delivering a request to join the war against Aslana. During this time, 6 Apache attack helicopters were ordered to patrol around Philippine military installations under Philippine military radar in case an alliance was not established. August 19 saw the Philippines refuse to form an alliance with Akboria. Minutes after this declaration, the Akborian Ambassador approved for the attack helicopters to engage with the military installations. Within minutes of this declaration, the Apache attack helicopters initiated a bombing of the military installations. Before the Philippine Air Force's F-5 fighters could retaliate, the helicopters already began to retreat after their mission was completed. However, the Philippine Air Force managed to catch up to the helicopters, engaging with them. Three helicopters were destroyed in the engagement area before the Akborian Air Force came to meet the Philippine Air Force's fighters. The remaining helicopters were escorted back to Akboria under fire of the Philippine Air Force.

The news of an engagement between Philippine and Akborian aircraft reached the news in mere hours. International news networks began traveling to Aslana and the Philippines to report on the war and the Philippine reaction. On August 21, 1998, the incumbent Philippine president, Joseph Estrada, ordered a retaliatory declaration of war against Akboria. However, there was no alliance with Aslana during the war because they were their own side. Three hours later, the Philippine Air Force began sending F-5 fighter jets to Akboria to bomb strategic targets. During this campaign from August 21 to September 14, eight F-5 fighters were shot down.

At 2104 hours Philippine September 9, 1998, a firefight began at the U.S. embassy in Manila by undercover Akborian Marines in order to seize several Americans in order to show Akborian strength.