Gil Formosa – illustratör

Buck and his friends are sent to Edwards Air Force Base on a new top-secret assignment. Their joy at being test pilots again is short-lived: they are in fact to test and train an artificial intelligence program that could very well one day replace them in the cockpit of a fighter jet. As if that wasn't enough, the project is plagued by a string of incidents, to the point that Buck begins to - rightly - suspect outside interference ... A two-part story concluded in the next volume.

Despite every effort on Lady X's part, Buck and Sonny have survived, and with them the antigens needed to create a defence against the Antarctic virus - a failure that puts the mercenary woman in an extremely precarious position with her employers. When those shadowy figures decide to move their plans to release the virus forward, no matter the cost in human lives, a race against time begins to save millions...

Project Skyborg, the Air Force's prototype AI pilot, has turned into a complete disaster. While the system works, it has unfortunately been hijacked by agents of the Circle, a shadowy criminal organisation whose nefarious plans Buck has already thwarted several times. The terrorists are now in possession of an AI-controlled F-16 with which they intend to strike an important target and start a deadly war. They have also called upon Sato, who's kidnapped Sonny and plans to use him to lure his sworn enemy Buck into a trap The conclusion of a two-part story started in volume 14.