Falco Lombardi is a member of an avian race and the ace pilot of the Star Fox team. Although exact details on his past are unknown, other than being the leader of a gang of space runaways, but Falco had been a good friend and friendly rival to Fox McCloud, and was specially hired by his friend to be the ace pilot of his mercenaries-for-hire team, and flown in almost every mission they have made, usually retaining his brash, cool, and collected attitude. Being the ace pilot, Falco specialises in flying rings around his foes, but his rebellious nature taken from his time being the leader of a gang of space hot rodders cause him to instinctively take more chances than most pilots and sometimes he pays dearly for his brashness getting caught in some situations in which he cannot escape, and must rely on Fox for assistance, often to his chagrin. While Falco is not keen on discipline and authority, his loyalty to the Star Fox creed of justice and freedom has never let his team down, always using his natural hunting instincts to keep looking for shortcuts and alternate routes to get to the action much quicker.

Falco typically appears in all Star Fox games to date, as well as the comics and the "Star Fox Zero " promotional anime, as a supporting protagonist. He also appears as a playable character in all Super Smash Bros. games, starting with "Melee".