Ace Combat: Conflict Timeline

The Belkan Knights rise to power in the northern Osean continent. Their influence is widespread in the region, and their bloodlines remain a status symbol for centuries.[1]

1100s: Construction begins on Stier Castle.[2]

1400s: King Aurelius II of Emmeria rises to quell the infighting among Emmerian vassals and foreign invasions.[3][4][5][note 1] Emmeria later transitions from a kingdom into a republic and its capital is moved to Gracemeria.[3][6]

1500s: Osean Admiral Stafford creates the 3rd Osean Naval Fleet.[7]

1900s

1905

Belka creates the Belkan Air Force, the first armed force in Strangereal to use aircraft as weapons of war. Other countries soon follow with their own air forces.[8]

The Osean War breaks out. Belka utilizes its new air force to perform destructive bombing raids with aircraft formerly used for reconnaissance.[8]

1910

The Osean War concludes.[8]

1940s

Jonas Starke becomes renowned in the Belkan Air Force as a top ace.[9]

1942

Robert Tyler is born.

1944

Ulrich Olsen is born in central Usea.[10]

1948

Edgar Grint is born in western Usea.[10]

Anton Kupchenko is born in Belka.[11]

1949

Nicholas A. Andersen is born in Osea.

1950

Dietrich Kellerman is born in Belka.[12][note 2]

Ernst Blum is born.[13]

1953

In-sa-net Telegraph and Telephone Communication (ITTC) is established as Usea's government-operated telephone and telegraph company.[14]

Karlheinz Litbarski is born.[15]

Herrick Engel is born.[16]

1954

Sergei Brynner is born.[10]

Wolfgang Buchner is born.[17]

Fikatsia Latrova is born

1955

Erich Hillenberand is born in Belka.[18]

Markus Schuster is born.[19]

1956

Bastian Schneider is born.[20]

Benjamin Pingel is born.[21]

1957

Dominic Zubov is born in Yuktobania.[22]

Arne Babbel is born.[23]

Ashley Bernitz is born.[24]

Rudi Koch is born.[25]

Franz Speidel is born.[26]

1958

Sergei Karkov is born.[27]

Harald Brehme is born.[28]

1959

Orbert Jager is born in Belka.[29]

Joshua Bristow is born in Osea.[30]

Griswold Veiser is born.[31]

Andrew Barry is born.[32]

1960

Dimitri Heinreich is born in Belka.[33]

Albrecht Klos is born.[34]

Johann Braess is born.[35]

Maik Baumann is born.[36]

Axel Reichert is born.[37]

Sepp Bonhof is born.[38]

Ramos Gonzales is born.[39]

Yuri Dashkov is born.[40]

Darren Knowles is born.[41]

Egon Strauss is born.[42]

Viktor Metlev is born.[43]

1961

Oswald Baermann is born.[44]

Karl and Klaus Eckmann are born.[45][46]

Ulrich Stekelenburg is born.[47]

Helger Collins is born.[48]

Roald Fliescher is born.[49]

Theodor Sander is born.[50]

Bruno Watts is born.[51]

Carlos Joaquin is born.[52]

Lucio Morientes is born.[53]

Vincent Harling is born.[54]

1962

Camilla Almeida is born in northern Usea.[10]

Dietmar Wolf is born.[55]

Austin Winters is born.[56]

Gerd Vogts is born.[57]

Gunter Muller is born.[58]

Thomas Hein is born.[59]

Hariman Reinhardt is born.[60]

Eduard Seitz is born.[61]

Peter Kraus is born.[62]

1963

Alberto Lopez is born in Sapin.[29]

Anthony Palmer is born in Osea.[63]

Rainer Altman is born in Belka.[64]

Lars Matthaus is born.[65]

Otto Haber is born.[66]

Franz Breitner is born.[67]

Rafael Battenberg is born.[68]

Leopold Klein is born.[69]

Hanno Enke is born.[70]

Florian Herzog is born.[71]

Harvey Leykauf is born.[72]

Andreas Reiske is born.[73]

Amy Pitt is born.[74]

Gregory Brown is born.[75]

1964

July 4:[76] John Herbert is born in central Usea.[10]

Ruslan Tolstoy is born.[77]

Helmut Schnellinger is born.[78]

Berti Beckenbauer is born.[79]

Jorg Lehmann is born.[80]

Luca Wolfrum is born.[81]

Karlheinz Fassbinder is born.[82]

Mario Valdes is born.[83]

Iosif Beletsky is born.[84]

1965

Fredi Starke is born.[9]

Bernhard Schmidt is born in Belka.[85]

Goran Rosandic is born.[86]

Krebber Ludwig is born.[87]

Frank Friedrich is born.[88]

Lothar Fink is born.[89]

Bernd Linke is born.[90]

Carsten Nowotny is born.[91]

Ehren Ziegler is born.[92]

Thorben Rehmer is born.[93]

Hartwig Bremer is born.[94]

Selig Stahl is born.[95]

Konrad Neumann is born.[96]

Rudiger Schmitt is born.[97]

Miroslav Geiger is born.[98]

Thorsten Walther is born.[99]

Ricardo Mejia is born.[100]

Stephen Edmunds is born.[101]

Fernando Perez is born.[102]

Evan Carey is born.[103]

Blair Winthrop is born.[104]

1966

Ulrich Wagner is born.[105]

Marco Metzelder is born.[106]

Felix Boesch is born.[107]

Fabian Rost is born.[108]

Mathias Overath is born.[109]

Heiko Reck is born.

Hugo Parcham is born.

Daniel Bierofka is born.

Robert Gloden is born.

Heinrich Koenig is born.

David Hartmann is born.[115]

Rudolph Seifert is born.[116]

Bert Esser is born.[117]

Emil Wilheim is born.[118]

Sven Reuter is born.[119]

Alexander Roshardt is born.[120]

Anne Zweig is born.[121]

Steffen Ziege is born.[122]

Meinrad Grimm is born.[123]

Winston Pettigrew is born.[124]

Jascha Krasnow is born.[125]

Dedrik Ebert is born.[126]

Friedrich Nowak is born.[127]

Jakob Pfeiffer is born.

Jeffrey Bogarde is born.

Charles Andrews is born.

Todd Barry is born.

Paul Rummenigge is born.

1967

Detlef Fleisher is born in Dinsmark, Belka.

Larry Foulke is born in Belka.

Gustav Dvornik is born in Estovakia.

Jan Voller is born.

Rudi Kaltz is born.[137]

Karl-Heinz Sammer is born.[138]

Ulf Scholl is born.[139]

Lamar Zimmermann is born.[140]

Gerald Wessels is born.[141]

Jens Thon is born.[142]

Rupert Appling is born.[143]

Leon Haas is born.[144]

Etta Schultheiss is born.[145]

Hans Frey is born.[146]

Zoltan Kehl is born.[147]

Denis von Weber is born.[148]

Marco Favazza is born.[149]

Berti Vogt is born.[150]

Lina Dietrich is born.[151]

Ethan Button is born.[152]

Kevin Shore is born.[153]

Rainer Walter is born.[154]

1968

Marcela Vasquez is born in Gran Rugido, Sapin.[155][note 2]

Daniel Ludwig is born.[156]

Manfred Netzer is born.[157]

Jurgen Maier is born.[158]

Elmar Hahn is born.[159]

Monika Starke is born.[160]

Rudolf Haber is born.[161]

Darius Hertzsch is born.[162]

Stefan Enders is born.[163]

Sven Brutlag is born.[164]

Ludwig Richter is born.[165]

Kristof Horn is born.[166]

Rambert Booher is born.[167]

Lorenz Riedel is born.[168][169]

Jay Porter is born.[170]

Kira Alekhin is born.[171]

Yakov Saifullin is born.[172]

Matias Torres is born.[173]

1969

Albert Wahlberg is born in central Usea.[10]

Arotym Reinhard is born

Fritz Forster is born.[174]

Lola Sommer is born.[175]

Maximillian Werner is born.[176]

Viviane Lars is born.[177]

Adler Braun is born.[178]

Cryska Barnochewa is born

Martica Barnochewa is born

1970s

Pro-democratic riots break out in Belka's eastern territories. In Recta, these riots escalate into the Rectan Conflict, which quickly enters a stalemate.[179][180][181][182]

1970

Anton Kupchenko enlists in the Belkan Air Force.[11]

Irsdina Bernhard is born

Beatrix Bremer is born

Gunther Kleiber is born.[183]

Gerhard Ludwig is born.[184]

Valentin Kissling is born

Helmut Schumacher is born.[185]

Sigwald Entenmann is born.[186]

Sebastian Hackenberg is born.[187]

Erich Klinsmann is born.[188]

1972

Michael Heimeroth is born.[189]

1973

Dietrich Kellerman enlists in the Belkan Air Force. Silber Team is formed, and Kellerman leads Silber to break the stalemate in the Rectan Conflict, ending the war in a Belkan victory.[180][181]

Patrick James Beckett is born in Osea.[190]

1974

Victor Voychek is born.[191]

1975

Cvitko Dudic is born.[192]

1977

March 31:[76] Kei Nagase is born in eastern Usea.[10][193]

Darijo Kovac is born.

Miljan Zrinski is born in Estovakia.

Anthony Freiherr Mikhail von Reinhard is born on 1st August in city of Trientier on St Anton's day

Markus Aldrich Immelmann is born

1978

Anthony Doyle is born.

Karlo Bogdanovic is born.

Markus Aldrich Immelmann is born

1979

Marcus Lampert is born.[198]

Ilya Pasternak is born in Estovakia.[199]

Vaslav Reynek is born.[200]

Adalbert Radic is born.[201]

Pavel Zhivkov is born in Berlin

1980s

Inia Sestina is born

The Cold War breaks out between Osea and Yuktobania, manifesting as an arms race between the two countries.[179][182]

Yuktobanian Navy Admiral Leonov proposes an "Arsenal Ship" project, which leads to development of the Scinfaxi-class submarine.[179][182]

Osea proposes a "maneuverable orbiting spacecraft" as part of their Strategic Defense Initiative.[179][182]

1980

Erich Hillenberand enlists in the Belkan Air Force.[18]

Freddie Durand is born.[202]

Richard Lee is born in Usea.[203]

Gary Campbell is born.[204]

Guy Stewart is born.[205]

1981

Valeriy Nikitov is born.[206]

Belka begins drafting a ballistic missile defense program.[179][182] This would later manifest as Excalibur.[180][207]

Dimitri Heinreich enlists in the Belkan Air Force.[208]

1982

Daniel Pollini is born.[209]

Louis McKnight is born.[210]

Federiko Jarni is born.[211]

1983

Joshua Bristow enlists in the Osean Air Defense Force.[30]

Melissa Herman is born.[210]

Lucijan Markovic is born.[212]

Dragan Panadic is born.[213]

1984

Orbert Jager enlists in the Belkan Air Force.[29]

Kevin Hobsbawm is born.[214]

Zoran Mikulanec is born in Estovakia.[215]

February 29: Gabriel William Clarkson is born on the Usean continent.[216]

1985

ADFX-01 Morgan Wallpaper

The Wellow Incident occurs.[179][182] Silber Team intercepts and shoots down a group of unidentified aircraft near Crescens Island, north of Belka.[180][181][207]

Project Pendragon is initiated in Belka.[179][182] Anton Kupchenko joins the project. Chemical laser cannons and mass retaliation weapons are among the developments.[180][207]

The Yuktobanian Air Force hires Dominic Zubov as a mercenary during Yuktobania's territory disputes.[179][182]

Justin Suzuki is born.[217]

Mihajlo Mesic is born.[218]

Aleksei Cheshenko is born.[219]

January 4: The ADFX-01 Morgan begins development.[220]

1986

The Tyumen Dispute occurs between Kaluga and Yuktobania.[179][182]

The Battle of Zhytomyr takes place.[179][182] Dominic Zubov participates with the Yuktobanian Air Force 9th Air Division 112th Tactical Fighter Squadron, which emerges victorious.[180][207] Both Yuktobania's and Kaluga's air forces suffer heavy damage and most of the remaining Yuktobanian pilots (excluding Zubov) suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder.[221]

Anthony Palmer enlists in the Osean Air Defense Force.[63]

Donnie Torch is born.[214]

Yaroslav Deryagin is born.[222]

Ozren Milos is born.[223]

Nino Ljubek is born.[224]

1987

X-02 Wyvern

Rudi Kaltz enlists in the Belkan Air Force as a volunteer. He would go on to forge an excellent war record during Belka's invasion of Ustio.[137]

The Kholm regime leads a coup d'etat in Yuktobania's Republic of Romny.[179][182] Dominic Zubov assists Romny in quelling the rebellion.[180][207][221]

Zubov is discharged from service along with the rest of Yuktobania's 112th Tactical Fighter Squadron.[221]

Stephen McCarthy is born.[225]

Stepan Feigin is born.[226]

Franz Leko is born.[227]

January 22: The X-02A's preliminary blueprints are completed.[179][182][228]

December 17: Due to increased military spending, Belka falls under a recession. A Federal Law Review is initiated, which allows the eastern territories of the country to secede. Belka's troops in those territories are withdrawn.[179][182][229]

1988

Rainer Altman enlists in the Belkan Air Force straight out of flight academy.[64]

Jorg Lehmann retires from the Belkan Air Force and becomes a mercenary. At the onset of the Belkan War, he will return to the country's air force.[80]

Todd Barry joins the Osean Air Defense Force. He will later join the Sorcerer Squadron.[131]

Sigwald Entenmann enlists in the Belkan Air Force.[186]

Dimitri Heinreich is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. He becomes the flight lead of Indigo Squadron as a result.[208]

February 8: The northeastern Belkan territories declare their independence and establish Mons as their capital.[229][230] This would later become the country of Gebet.[179][182]

May 12: The southeastern Belkan territories are allowed to secede. The Republic of Ustio is founded in this area.[179][182][230] The Osean Federation is revealed to have secretly funded Ustio's independence movement due to Osea's interest in accessing natural resources in the region.[180][207][229]

Separatist and independence movements expand throughout all of Belka.[180][207]

1990s

Hugo Parcham becomes the Belkan Navy's top ace pilot between 1990 and 1995.[111]

Osea begins development and construction on the Strategic Orbital Linear Gun (SOLG) to counter Yuktobania's missile development.[231]

1990

The Belkan Air Force headhunts Dominic Zubov and pay him a large sum of money to join them. He is assigned to the secretive Schwarze Team.[22][221]

Bernhard Schmidt enlists in the Belkan Air Force.[85]

Fernando Perez moves to Belka, after accepting work at a weapons development lab.[102]

Detlef Fleisher enlists in the Belkan Air Force straight out of flight academy.[133]

Dietrich Kellerman retires from the Belkan Air Force and becomes a flight academy instructor.[181][232]

Toscha Mijasik is born.[233]

March 14[182]–October 8: Estovakia abandons offshore oil mining facilities to the country's northeast.[179][234][note 3]

May 15:[182] Conflicts erupt between nature conservation activists and Belkan security forces in Tauberg over the construction of Excalibur. Access to the entire Tauberg area is restricted as a result.[179][182]

June 23:[182] The Osean Wizard Squadron is created.[179] Its key members include Joshua Bristow, Carlos Joaquin, and Lucio Morientes.[180][207]

October 8: Construction begins on facilities to protect Excalibur.[179][182]

October 8: The Osean Federation announces the "Rearmament Declaration of 1990",[179][182] which shifts the country's armed forces across their separate branches. In one example, Austin Winters–previously a member of the Osean Army–joined the Air Force's Sorcerer Squadron.[56]

1991

Kestrel

Luca Wolfrum is transferred from test pilot to the Special Operations Air Force Unit 160.[81]

Irena Dvornik is born.[235]

July 29: The Osean Maritime Defense Force requests construction of the OFS Kestrel.[179][236][note 4]

August 16:[182] The joint Osea-Belka Great Lakes Resource Development Company is discovered to have been covering up the fact that it was operating at a loss.[182][229] Yuktobanian state media condemns Osea.[237]

August 29: Belka sells its northern territory cheaply to FATO, its eastern territory to neighboring countries, and its northern islands and the Great Lakes region to Osea.[179][182] Anti-Osean sentiment rises following suspicion that Osea planned for Belka's territory cession from the beginning.[180][207][229] Belka's economy continues to deteriorate.[230]

September 2: Yuktobania announces the Scinfaxi-class submarines in a conference in Cinigrad.[179][182][237]

Osea's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Howards, belittles the Scinfaxi-class due to its similarities to the Dragonet-class submarines constructed by the Federation of Central Usea.[180][182][237] The possibility that the Scinfaxi-class is a counterfeit is raised.[179][207]

November 12–February 24:[note 5] The incumbent Belkan government's main opposition, the Liberal Democratic Party, gains majority power.[179][182] Belka abandons the separation of powers and builds up its military to unprecedented heights. The V2 enters development. Natural resources are confirmed in Ustio, prompting Belka's Supreme Court to rule that the Federal Law Review was unconstitutional and the ceded territories still belong to them. The country's armed forces begin amassing at the borders.[229]

December 16: The borders around Belka are redrawn:[179][182][230]

East Belka's border is finalized.[180][230] The land is divided between Ustio and Gebet.[182]

Gebet relinquishes some of its land to Recta.[180][207][230]

Ustio relinquishes a large portion of its eastern territory to Ratio.[180][207][230]

1992

Arne Babbel is transferred from the Belkan Air Force's 5th Air Division to the 3rd Air Division.[23]

The Belkan Air Force's GrauWespe[61] and GrauOrca Squadrons are formed.[71]

Eduard Seitz joins the GrauWespe Squadron at their inception.[61]

Florian Herzog transfers to the GrauOrca Squadron.[71]

March 6: Gilbert Park is born on the Usean continent.[238]

1993

Konrad Neumann joins the Belkan Air Force.[96]

Larry Foulke loses one of his F-15C's wings during battle but returns to base safely. From then on, he always paints one wing red, and earns the "Solo Wing Pixy" nickname.[239]

1994

Excalibur Pic

Fernando Perez joins the Belkan Air Force's Gault Team.[102]

Larry Foulke joins Ustio's mercenary forces.[239]

January: Anton Kupchenko returns to the Belkan Air Force, and he is sent to the front lines of Belka's territory expansion.[11]

March 21: Bernhard Schmidt, despite being hit and losing his electronic equipment, shoots down a squadron of F-15Cs.[240]

May 10: Detlef Fleisher shoots down three Ustio Air Force Su-27s over Area B7R. His battle skills earn him the title of "top ace".[241]

May 15: Fleisher shoots down five F-16Cs. His battle record earns him Belka's Silver Cross medal as well as fame across the country, and he is used as an example in Belkan Air Force propaganda.[241]

October 4:[182] Usea's Seals Bridge University discovers an asteroid and names it 1994XF04.[179]

December 10:[207] The International Astronomical Union (IAU) discovers that the 1994XF04 asteroid—now named Ulysses—has a high probability of passing close to Earth, with a worst-case scenario of impacting the planet and causing devastation.[179]

December 23:[207] Excalibur is completed