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Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War

Rules to Unlocking Aircraft
You must fly the fighter that you want the upgrade for and acquire enough kills for the unlock. For example, if you want the Super F-14, you must take out the F-14B, fly several missions, and acquire enough kills to get the F-14A. Take out the F-14A and fly several missions with it until you get enough kills to acquire the Super F-14. This applies to all aircraft.

Completion bonuses
Successfully complete the game to unlock the "Free Mission" option (play any mission using any airplane that was previously unlocked), more difficulty settings, the "Music Player" option (listen to any song), and the CG Viewer (view any intermission sequence).

Complete the game with "S" ranks on all missions under the Ace difficulty setting to change the saved game icon to the Razgriz F-14 Tomcat version.
Successfully complete all arcade mode stages and load your saved data in campaign mode. Mobius 1 can now pilot all 53 airplanes with paint schemes that were unlocked and used in campaign mode.

Auto-pilot
Hold L2 + R2 and the plane will go into auto pilot.

Falken:                   
Get the missing parts from missions 12a, 12b, 16a, 16b, and 27a to unlock the Falken.
You must destroy the hangar of each mission. For mission 12a, follow the river north, then go east at the fork in the river. You must be close for the hangar to show appear on radar. For mission 12b, after taking out the four radar sites, destroy enough targets and the hangar will show up near the smokestacks. The one in mission 16a is between the field HQ and the airfield. Mission 16b has it west of the river, between the airfield and oil refinery (south of the north-most river). The part on mission 27 is very close to the gun tower, in front of the tunnel.                    

F22A:                   
Successfully complete arcade mode.

X-02:
Get all the other aircraft except for the Falken to unlock the X-02.

Song decision:
During one of the early stages of the campaign mode, Chopper will ask you about a song. Your next mission will depend on your answer ("Yes" or "No"). Also, at the end of the stage in which Edge gets rescued, Chopper will again ask you about the same song. Again, your "Yes" or "No" answer will decide which stage is next.

Free Mission:
Just like in Ace Combat 4, this game also gives you the option of the "Free Mission", when you have completed the game, go to the main screen and select Free Mission. You can now play any mission in the game, using any plane you have previously bought.

Even more difficulty settings...
When you have completed the game, there are a few more difficulty settings that you can choose from. These are great if you completed the game with ease, and want more of a challenge!

Music Player
After completing the game, just go back to the Title screen and go to options. The Music Player option will now be available. With this, you can listen to all every single track from within the game. This is probably the ONLY place you will be able to do this, without having to actually play the game.

Campaign Mode Aircraft Used For Arcade Mode
Finish all 16 stages in Arcade Mode. Afterwards, Mobius 1 will be able to pilot all 53 aircraft unlocked (paint schemes included) and bought in Campaign Mode but, with limited ammunition (20 missiles, 4 special weapons).

Note: You MUST load your saved data in Campaign Mode first to be able to use the planes you own in Arcade Mode.

15 Honorary Medals
Unlocking AC5: UW Medals can be done in Campaign Mode or Free Mission Mode.

Switch views
You can switch views by pressing R3.

Auto-target shift
Hold Triangle when locked onto an enemy. Your view will automatically shift so that you are looking at the target that you are chasing. This is especially useful in dogfights.

More accurate view
If you switch into cockpit view in some planes, you can see the machine gun that you are firing and therefore be more accurate with it. The F5 has two guns side by side. The gun on the A 10 is very powerful and accurate.

Defeating submarines and battleships
It is a lot easier to fight submarines and battleships if you fly very close to the water, as they cannot hit you as easily. This is very effective if you also fly very fast. Be careful not to crash into the water.

Use the enemy's own missiles against themselves
Note: This is only effective against enemy ground units. This is difficult to do and requires many practice runs. If you find yourself with a missile being shot at you, try to boost to the nearest enemy ground unit. Then, slow down and make sure not to go past the ground unit. As soon as you see the missile closing in on the radar, quickly boost towards the ground unit, and time it so that the missile will go past you and into the enemy unit. This is possible to accomplish with a lot of practice, but is extremely difficult to time correctly. Try using it on enemy ships first, as they are much larger than tanks. Then, work your way down the size scale until you can use it against all enemy ground or sea units. This will save you missiles if your ammunition is low, or you need to conserve as much as possible as in missions 16B, 12B, and 9. How to save Nagase
Yeah this happened to me until i figured out to do this. To do this you need to First of all find Nagase with your hud tracking devise but when you find her and it asks to destroy all the jets in the air you actually have to go find the helicopter on the way and destroy all the same, aa guns and other helicopters in its path. Basically Escort the chopper. Good luck

Acquire upgraded fighters
You must fly the fighter that you want the upgrade for and acquire enough kills for the unlock. For example, if you want the Super F-14, you must take out the F-14B, fly several missions, and acquire enough kills to get the F-14A. Take out the F-14A and fly several missions with it until you get enough kills to acquire the Super F-14. This applies to all aircraft.

SP paint
Shoot down the indicated target or complete the listed task to unlock the paint for the corresponding aircraft. Note: All planes must be bought before the paint becomes available.

Aircraft
Complete the indicated goal to unlock the corresponding aircraft.

Easy Win Against Sinfaxie Or Hrymfaxie
Use the A-18C, F-2A, Raffle-M, or F-35C. When you go against the Sinfaxie play the level till the Ark Bird shoots it while it’s under water, then when it is on the surface use the plains special weapon which should be the LASM (Long Rang Air to Surface Missiles) and lock onto the Sinfaxie Not the Launcher or any of the SAMs or AA Guns.

When you go against the Hrymfaxie do not use the LASM until after you've damaged the Hrymfaxie and it surfaces to launch its ballistic missiles at allied ground troops.

Song decision:
During one of the early stages of the campaign mode, Chopper will ask you about a song. Your next mission will depend on your answer ("Yes" or "No"). Also, at the end of the stage in which Edge gets rescued, Chopper will again ask you about the same song. Again, your "Yes" or "No" answer will decide which stage is next.

Unlock to Expert Mode & Ace Mode:
Successfully complete normal mode

Defeating the 8492nd Squadron During "8492"
In order to obtain an "S" Rank on this mission, you must engage and destroy members of the 8492nd Squadron. Upon a first glance, this may prove difficult as these enemies use ECM almost exclusivley. In order to prevent this, destory the E-767 Jammer Aircraft accompanying the 8492nd. The E-767 is the first enemy aircraft targeted once the 8492nd Squadron appears. Be careful to evade the initial barrage of missiles and destory the jammer. Giving your Wingmen the ATTACK Command while the facing the target is most likely easier than trying to destory the plane yourself.

You can see the Hrimfaxi
On the mission Demons of Razgriz you have to fight the Hrimfaxi. While you fight it, it will dive back into the water and pop up someplace else. Well, if you climb to an altitude of 7,000 feet or more, and you look down with the right control stick, you can see where Hrimfaxi is hiding in the water. This will give you an advantage when you need to know where it will pop up next.

New Save Icon
Get 'S' Ranks on all 32 missions on "Ace" difficulty to change the memory card save icon of AC5: UW from a grayish F-14 Tomcat paint scheme to the Razgriz F-14 Tomcat paint scheme of black and red.

Pac-Man ghost in mission 16A
In mission 16A "Desert Arrow", the ground is mostly desert with lots of circular patches of green (farmland, I suppose). One patch is in the shape of a Pac-Man ghost. To find it, go to grid section 5D (upper left grid is 1A, with numbers going across and letters going down). It's in the northern middle section of the grid.