The most recent entry in Namco Bandai's Ace Combat series. The game takes place nine years after the events of Ace Combat 5, and is a tie in to both Ace Combat 5 and Ace Combat 04. The game focuses on the story of "Trigger", a pilot for the Osean Air Defence Force as his country finds itself in a war against Erusea and its masses of drone fighters for control over a space elevator.