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*** The 'don't fly above (insert low altitude here)' missions are annoying, but on some games in the series the missiles don't spawn so close to you. This enables you to outrun them (or at least keep them from hitting you till they detonate) while flying the overpowered MiG-25/31. Unfortunately this creates an [[Unwinnable]] situation, since they respawn one after another. So after descending back to an altitude that will let you complete the mission, the speed that's required to outrun the one that inevitably spawns above you prevents you from maneuvering through the narrow confines of the level. That the dragster-like MiGs were built for intercepting versus dogfighting doesn't help.
** The first game (''Air Combat'' outside Japan) had possibly the worst canyon mission of any, and a lot of that was [[Fake Difficulty]] due to terrible graphics. It was an incredibly narrow canyon and it was very very difficult to tell the two walls apart so every turn was an opportunity to crash due to inability to judge distance.
** ''X'' brings us "A Diversion" where you have to escort six helicopters to a location... but there are infantry-wielded RPGs along the route that don't appear on radar until the helicopters get close enough, unlike what the briefing says about luring them out. Plus some of these wankers (yes, I went there) appear in locations that are inconvenient to target if you stick too close to the helicopters, and trying to stay behind them can backfire if you end up falling too far behind. Plus once you actually reach the location the helis need to get to, you find it's also defended by SAMs and triple-A, so you can't take a breather yet. And you can lose only one if you want to get a S-rank, with all of them being [[One
*** ''X'' also has "End of Deception II" with the Alect Squadron-piloted Fenrirs, a shitty boss fight if ever. Fortunately, it gets better after they go down.
**** Actually... It isn't impossible to shoot them down while they have the cloak. If you're UNBELIVABLY good/lucky, you can shoot down ALL FOUR FENRIRS WHILE THE CLOAK IS UP.** I have to bring up Four Horsemen again for two reasons: you ''have to play it at least once'' to unlock the Flanker line of jets, and it also contains one of the hangars you have to destroy to unlock the [[Game Breaker|ADF-01 FALKEN]]. <s>Have fun.</s>
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