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bool  bIsWarningAirStrike = false;
DWORD AirStrikeTime;

void DrawIt( )
{
	for( int i=0; i < 5000; i++ )
	{
		if( AIRSTRIKE CRITERION = TRUE)
		{
                        AirStrikeTime = GetTickCount();
                        bIsWarningAirStrike = true;
		}
	}

        if( bIsWarningAirStrike )
        {
                if (GetTickCount() - AirStrikeTime > 5000)
                        bIsWarningAirStrike = false;

                DrawString( ScreenW / 2.0f - 150.0f, 200.0f, 2.0f, 2.0f, consoleFont, "Incoming Airstike", colorRed );
        }
}