Silber Team

The Belkan Air Force 51st Air Division, 126th Tactical Fighter Squadron, is made up of one F-4E Phantom II and four F-16C Fighting Falcons. The Third Season Silber Squadron works extremely well together in combat, but rely heavily on their leader who flies an F-4E Phantom II. If the flight leader is shot down the remaining Silber pilots become disorganized, and if all the students are shot down, the leader will blame himself on their shootdowns. They are featured in Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

History
The Silber Squadron has a long and honorable history within the Belkan Air Force. The 51st Air Division 105th Tactical Fighter Squadron was later referred to as the First Season Silber Team, when Flight Leader Dietrich&quot;Boss&quot;Kellerman joined the Air Force and was assigned to the squadron around 1973. The First Season Silber Team had fought during the Rectan War and is responsible for defeating the highly trained Rectan Air Force Pilots and allowing Belkan Ground Forces to take the Rectan city of Calle, which was the root of all Rectan resistance forces. They were later scrambled to deal with the Ware Incident in 1985 when multiple unknown aircraft appeared over the Crescence Islands.

After this Kellerman retires, but the 105th Tactical Fighter Squadron continues on without him from 1990 through 1995. This is considered to be the Second Season Silber Team. Kellerman becomes an instructor and teaches multiple pilots vital flight combat skills, but is called back to the frontlines when the Belkan War begins to turn towards Belka's defeat. Coming back to the frontlines with young pilots from the 9th Special Education Course, also known as the "Kellerman Institution", the Third Season Silber Team is formed and heads into battle.

However, during Operation Battle Axe the Third Season Silber Squadron is sent into the frontlines in hopes of bolstering morale within the Belkan Forces and in order to reclaim Air Superiority over Area B7R, The Round Table; the Silber Squadron was shot down. Many members of the Squadron were killed in action, causing Kellerman to retire to the Belkan countryside with no desires to ever fly again. The Third Season Silber Team is later known as the Squadron of Tragedy.

Silber One - Dietrich&quot;Boss&quot;Kellerman
Status: Alive

Nationality: Belkan

Age: 45

Sex: Male

Joining the Belkan Air Force in the 70's, he made a name for himself as the Silver Eagle. He retired from service in the 90's, but at the out break of the Belkan War once again returned to service. On May 28th, 1995 he was shot down and again retired from service, he is now quietly living out his days in the remote countryside.

Silber Two - Rupert Appling
Status: Alive

Nationality: Belkan

Shot down in B7R. He miraculously survived, but because he was forced to land within Ustio territory, he was captured and made a Prisoner of War. He sat out the rest of the rest of the war in the Dessel Island Detention Center. After the war, he was freed and returned to Belka, where he now lives his life of an ordinary citizen.

Silber Three - Stefan Enders
Status: Killed in Action

Nationality: Belkan

Shot down in B7R. His aircraft slammed into the surrounding mountains exploding in flames, and recieved extensive damage. It was only after much effort that the aircraft's serial number could be retrieved and the pilot identified. The pilot's remain were sent to surviving family in his home country.

Silber Four - Sven Burtlag
Status: Missing in Action

Nationality: Belkan

He is listed as missing in action during an operation in B7R. He reported attack conditions in his last transmission, But further detialed analaysis was not possible due to heavy noise. No searches were conducted.

Silber Five - Sebastian Hackenberg
Status: Killed in Action

Nationality: Belkan

He was a natural pilot who graduated the military Academy with top honors and sortied over one hundred times during the Belkan War. In occordance with his last will and testament, his inheritance was left to the War Orphans Fund.

Trivia

 * In the reveal trailer, Silber was supposed to be used with only F-4Es, without the F-16Cs.