AWACS SkyEye

For the AWACS Sky Eye that exists in Ace Combat Infinity, see AWACS Sky Eye (Infinity).

"Heroes really do exist. We've just seen one, and now he's coming home."

- AWACS Sky Eye

AWACS Sky Eye was the call sign of an E-767 unit of the Independent State Allied Forces during the 2000s. He was mostly assigned to the 118th Tactical Fighter Wing (Mobius Squadron).

History
When the Usean Continental War began, an unknown AWACS was assigned to lead the first assault on the Stonehenge Turret Network. It is likely that Sky Eye was the AWACS, but no confirmation exists. After the failure of that operation, ISAF made a full retreat to North Point, where Sky Eye was assigned to the Mobius Squadron, along with a couple of other ISAF squadrons.

Sky Eye's first confirmed operation is Operation Umbrella, where he led a defense mission to prevent Allenfort Air Base and Newfield Island from being bombed by Erusian bombers. This was also his first known flight with Mobius Squadron. Since then, he led numerous ISAF air battles, including a close air support as part of Operation Bunker Shot.

He eventually led a second attack on Stonehenge, codenamed Operation Stone Crusher. With Mobius One's abilities, the mission was a complete success; Mobius One even managed to shoot down a member of the Yellow Squadron.

He has also been in missions with Mobius One alone. The two performed three missions by themselves (possibly in secret or without any time to launch anyone else): Operation Noah's Ark, Operation Blindman's Bluff, and Operation Aurora.

At the close of the Usean Continental War, Sky Eye led the aerial assault on Farbanti while Bravo 1 led the ground assault (both under the codename Operation Autumn Thunder). When Yellow Squadron appeared, Sky Eye ordered Mobius One to ignore other enemy units in the area and focus on the Yellows. After Mobius One shot them all down, Sky Eye confirmed that "air superiority is ours," and the war came to an end. He later led the entire Mobius Squadron on an assault, named "Operation: Judgement Day" on Megalith; after Mobius One managed to destroy the facility by himself, Sky Eye spoke words of praise of him over the radio.

One year later, during the uprising of Free Erusea, Sky Eye was brought back to service to work with Mobius One in a secret operation, Operation Katina, to end the uprising. The two worked together seamlessly and managed to quell the enemy forces. Since the success of Katina, neither Sky Eye nor Mobius One have been seen in active service.

Trivia

 * Sky Eye's birthday is September 19th, the same date as Operations Umbrella and Autumn Thunder. He mentions it over the radio during both operations.
 * An AWACS of the Yuktobanian Air Force featured in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War uses the call sign "Oka Nieba", which is the phoentic translation of "Sky Eye" from English to both Russian and Polish.