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[[Image:Newfield.jpg|250px|thumb|A satellite image of Newfield Island, taken around 2004]]
 
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'''Newfield Island''' is a medium sized island in the Gulf of Saint Ark, in-between [[North Point]] and the [[Earth#USEA|Usean mainland]]. The island itself is governed by the cournty of [[Usea]]. The Island has a large city located on the south-eastern side of the island, multiple other living areas on the island. On the Northern tip of the island is Allen Fort Airbase, a major [[ISAF]] facility. The island itself is split in half by a chain of large hills and mountains covered with green forests. Off shore there are also several small uninhabited islands no more than a kilometer across each.
 
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|location = Northeastern [[Usea]]
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|coord = 43.2°N, 143.8°E{{Refcall|AC04-M01}}
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|events = [[Ulysses 1994XF04|Ulysses Impact Event]]<br>[[Operation Umbrella]]<br>[[Operation Katina]]
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|appearances = ''[[Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies]]''<br>''[[Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War]]'' {{Ref|AC5-Arcade|[[AREA 06-D]], ''[[Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War]]''.}}
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'''Newfield Island''' is an island located off the northeast coast of [[Usea]], southwest of [[North Point]]. Newfield is home to two populated areas, as well as [[Allenfort Air Base]], a military airfield under the jurisdiction of the [[Independent States Allied Forces]] (ISAF).
   
 
==History==
During the [[Ulysses 1994XF04 Asteroid|Ulysses Astroid Impacts]] in July of 1999, the city on Newfield suffered a direct hit, which destroyed much of the city. The crater left by the Ulysses Fragment is known as the ''Anderson Crater''. Since then the island has been witness to several battles in the [[Usean Continental War]].
 
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===Ulysses Impact Event===
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{{Main|Ulysses 1994XF04}}
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On July 3, 1999, Newfield was one of the many areas directly hit by a large fragment of the [[Ulysses 1994XF04]] asteroid as it made planetfall. The fragment decimated the inhabited area on the eastern face of the island, killing an undetermined number of people; however, due to the mountainous shape of the island, the western face of Newfield was saved from the impact. The impact site, later named Anderson Crater, became one of the most infamous Ulysses impact sites in Usea. A proposal was made to restore and rebuild the section of the island impacted by the asteroid, but the idea faced resistance by the Usean Geological Survey Institute.{{Ref|AC04Web-Craters|''[[Color of the World: Craters]]''.}}
   
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===Continental War===
== History ==
 
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[[File:35.jpg|thumb|250px|Newfield Island as it appears in the book ''[[Aces at War: A History]]'']]
 
{{Main|Operation Umbrella}}
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Newfield Island became the site of an important engagement between the ISAF and [[Erusea]]n forces during the [[Continental War]]. On September 19, 2004, Allenfort Air Base came under attack by a squadron of Erusean [[Tu-95 Bear]] bombers, which were attempting to strike the ISAF's North Point GHQ. ISAF fighters quickly scrambled to intercept the bombers and their fighter escorts; the ISAF fighters were ultimately victorious, temporarily averting the danger to ISAF's GHQ.{{Ref|AC04-M01|[[Sitting Duck]], ''[[Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies]]''.}}
   
===Ulysses Impact===
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===Operation Katina===
 
{{Main|Operation Katina}}
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Sometime after the conclusion of the continental war, reconstruction efforts began at Anderson Crater. However, the reconstruction was temporarily halted when, in 2006, an armed extremist group calling themselves "[[Free Erusea]]" initiated a rebellion across the continent. ISAF's ace [[Mobius 1]] helped to quell the rebellion, including shooting down Erusean fighters over Newfield Island.{{Refcall|AC5-Arcade}}
   
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==Gallery==
On Saturday, July 3rd, 1999 at exactly 03:30pm USEA Eastern Standard Time the Ulysses asteroid finally reached earth's vicinity. It then, unexpectedly split into more than a thousand pieces as it passed the Roche limit. Many of these Ulysses Fragments then plummeted to Earth. Although the Super Weapon [[Stonehenge]] was suppose to destroy the larger chucks of the asteroids Newfield was completely outside its firing range. One of the fragments made a direct hit onto the southern city on the island, completely annihilating it. sex
 
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Newfield Harbor.jpg|Concept art of the harbor at Anderson Crater
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Newfield Crater.jpg|Anderson Crater, Newfield Island
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Newfield Overflight.jpg|An [[F-22A Raptor]] flying over Anderson Crater
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anderson1.png|Anderson Crater, Newfield Island
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anderson2.png|Anderson Crater, Newfield Island
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anderson3.png|City ruins next to Anderson Crater
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newfieldport.png|A port next to [[Allenfort Air Base]]
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newfieldport2.png|A port next to Allenfort Air Base
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To this day the death toll can only be estimated to be in the thousands. Still thanks to the islands rugged geography most of the other parts of the island remained relatively unharmed. Since then reconstruction of the destroyed areas of the remaining Metropolitan and rural areas has been carried out. The world was also especially lucky that the asteroid fragment did not land in the nearby ocean and create a mega-tsunami. Had this happened the death toll would have easily risen into the millions and greatly expanded the devastated areas.
 
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[[Category:Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War]]
 
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[[Category:Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies]]
===Operation: Umbrella===
 
 
[[Category:Islands]]
During the Usean Continental War in 2004, Newfield was the first line of defense for ISAF's GHQ (North Point). It was attacked by Erusean [[Tu-95 Bear]] bombers based at [[Rigley Air Base]], a former ISAF facility, but the attack was thwarted by the [[118th Tactical Fighter Wing]] of the ISAF. Allenfort Airbase survived the bombing raid, but the city on Newfield was bombarded by the Erusian Bombers.
 
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[[Category:Usean Continent]]
 
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[[Category:Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies locations]]
===Operation Katina===
 
By the year 2006, reconstruction had begun within the Anderson Crater itself, with many large platforms being lined up within the water inside of the crater. Unfortunately during [[Operation Katina]], Newfield Island was again attacked, this time by the "[[Free Erusia]]n" forces. [[Mobius One]], supported by [[AWACS Sky Eye]], flew over Newfield, engaged and destroyed the Erusian Fighters and C-5 Galaxy transports, saving the island from any further bloodshed.
 
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Latest revision as of 18:28, 28 February 2019

Newfield Island is an island located off the northeast coast of Usea, southwest of North Point. Newfield is home to two populated areas, as well as Allenfort Air Base, a military airfield under the jurisdiction of the Independent States Allied Forces (ISAF).

History

Ulysses Impact Event

On July 3, 1999, Newfield was one of the many areas directly hit by a large fragment of the Ulysses 1994XF04 asteroid as it made planetfall. The fragment decimated the inhabited area on the eastern face of the island, killing an undetermined number of people; however, due to the mountainous shape of the island, the western face of Newfield was saved from the impact. The impact site, later named Anderson Crater, became one of the most infamous Ulysses impact sites in Usea. A proposal was made to restore and rebuild the section of the island impacted by the asteroid, but the idea faced resistance by the Usean Geological Survey Institute.[3]

Continental War

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Newfield Island as it appears in the book Aces at War: A History

Newfield Island became the site of an important engagement between the ISAF and Erusean forces during the Continental War. On September 19, 2004, Allenfort Air Base came under attack by a squadron of Erusean Tu-95 Bear bombers, which were attempting to strike the ISAF's North Point GHQ. ISAF fighters quickly scrambled to intercept the bombers and their fighter escorts; the ISAF fighters were ultimately victorious, temporarily averting the danger to ISAF's GHQ.[1]

Operation Katina

Sometime after the conclusion of the continental war, reconstruction efforts began at Anderson Crater. However, the reconstruction was temporarily halted when, in 2006, an armed extremist group calling themselves "Free Erusea" initiated a rebellion across the continent. ISAF's ace Mobius 1 helped to quell the rebellion, including shooting down Erusean fighters over Newfield Island.[2]

Gallery

References