Established after the Belkan War, the 528th IAP ‘Lions’ would not get a chance to earn their stripes until early in the 2010 Circum-Pacific War. forward deployed to Merska Air Base, the Lions were a critical component on early probing attacks against Osean forces in the Solo and Sand Islands. The largest single day of combat they would see was on October 4th 2010, where the Lions and dozens of other squadrons would fly in support of the Yuktobanian Landing operations to take the Sand Island Air Base from the Oseans, in the second wave of the attack, the squadron was unable to stave off the changing tide of the battle and was forced to retreat, though their Vipers were credited with shooting down three Osean F-5’s that were defending the base.
The Lions would rotate back to West Yuktobania, and would only occasionally see combat, not regenerating their losses until well after the war. Today the Lions still operate in the Yuktobanian Air Force and have flown in various exercises since.
