The fifth game in the Ace Combat series. Released in 2004. The setting? The year is 2010. The place is Osea, on the Osean Continent of Strangereal. The truth...is war. Although they have been staunch allies for 15 years, the Union of Yuktobanian Republics has provoked and declared war upon the Osean Federation, conducting a massive invasion. The opening salvos are fired at Sand Island, an Osean training base where four cadets are on the verge of completing their training: Kei "Edge" Nagase, Alvin H. "Chopper" Davenport, Hans "Archer" Grimm, and Blaze (that's you!). Circumstances force these four to the forefront of the Circum-Pacific War where they will become the heroes known as the Wardog Squadron and, later, the Demons of Razgriz.