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USTIAN AIR FORCE
ACZ - An Overview




Background:
The Ustian Air Force had a somewhat short life span. After their country was established they became an immediate target for Belka and were invaded during the Belkan War, in 1995 (Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War). Most of Ustio was overrun by Belka and the Ustian Air Force was almost completely wiped out. The Ustians turned to aerial mercenaries to defend the last free territories of the nation and eventually played a large role in the Belkan War's outcome.


UAF Mercenary Units:
Ustian 6th Air Division:
The Ustian 6th Air Division was comprised of various mercenary units supporting the Ustian liberation.


4th Air Force Unit "Crow":
Aircraft: F-16C Fighting Falcon


66th Air Force Unit "Galm":
Aircraft: F-15C Eagle
*Main character's aircraft is changed as they feel and the story line also changes formation

Fenrir Squadron:
Aircraft: ?


UAF Aircraft List:
* A-10A Thunderbolt II
* ADF-01 Falken
* ADFX-01 Morgan
* B-52H Stratofortress
* C-17A Globemaster III
* E-767 AWACS
* EA-6B Prowler
* EA-18G Growler
* F-1
* F-2A
* F-4E Phantom II
* F-5E Tiger II
* F-14D Super Tomcat
* F-15C Eagle
* F-15E Strike Eagle
* F-15S/MTD
* F-16C Fighting Falcon
* F-16XL
* F-20A Tigershark
* F-35C Lightning II
* F-117A Nighthawk
* F/A-18C Hornet
* F/A-22A Raptor
* Gripen C
* J35J Draken
* KC-10A Extender
* MiG-21bis Fishbed
* MiG-29A Fulcrum
* MiG-31 Foxhound
* Mirage 2000D
* Rafale M
* Su-27 Flanker
* Su-32 Strike Flanker
* Su-37 Terminator
* Su-47 Berkut
* Tornado GR.4
* Typhoon
* X-02 Wyvern
* X-29A
* YF-23A Black Widow II



SOURCE:
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (In-game Data)
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Official Ace Combat Zero Website
Namco CH Ace Combat Zero Website

ACCREDITATION:
all information gathered by Kirbyoto

* Original Article by Ribbon-Blue[/font]

[Zaku]

Improved roundel:

[yellow 01]

that looks nice. =]

[Traben]

Do we have any evidence of a pre-Belkan War Ustian Air Force? It seems to me like calling such a small concentration of aircraft an "Air Force". Considering that most friendlies in ACZ were Allies from Osea and surrounding countries, I say that the UAF was more a mercenary organization than a formal air force.

[Demon Lord Razgriz]

Most Afircan air forces are only a few dozen planes strong so it's safe to say that they were a formal air force.

[ReynardFox]

Do we have any evidence of a pre-Belkan War Ustian Air Force? It seems to me like calling such a small concentration of aircraft an "Air Force". Considering that most friendlies in ACZ were Allies from Osea and surrounding countries, I say that the UAF was more a mercenary organization than a formal air force.

I can't be too sure where I read it, but something mentioned that the Ustian Air Force had been decimated by some ninety percent. Most of its ranks were filled by mercenary pilots – even with a small force, if you consider the fact that there were at least six air divisions, ninety percent probably covers quite a few planes.

Bearing that in mind, I don't think the Sixth Air Division was the only mercenary division during the Belkan War.

Of course, I have no proof of this, just conjecture. I'm also not that clear on how large an actual air division is. It probably varies, but I'd assume there's quite a bit to it, given the numerical range of Belkan squadron designations. None of the ace squadrons appear in the same air division. Then again, like I said, I could be off by a mile. I'm really not clear on what the general size of an air division is.

I'll see if I can find anything useful. Hmmm. Japanese text on the official website might have some information on the Ustian numbers, under the background or world information...

[Ribbon-Grey]

Taking evidence from ingame accounts, the pre-1995 UAF was a small and inexperienced air force. The addition of foreign mercenary talent improved it afterward.

[Traben]

That does make sense. And one thing I forgot - Ustio hadn't really existed for that long before the Belkan War. I guess they didn't have the time or resources to build up militarily, which made them an easy target for invasion.

[Green Giant]

For some reason the B-52, C-17, and KC-10 were missing...

I only recall the KC-10... When did they have B-52's and C-17's.... IIRC they were from the Oseans.. The UAF Wasn't bigg enough to have a sunstantial bomber force.

[Traben]

Maybe it was some kind of Lend-Lease Act thing. Maybe Osea lent them to Ustio to resist Belkan expansion.

[Zaku]

Taking evidence from ingame accounts, the pre-1995 UAF was a small and inexperienced air force. The addition of foreign mercenary talent improved it afterward.

The manual and some in-game information states that the 6th Air Division, which includes all of their mercenaries, was created during the Belkan War to supplement Ustio's existing, small air force.

[Silber 6]

3 squadrons were from Ustio.

Caravan Squadron (Mission 7)
Lancer Squadron (Mission 7)
Altair Squadron (Mission 8)

[JianDaoXiao]

Ustio Air Division Roundel:

[Green Giant]

Updated the format and added some information regarding the UAF 6th Air Division.

Added links to the ACZ site in the source section.

If making corrections to the article, DO NOT Change the format.

[Ribbon-Azure]

Fenrir Squadron added.

[Silber 6]

Where'd you encounter Fenrir Team?