Detlef &quot;Red Swallow&quot; Fleischer

DETLEF FLEISCHER "Red Swallow"
AC0 - Rot One

Fleischer's BAF ID Card

Personal Information:
Age: 28 [as of 1995]
Date of Birth: ??/??/1967
Nationality: Belkan
Blood type: ?
Height: ?
Weight: ?
Eyes: (requests confirmation)
Hair: Brown/black
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Status: Shot Down (Survived Belkan War)

Biography:
Detlef Fleischer was a proud ace pilot who lived up to his TAC name "Stolz". Born in the capital city of Dinsmark, he willingly went on to Shainder Academy after graduating from high school and started his career as a military officer, mainly due to the fact his father and brother were both members of the army. He was both good looking and intelligent. His cool and bold combat tactics quickly prompted him into the upper echelons of the military. Heinz Fleischer, Detlef's father, had always believed his skill was the result of good breeding, but he could not have been more wrong.

Graduating first in his class, Fleischer went on to the Air Force. During that time, the Belkan Air Force was on the rise to prominence in the Belkan Armed Forces due to the efforts of Lieutenant General Reinhard Dahl. He was the man responsible for inviting Fleischer to join the Air Force. To Dahl, Fleischer was the perfect poster boy - intelligent, handsome, and very skilled as a pilot. Dahl could not, however, see Fleischer's desire to live on the edge while flying. Fleischer devoted himself to his homeland, and put himself in danger because he believed it was how patriotism should be expressed. General Dahl always felt a pang of regret whenever Fleischer was cleared for a dangerous mission.

Fleischer's kill record started with downing three Su-27 Flankers from the Republic of Ustio over Belkan Priority One airspace "B7R" on May 10th, 1995. His intelligence and tactics quickly earned him the title of "ace".

On May 15th, 1995, he earned the Belkan Silver Cross Award for shooting down five F-16Cs on his second sortie. The accomplishments of "The Red Swallow" became widely known across Belka. Many sources near him testified that Fleischer thought of the propaganda as "a task that no one but he could perform". Rot Squadron's accomplishments were constantly praised through propaganda by many newspapers in the early stage of the Belkan War. However, the more famous he became as an ace, the more anxious people around him became. They tried to persuade him to move to safer areas, but he refused to change his ways. Despite a quickly increasing kill score, the day finally came for the ace to go down.

On April 20th, 1995, his squadron had encountered the 66th AFU "Galm" of the Ustian Air Force's 6th Air Division. The Rot were scrambled into Area B7R when news had come in that all stationed Belkan aircraft were being shot down by two aircraft from Ustio. Despite the Rot's best efforts, they were all shot down by the Galm Team. Detlef Fleischer's perfect record had finally been blemished.

Maybe something deep down inside told him that it was over. He chose to leave the skies forever. He began his career on the ground as a base commander. After the war, he was found guilty as a war criminal, but was exempted from criminal punishment. He remained in Belka, and now is a professor of history at the University of Dinsmark.

SOURCE:
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Official Ace Combat Zero Website
Namco CH Ace Combat Zero Website

ACCREDITATION:
thanks to yellow26
Silber 6 for the photos

*Original Article by Ribbon-Blue*

This post has been edited by Ribbon-Platinum: 02 September 2009 - 09:33 PM