Ace Combat and Fate inspired Livery set for the F-15C.
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Despite their outward appearance being easily mistaken for a much more influential Squadron. The 102nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, known as the "Privateers" based out of New Arrows Air Base in eastern Usea are not a force to be trifled with Either.
Established during the height of the Osean-Yuktobanian Cold War the Privateers made their name flying F-4 Phantoms in the turbulent skies above the Osean-Belkan border, before being stationed on the front lines alongside dozens of other squadrons staring down the rival Yuktobanian Air Force in a deadly game of brinkmanship.
The First 'Victory' for the Squadron however would also prove to be its darkest hour. On the morning of May 19th 1991,Coenciding with Yuktobanian war games across the ocean. West Osean Ground controllers found an anomalous radar contact rapidly approaching Osean Air Defense Identification Zone. Fearing a potential Yuktobanian First strike, and despite repeated attempts from both the Privateers sortied to intercept as well as controllers on the ground, the order to shoot down the unknown contact arrived at 1023 local time. Two AIM-7 Sparrow Air to Air missiles were fired from the Privateers F-15A Eagles and terminated the target.
People the world over were horrified at the incident. Instead of a Yuktobanian Bomber that was shot down, the first Air to Air victory would be against an Air Ixiom Boeing 767 inbound to Sapin from Estovakia that had suffered a critical equipment failure onboard. All 223 Passengers and crew were killed, severely damaging the reputation of the 102nd, Air Defense forces and Osea. After a lengthy court martial however, Both pilots were found not guilty and returned to flight status.
This Black mark wouldn't last however, as the 102nd were one of the many brave Squadrons to be deployed on July 7th to intercept and destroy Nuclear armed Belkan bombers heading towards Osea. With a newfound reputation, the 102nd would be upgraded to More modern F-15Cs, and would be one of the first Osean Squadrons sent to Usea to assist ISAF with recovery efforts in 2005, making their new home in New Arrows Air Base. Today the Privateers are one of dozens of Squadrons that supports the IUN mission in Usea, defending the skies above Expo City against all potential foes
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This is not intended as a replica of an Ace Combat squadron within the lore.
Comes with three skins of the 102nd Tactical Fighter Squadron.
* Flagship
* Standard
* Operational
Pilots do feature the custom unit insignia and Dynamic Bort numbering should appear and work on all but the Flagship skin.
this was a redo of a previous skin I had done. More or less thought it was boring so this is a better version in my opinion.
This was inspired by the Fate/ series. Please contact me on Discord at AWACS_BANDOG#7420 for any questions or bug-reports, thanks!
