
S01E01 Operation 1
The story begins with footage of the 30 year war, and all the hardships mankind has had with the alien prescense known as "the Jam." We are now shown a group of jets engaging the...
The flying fortess Banshee has been taken over by the JAM. Rei is sent to investigate and try to regain control, but it may prove to be too much for him to handle.
Thirty-three years ago, an alien force known as the "JAM" invaded Earth through a dimensional portal over Antarctica. Earth’s forces managed to drive the JAM away to a distant planet designated as "Fairy." While the majority of Earth’s population is unaware of the JAM’s presence, the war continues on Fairy, where Rei Fukai is an SAF (Special Air Force) pilot assigned to pilot "Yukikaze"—an advanced reconnaissance fighter plane equipped with a near-sentient A.I. that detects the presence of the JAM within its path.