New Russian Federation

The New Russian Federation, abbreviated as NRF, was a faction that fought against NATO and Russia in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon.

Early hours of the coup
In 2015, the Russian criminal organization Blatnoi launched an attack on Dubai, threatening to destroy it with Trinity. In response, the NATO 108th Task Force was deployed to Dubai to defend the city. However, the threat against Dubai was just a smokescreen for Blatnoi to stage a coup d'état in Russia. Led by Russians Ivan Stagleishov and Andrei Markov, sixteen units of the Russian Army defected to the New Russian Federation and in the early hours of the coup, were able to capture the Russian capital Moscow.

The tide turns
The city of Derbent, on the Caspian Sea, was besieged by NRF forces on December 31st, 2015. In response, the 108th Task Force, including the Warwolf Squadron, as well as loyalist Russian landing unit Tyuleni. The operation involved a landing on Derbent's beachhead and an assault on the NRF stronghold, the town fortress. A fierce battle was fought and the fortress was captured by the Russians. However, just as the battle was thought to be won, coup leader Andrei Markov appeared in his Su-35 and fired a Trinity missile on the city. Colonel William Bishop, who was leading the air forces over Derbent at the time, quickly intercepted the missile, and it detonated harmlessly a few miles from the Tyuleni unit. The attempted attack was confirmed to be by a Trinity warhead.

A few days later, the Belyi Base in Russia was attacked by NRF forces. Warwolf Squadron was deployed to defend the base as well as escort a Russian transport flight, callsign Sova, into the base airspace and land safely. All transports landed succesfully after a fierce aerial engagement and six succesful attack runs against NRF ground forces.