Throughout the early months of 2207 saw the combined forces of Kafrica and the Stahlsieg slowly ground twoard the rebel capital of Sopost. Though weather was rough for most of the winter, by April the skies had cleared and it was becoming increasingly clear Drimp's forces were massing for one final battle in the south.
Zokesian High Command planned to initiate Operation Red Rocket II on May 22nd, with a massive airstrike in the south. Unknown to them, hundreds of Hearthian, Solarian and Frigonian Air Force pilots had defected and were heading south to strike a blow to Drimp's Enemies.
As the fighters streamed south, Stahlsieg AL-27s and Thronglers, Kafrican Z-40s, and Zokesian Z-41s flew up to intercept, and a massive air battle ensued. The first kills of the Zokesian Navy's Z-41 Bearcats were acheived, and the survivors of the attack limped back to Kolus lines telling stories of the "White Lion," a Z-41 of the Zokesian VFQ-6 piloted by an ace pilot that foiled many of their attacks. 145 Defectors were shot down to the loss of 110 Coalition aircraft as the strike package pushed on to attack the 6th SS air defenses set up around Sopost. Their strikes crippled air defense, but were unable to critically punch a hole in the lines of tanks to allow Drimp's forces to escape.
The Zokesian attack on Drimp's air defenses was in the face of the heaviest anti-air in Mlorba. Hundreds of erectors, radar sites and short range air defences opened up on the attacking strike package, which consisted of Z-81s, Z-117s, and Z5s. Losses were heavy, but the air defenses were silenced by the brave Zokesian Air Force and Navy pilots as they watched comrades fall around them. Nearly two dozen Z5s and an EC-24J were shot down, with another severely damaged. The damaged EC-24J South Star lost all four engines and had to make an emergency dead-stick landing in Aontas, to the west, where the crew surrendered to Aontan authorities. The first Stealth aircraft losses in Zokeisan Royal Air Force history also occured, when a Z-117 piloted by Captain Andrew G. Mackgill was hit by an infared anti-air missiles on an attack run. The pilot was able to eject safely, and Zokesian ZH-66s recovered most of the downed aviators who bailed out over the Bay of Sopost. They had done their job, however, and after a week of operations the airspace was clear enough to send in the elite 21st Airborne in.
Flying around Svarskia and refueling via KZ-15 tankers, the 150 helos flew in low over the bay of Sopost and inserted into the city. As the Stahlsieg pushed into Sopost from the north, fighting ensued and the assault was bogged down quickly in the outskirts of the city. However, the attack relieved the Airborne assault of enemy combatants, as the remaining Drimp forces were committed to defending from the Stahlsieg attack, leaving the city open to the south. Nearly 500 Special Forces troops inserted into the city and began converging on the Governor's house and City hall, expecting to find Blimp Drimp in one of the nearly two dozen high-probability locations they suspected he would be at.
The final cost of the war was great. Over 150 aircraft from the Zokesian Air Force, Zokesian Royal Navy, Stahlsieg Luftverteidigung, and Kafrican Self Defense Air Force were lost. Nearly 10,000 civilians and 360 service members had lost their lives, but by June 3rd, the war was finally over.
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