Patrick James Beckett

I fight for peace that's why I'm up here.

-PJ

Patrick "PJ" James is a 23 year old pilot flying for the 4th Air Force Unit Crow, hired by the Ustian government to fly against the Belkan Air Force during the Belkan War. He was the only Ustian pilot to fight for peace. It is unknown how skilled his piloting ability is but he was never shot down during the Belkan War. He flew an F-16C with a white heart painted on the right side. He was usually teased by his squadmates in the Crow Squadron about his personal life, especially about his girlfriend. James' character appears to resemble those of the Wardog Squadron, especially Hans Grimm from the war 15 years after than those of his fellow mercenaries, proclaiming that he is "fighting for peace" and is often at odds with Solo Wing Pixy over the nature of the war.

After Pixy goes missing in action on the 6th of June, Crow 3 is transferred to the Galm Team, flying as Cipher's wingman for the continuation of the war. After helping in the Avalon Dam raid and destroying the V2 control devices, PJ is shot down and killed by TLS fire from Solo Wing's ADFX-02 Morgan. Sadly, he was never able to propose his girlfriend back at the base.



Trivia

 * To date, PJ Beckett remains the only plot-important wingman in the Ace Combat series whose face has not been revealed.
 * If you look closely at the TLS hitting PJ, you'll notice what seems to be glass shreds flying off of his canopy, meaning the beam could have gone directly through the F-16C Fighting Falcon and struck PJ.
 * Although it seems pretty likely he was killed, the data regarding all pilots in the game lists him as MIA, not KIA.


 * PJ is a Polo Player.