Ace Combat, Ustio Air Force, Marauder Team, 6th Air Division, 39th Air Force Unit.
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[Pilot data in description]
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[Pilot Data]
Aircraft: No.305
Name: Cpt. Charles Bowman
Callsign: Marauder 1
TacName: Buckeye
Age: 38
Sex: Male
Nationality: Osean
Status: Survived
Originally enlisting in the OMDF in the late 1970s, Bowman would start his carrier in aviation flying F-4Bs before eventually transferring over to the newer F/A-18s just entering Osean Naval service. In late 1987 he would get his first taste of combat over Aulick Bay when his flight was scrambled to intersept a pair of Belkan Air Force F-16s after they had wandered into Osean airspace, managing to down one of the vipers with his wingman chasing off the other. By 1990 Bowman began to feel his military career starting to stagnate and thus began looking for other options, later resigning fr om the OMDF and signing up with an Osean Based PMC (Akron Aeronautics). Being a formal naval aviator with limited combat experience Bowman had no problems settling in as a corporate mercenary, carrying out his first contract in 1992 providing aerial security for oil companies around the Gulf of Tamudia following the end of the wars in the Sotoa nations.
In late 1994 Bowman along with many others from his company were hired out to the Ustio Air Force to help strengthen their Air Force after several low-intensity skirmishes along their border with Belka. After arriving in theater Bowman and his team were formed into the 39th Air Force Unit (Marauder Team), going on to score several unofficial kills in the months to follow. At the commencement of hostilities in March of 1995 Bowman and his squadron would be assigned to help defend allied units in the western part of Ustio, mainly operating out of Bozdar Air Base. However, following the fall of the capital, they were redeployed to Valais Air Base wh ere they would reunite and work alongside the other Akron Aeronautics members assigned to the 52nd AFU (Gargoyle team). After the start of Offensive Campaign No. 4101 and the Battle of Futuro Canal Marauder Team would be tasked primarily with getting air superiority and covering allied strike craft throughout the liberation of Ustio and the later push into Southern Belka.
On May 19, 1995, Maurader Team was deployed to the Schayne Plains during Operation Dynamo, following the destruction of all targets in the AO the mercenaries would find themselves under attack fr om the Excalibur long-range laser defense system. Only Bowman and his number 3, Lt.Young would manage to escape the area, later merging with the 52nd AFU to help Shore up the losses, Bowman would continue to serve throughout the rest of the conflict from the massive B7R engagement, to supporting OADF Bombers over Hoffnung, and securing air superiority over Anfang, Belka during Operation Broom. After the end of hostilities in June of 1995 Bowman and the other members of his company would remain in Ustio until early August when Akron Aeronautics's contract with the Ustio Government was ended. Bowman would continue to fly with Akron, going on to serve in the 1st Usean Continental War in 1997 before taking on a non-combat position in Akron leading aggressor squadrons for training OADF and OMDF pilots in air combat.
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[Pilot Data]
Aircraft: No.062
Name: Lt. Sergio Vallejos
Callsign: Marauder 2
TacName: El Coco
Age: 34
Sex: Male
Nationality: Sapin
Status: KIA
Enlisting in the Royal Sapin Navy at 19 as a Junior Officer, Vallejos would graduate 10th in his class before completing his flight training and going on to join the Royal Fleet Air Arm in 1982, wh ere he would start his carrier flying Super Étendard for Flying Squadron 12 aboard the A.E.S. Fernando Barron AV-01. The next few years would be rather uneventful however, as time went on Vallejos would find himself being passed up time and time again for promotion. This was most likely due to his strong outspoken political views against the monarchy. With his carrier going nowhere and being under commanders who disliked him for his views Vallejos would resign fr om the navy and place his skills on the open market, eventually being contacted and hired on by Akron Aeronautics, a private military firm based out of Palmer Falls in the state of Klamath, Osea. The following years for Vallejos was spent training on the F/A-18 platform and doing aggressor contract work for the OMDF, though in late 1994 he along with many others from Akron would be contracted out to the Republic of Ustio to help strengthen their air force and Shore up losses sustained during a series of border skirmishes along their northern border with Belka.
For the next few mounths, Vallejos and his teammates would patrol the border region and fight off any airspace violations from Belkan fighters, managing to score a few
kills to his name by mid-February. At the start of The Belkan War in March of 1995, Vallejos and the rest of Marauder Team would be thrown into the fray, mostly providing
defensive CAP along the front lines in western Ustio. Following the near collapse of the frontline after the fall of Directus, he and his squadron mates would regroup with
all other Ustio mercenaries at Valais Air Base in the mountains of eastern Ustio. The next several weeks would be spent conducting combat patrols in defense of Valais and
assisting strike missions into occupied territory. Following the commencement of Offensive Campaign No. 4101 Vallejos would continue to make a name for himself, fighting from the recapture of The Futuro Canal, the liberations of Solis Ortus and Directus, to the invasion into Belka itself wh ere he would receive praise for defending
A-10s of the 27th Air Force unit fr om enemy fighters.
On May 19th, 1995, Vallejos and the rest of the 39th AFU were tasked with providing fighter cover during Operation Dynamo. The battle was going all to plan with all targets neutralized and allied transports entering the area. It was then that the transports were destroyed by Belkas Excalibur long-range laser defense system. A general retreat was sounded with all teams attempting to flee the area, the laser fired again clipping Vallejos aircraft and causing the F/A-18 to spiral out of control and crash the
planes blow. In September of 1995, his crash site would finally be located and his remain was returned to his family in Sapin.
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[Pilot Data]
Aircraft: No.014
Name: Lt. Vincent Young
Callsign: Marauder 3
TacName: Wyvern
Age: 40
Sex: Male
Nationality: Osean
Status: Survived
Starting his aviation carrier as a civilian pilot working for The Osean Federal Postal Service, flying shipments to remote towns and islands around the northern Osean state of
Rowan. In 1980 he would enlist in the Rowan Air National Guard. After passing basic Young then entered flight training, breezing through it due to his prior experiences with already hundreds of hours flight hours under his name. The next 10 years were calm for Young, jumping between flying F-16s for the Air National Guard and his actual job of flying shipments for the postal service. He had even planned to Quit working for the OFPS and transfer to the Air Force full time. These plans were brought to a halt when in 1990 while delivering mail to a remote region in Rowan, his Cessna 208 would suffer a catastrophic engine failure. The crash would leave him with severe burns on his legs and right arm, with one of his feet later needing to be amputated due to wet gangrene. Even with a prosthetic foot, he was considered unfit for Duty by the Airforce and ANG. With his chance of a full-on military carrier gone and not wanting to fly for the Postal Service anymore, Young would look for other opportunities. later he reached out and being contacted by Akron Aeronautics, an Osean private military firm specializing in Aerial security.
The next few yours would be spent training to fly F/A-18s rather than being assigned to one of Akrons F-16s, Young seeing learning the new airframe as a challenge to be
overcome. In December of 1994 Young and Others from Akron were contracted out to the Ustio Air Force to fill their needs for skilled pilots following Ustian losses sustained during numerous border skirmishes on their border with Belka. Young would spend the next few months patrolling the border region, scoring his first victory on a MiG-23 in late January. At the commencement of hostilities in March of 1995 Young and his squadron were deployed to help shore up the defense in western Ustio, later being reassigned to Valais Air Base after the capital was captured by the Belkan Army. He would continue to carry out his duties with the utmost vigor, From defending the Osean 3rd Fleet during Operation Juggernaut to flying the skies over the Capital during its Liberation. The invasion into Southern Belka would prove more strenuous for Young, almost being shot down over Glatisant and nearly being vaporized during Operation Dynamo when his friend and the flights number 2 Lt. Vallejos was hit by The Excalibur laser defense system.
For the rest of the conflict, Lt. Young would continue to serve with distinction, from the melee of Operation Battle-Axe to The sacking of Hoffnung, and his participation in
securing air superiority during operation broom. Following the end of hostilities in June of 1995, Young and the rest of the Akron members would remain in Ustio until
August when their contract with the Ustio government came to an end. Young would later be promoted to a Squadron leader in Akron, going on to serve the company for several more years. In 1998 he would find himself fighting for the Usean Allied forces during the 1st Usean Continental War wh ere he was shot down and killed while engaged with rebel forces over the Republic of Amber.
