User blog comment:Theace132/ending cutscene in acecombat 5/@comment-5192011-20120713003943/@comment-848155-20120713021658

Same here. Personally, I'd like to think Nagase started knocking boots with Blaze after the war ended, which then led to the birth of a daughter, and years later be reading it to her in the park that day.

New thought: since she and her squadron were officially "dead", President Harling might have assigned them new identities so they wouldn't stir rumors prematurely, and Nagase might have just dyed her hair blonde for good measure.