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The twelfth game in the ''[[Ace Combat]]'' series, intended as a [[Continuity Reboot]] for the series. Like ''[[Ace Combat Joint Assault]]'', it is set in the real world. Released in 2011.

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** But that's it. Other than the cameo mentioned below, she's not actually in the game. Just the pre-release blog.

* [[Multinational Team]]: The 108th is made up of various NATO countries and contains Russian forces as well.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: In multiplayer mode, it's possible to unlock the callsigns and paint schemes for many of the famous AC squadrons, including [[Ace Combat 2|Scarface]], [[Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies|Mobius]], [[Ace Combat Zero|Galm]], [[Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War|Wardog]], [[Ace Combat 6 Fires of Liberation|Garuda, Strigon]], [[Ace Combat X|Gryphus]], and more.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: In multiplayer mode, it's possible to unlock the callsigns and paint schemes for many of the famous AC squadrons, including [[Ace Combat 2|Scarface]], [[Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies|Mobius]], [[Ace Combat Zero|Galm]], [[Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War|Wardog]], [[Ace Combat 6 Fires of Liberation|Garuda, Strigon]], [[Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception|Gryphus]], and more.

** The trailers occasionally come with Easter eggs alluding to the Ace Combat series of old, the most notable of which is the E3 trailer, which features series' [[Recurring Character]] Kei Nagase.

** In-game, Kei also appears in several briefing scenes as a mute background character. More specifically, she is sitting to the right in the row ahead of Bishop during a mission briefing scene.

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** It continues to happen irregularly at various points if you fail to press the button to trigger the in-flight cinematic, which it interprets in such ways as failing to notice certain important things like Trinity missiles, thus resulting in mission failure. Don't worry though, the reload point is literally right when the button shows up, and while it's loading, it will actually tell you that pressing X will make you not die and not fail the mission there.

* [[Private Military Contractors]]: Averted. You're part of both the United States Air Force and a NATO task force. This is the first game in the series that doesn't assign point values to targets or requires you to earn money to buy new planes. The planes are given to you before each mission. [[Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies|Mobius 1]], [[Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War|Wardog Squadon]], and [[Ace Combat 6 Fires of Liberation|Garuda Squadron]] all worked for their governments, and even they still had to buy their own weapons.

* [[Promotional Powerless Piece of Garbage]]: The European Limited Edition and Gamestop pre-orders came with a free DLC plane--the F-4E Phantom II, which has a long tradition of being a [[With This Herring|weak starting plane]] in ''[[Air Combat]]'', ''[[Ace Combat 2]]'', ''[[Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies]]'', ''[[Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War]]'', and ''[[Ace Combat X]]'' (''[[Ace Combat Zero]]'' only gave it to you mid-way because a major ace piloted it). Yeah, compared to other DLC planes, like the iconic Su-37 and the Nosferatu super-fighter, the collectors' reward was rather lame.

* [[Promotional Powerless Piece of Garbage]]: The European Limited Edition and Gamestop pre-orders came with a free DLC plane--the F-4E Phantom II, which has a long tradition of being a [[With This Herring|weak starting plane]] in ''[[Air Combat]]'', ''[[Ace Combat 2]]'', ''[[Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies]]'', ''[[Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War]]'', and ''[[Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception]]'' (''[[Ace Combat Zero]]'' only gave it to you mid-way because a major ace piloted it). Yeah, compared to other DLC planes, like the iconic Su-37 and the Nosferatu super-fighter, the collectors' reward was rather lame.

* [[Regenerating Health]]: First for the series. In a plane that's designed to house hundreds of missiles, only the fanatics are complaining.

** As it turns out, it's very slow regenerating health to boot, and you're generally worn down to dead about as quickly as in the previous games.