Ace Combat 2 & Assault Horizon Legacy Part #11 - Mission 9 – Operation Swordsmith, June 22nd, 1998

Part 11: Mission 9 – Operation Swordsmith, June 22nd, 1998

Taking Over the Enemy Arms Production Base / Protect the VIP

Mission 9: Operation Swordsmith – June 22nd, 1998
Mission 11: Operation Groupies (Legacy Version)

Overview: Phoenix destroys the ground defenses at a URF occupied weapons production facility on Scofield Plains. Later that evening, Scarface Squadron is sent to escort an FCU government VIP, recently rescued from Rebel captivity, through hostile airspace over Mt. Lambert.

This is another pair of missions for which there is no 1:1 correlation between the games. Each mission is entirely unique to its respective game.

Guest Commentators: Joining me for this special all Canadian update of Ace Combat 2/Assault Horizon Legacy are Skippy Granola and Tyty.

Skippy needs no introduction around these parts, but I will introduce him nonetheless. Aside from joining me and Cirv for the Viewers’ Choice Extravaganza at the end of Ace Combat Zero, he’s also done a number of LPs including Syberia, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Saints Row The Third, The Last of Us (with Geop and Panzer Skank, aka one ~~half~~ third of No Goblin Entertainment), InFamous: Second Son (where he plays the good conscience to Bobbin Threadbare’s bad influence over kalonZombie), and Resident Evil: Revelations 2’s Raid Mode with CJacobs.

He’s currently co-commentating on SorataYuy’s (currently on hiatus) LP of GI JOE: The Atlantis Factor.

Tyty, meanwhile, is in the middle of a (currently on-hold) LP of Etrian Oddessy IV: Legends of the Titan. He will get back to updating it one day… Yeah, like I’ll get back to doing Prince of Persia

Aircraft featured in Mission 11: Operation Groupies

MiG-1.44 Flatpack
Manufacturer: Mikoyan
Role: Multirole (Prototype)
Manufactured: 1991-2000
Status: Cancelled
Primary Operators: Russia
Quick Facts:

Appears in several late-series Ace Combats, notably Skies of Deception, Assault Horizon Legacy, and Infinity.
Intended to be Russia’s 5th Generation counter to the F/A-22 Raptor and the YF-23 Black Widow II/Gray Ghost.
Its development was hampered by repeated postponements due to budget shortfalls brought about by the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Was ultimately spiked by the Russian Air Force after its maiden flight in 2000, nine years after its intended production debut.
Originally intended to replace the Su-27.
Has the same thrust vectoring engines as the Su-37, Su-47, and T-50 PAK FA.
Only two 1.44 Flatpacks were built and now exist only as demonstration models.
The 1.44 was an attempted upgrade of the original prototype MiG-1.42 Foxglove, though comparative tests showed that the Foxglove outperformed the Flatpack by a shockingly wide margin.
Don’t cry Vladimir, Project Aces still loves you…r planes.