About Me[]
Ace Lord
Former Admin, YSFHQ
Member of VFA-49 / Brotherhood of Honor, Inactive Reserve
CO of VFA-49 Heavy Strike Squadron "Fireballers"
Founder & Proprietor, Sky Surfer Demonstration Team
YSFHQ Tag: Ace Lord
Online Server Tag(s): Ace Lord, [VFA-49]Ace Lord
Ace Lord is a former YSFHQ Admin and inactivated member of VFA-49 who has been with the YSFlight community for fifteen years. Originally hailing from the Ace Combat community, Ace Lord migrated to YSFlight to get away from the elitist, alienating leadership found there when he left in 2007. In the intervening fifteen years he could be found either at an airshow flying his custom Su-37, among other planes, or hitting a target range. As an airshow pilot Ace Lord is best known for being the proprietor of Sky Surfer Airshows, a two-ship display formerly featuring an Su-37 and C-17 Globemaster that operated from 2010 to 2016 before taking a four-year hiatus. The team returned for a brief stint of shows from late 2020 to mid-2021 before announcing that the aging Su-37 would be replaced with a new Su-57; the new Felon was flown in three events from 2021 to mid-2022 before the team entered a second hiatus due to time and pilot availability constraints.
In combat, Ace Lord originally flew SEAD for VFA-49 before transitioning into a strategic bombing / heavy strike role following an overhaul of the squadron's sub-units. Even after being folded into the Brotherhood of Honor alliance, he has worked to maximize the usefulness and destructive potential of the aircraft available to him. Two of these projects included the first practical fuel-air weapons and upgrades to the aircraft intended to deploy them which included, but weren't limited to, the B-52 Stratofortress and B-70 Valkyrie. Finally, Ace Lord served a brief tenure as a member of the YSFHQ staff before retiring fully from duty in 2018 due to personal reasons and the overall decline of activity in the YSFlight community.
Favorite Aircraft: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Most Recent Project: Replacement of original Sky Surfer Su-37 with a new Su-57 Felon dubbed "Sky Surfer 2".
YSFlight History[]
- 2007 -- Discovered YS Flight, migrated from Ace Combat community.
- 2008 -- Joined YS Pilots (long-defunct community forum) and VFA-49.
- 2009 -- Began flying at YS airshows, formed Sky Surfer Airshows in March that same year. Participated in second 49th-171st war.
- 2011 -- Joined YSFHQ after YSPilots went down.
- 2015 -- Participated in third 49th-171st war, pioneered the use of unconventional weaponry for strategic air attacks.
- 2016 -- Sky Surfer Airshows goes into hiatus after the final VNAF AirFest event. Headed up the largely successful strategic attack efforts of VFA-49 in the 49th-GrunSol war.
- 2017 -- Elected to YSFHQ Staff.
- 2018 -- Retired from staff by not seeking re-election, also went inactive from combat.
- 2020 -- Brought Sky Surfer Airshows back from hiatus for a special appearance at Chicago Air & Water Show shortly before the Thanksgiving (US) holiday.
- 2021 -- Original Sky Surfer jet flies publicly for the last time, Su-57 Felon replacement is announced and launched at the 2021 YSRIAT.
- 2022 -- Su-57 "Sky Surfer 2" flies its next two performances in the first half of 2022. Team enters second and currently ongoing hiatus.