The 229th Tactical Fighter Squadron or Grabacr was an unit of former Belkan Federation pilots of the Osean Air Defense Force.
An aggressor squadron formed shortly after the Belkan War, it was comprised of some of the main instigators of the 2010 Circum-Pacific War, operating as henchmen of the Grey Men.
History
Formation
The Grabacr unit was formed in the aftermath of the Belkan War, joining the Osean Air Force as an aggressor squadron as part of a plan to restore diplomatic relations, a situation that also occurred with the Ofnir Squadron in Yuktobania. The "Grabacr" name stems from the callsign used by Bernitz in Belka. Their activities in Osea are unknown, but persisted for several years before coming to a halt.
Circum-Pacific War
The unit later saw action as instigators of the Circum-Pacific War between the Osean Federation and the Union of Yuktobanian Republics in late 2010. Operating under the cover of the "8492nd Squadron", they were involved in the kidnapping of the Osean president Vincent Harling in October of that same year, and killed several Yuktobanian civilians at the town or city of Dresdene shortly after the invasion of the country by Osean forces.[1]
As the war later came to a stalmate, they were involved in a plot to eliminate the 108th Tactical Fighter Squadron before the invasion of Cinigrad, leading them to a ambush with several Belkan pilots over the Vladimir Mountains. The attack failed, and the squadron was falsely accused of being enemy spies at Sand Island by the Commander Orson Perrault and his adjuntant, the Major Allen C. Hamilton. The members of that squadron fled from Grabacr to the Solo Islands before being shot down by Marcus Snow and being confirmed as Killed in Action[1] by the rescue team Sea Goblin.
Grabacr continued their operations and failed during a confront again against the Wardog Squadron (operating illegally from the 3rd Osean Naval Fleet's flagship as the Razgriz Air Command Squadron) when they where trying to rescue the Prime Minister of Yuktobania. All the Grabacr pilots were shot down, but were not killed.
Destruction
The aforementioned Razgriz Air Command Squadron managed to rescue the legitimate leaders of Osea and Yuktobania bringing an end to hostilities, so on December 31 of 2010 the unit alongside the Ofnir Squadron (the Yuktobanian Air Force's Belkan agressor squadron) and his leader Michael Heimeroth took off on a suicide mission to protect the SOLG as it fell into the Earth and over Oured.
However, the Razgriz managed to shot down and kill them all in combat. Continuing their operation and destroying the SOLG before its impact and the destruction and disband of both units.[1]
Trivia
- Grabacr is an alternate name of Nidhoggr, a giant serpent from Norse mythology. In the Prose Edda, it was described as one of three giant snakes that chewed on the world tree Yggdrasil, along with Fafnir and Jormungandr.
- The paint scheme of the S-32s flown by the squadron can be downloaded in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation as the "GRABACR EMBLEM", a variation of the Su-47 Berkut.