Aaron Benson

"Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Matthew Benson, or 'Kingman,' must've been a good pilot in his service of the United States Air Force. I knew he would be concerned about the USRAC War. He's also a good friend to the Motovov family, and I knew he's got a pet bear named Deborah Anne. Stationed at Ramstein Air Base, I'm sitting beside him before we get to be deployed so we can kick some Coalition butt. I'm sure he'll never know what notoriety might hit him."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Benson the Pilot

Aaron Matthew Benson, callsign "Kingman," was an American pilot, lieutenant colonel, and the member of the United States Air Force's Bearclaw Squadron. Benson's pet bear, Deborah Anne, was the inspiration for his squadron's name and emblem.

Like Alvin H. Davenport, Benson was a well known chatterbox among the personnel stationed at Ramstein Air Base, and his penchant for cheeky remarks often earned him the ire of his superiors, such as AWACS Yaksok of the Republic of Korea Air Force. Although dutiful, Benson voiced his dislike of war's nature, which he believed forced soldiers to blindly follow orders, often to their deaths.

As a wingman, Benson was highly skilled, and his actions contributed to Bearclaw's notoriety over the course of the USRAC War. He was fiercely loyal to his squadmates and dearly remembered by them in the wake of his death during the Operation Greater Basilisk.

The United States Air Force also remembered him that he will be called as one of the heroic pilots in US history