Ace Vanderfeld grew up in an American military household, his mother was in the air-force and his father was a marine for a while before becoming a police officer in his father's later career.

Ace has one brother, Jack Vanderfeld, who was very much like his father growing up and wanted to serve his country. Ace; on the other hand, always looked up to the sky and envied the birds that soared so freely among the clouds. Ace's father pushed him and his brother to join the military at 18. Aces brother joined the army and serves to this day.
Ace himself tried to join the Airforce; however, didn't even pass basic training to his father's heavy disappointment. Mainly because of Ace's issue with authority figures. But he did find a passion in flying planes and aeronautics and such. So, not long after his marriage to Rose, he began his path to flying commercial airliners!

One day, Ace was flying a typical and familiar route; From the US to Russia and back again carrying 250 passengers. About 50 miles from the Russian/Czech border ATC radioed to Ace telling him there was a massive storm ahead and to turn around immediately. It wasn't safe. Ace had flown this route hundreds of times by this point and had even flown around storms that managed to go under the radar before. He was confident this would be no different. As he passed over the Czech Republic, all his controls failed and jolts of electricity shot from his dashboard. He was going to crash and his best option was the ocean. With what little control he had over the craft he got as close as he could but managed to slam in to a hotel building on the coast line. He awoke among the rubble with no scratch or bruise. And oddly enough, no other bodies in sight.. Just him, the rubble, and his crashed plane.

After several adventures through the land of Chernarus Ace had found himself complacent in the world he lived in. Taking over an abandoned gas station and dealing with the locals proved to be his new calling in life but situations on the island have forced him to leave his home, this time of his own volition. He had heard tales of a small country by Norway; Nyheim. In search of a new start and a way of getting in contact with his wife, he set off in search of new lands. That last chapter may be over, but the story never ends~