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ACE COMBAT 8 Named Aces: Triggers & Checklist

Review a partial set of sourced ace triggers and keep a separate local checklist. No automatic unlock detection or complete-catalogue claim.

A partial, source-attributed collection list

6 entries, not all Assault Records. These are community reports, not patch-tested rules. Names and conditions contain spoilers.

The linked guides describe Veteran or higher and mission completion for record hunting. Prior-clear requirements and checkpoint behaviour are not fully reconciled here. These are not the Ace-only score-diagnostic rules.

Your confirmed records among these entries: —

Confirm an entry only after checking the actual in-game Assault Record. This never changes mission ranks. Local data does not sync to other devices.

Matching entries: 6

Community report

Crematio

A-6E Intruder · Mission 2 — Nomad

Reported trigger

Rafly reports at least four aircraft destroyed in the opening three minutes.

The Steam account describes an opening-group interception but does not establish the same numeric limit. The timing requirement has only one explicit source here.

Trigger sources: Rafly Wibowo — Assault Records and Enemy Aces · Context: Piyoko — Named Aircraft/Aces Guide

Source review: 2026-10-13 · Exact patch unknown; no site gameplay test.

Community report

Flamma

MiG-31B Foxhound · Mission 6 — Attack on the Drinwich Airfield

Reported trigger

Destroy at least five TGT-marked units in the first three minutes, according to the linked reports.

Count destroyed TGTs, not every enemy or missiles fired. The sources do not verify the exact boundary second for this patch; the checklist does not time the run.

Trigger sources: Piyoko — Named Aircraft/Aces Guide · Rafly Wibowo — Assault Records and Enemy Aces

Source review: 2026-10-13 · Exact patch unknown; no site gameplay test.

Community report

Tessera

MiG-21bis Fishbed · Mission 8 — Retaking of Theve II

Reported trigger

Clear the opening non-TGT surface weapons before the landing advances the mission, as described by Piyoko.

Rafly corroborates the surface-weapon target class but gives no fixed timer. A video timestamp is not a universal deadline, and this is not a request to clear every decorative object.

Trigger sources: Piyoko — Named Aircraft/Aces Guide · Rafly Wibowo — Assault Records and Enemy Aces

Source review: 2026-10-13 · Exact patch unknown; no site gameplay test.

Community report

Currus

F-16C Fighting Falcon · Mission 16 — Singer

Reported trigger

Look for the ace during the UAV-launch event. Piyoko associates it with two ship takedowns.

This is an event reference, not a fixed-coordinate route. A fast score attempt and an ace hunt need not have the same target order.

Trigger sources: Piyoko — Named Aircraft/Aces Guide · Rafly Wibowo — Assault Records and Enemy Aces

Source review: 2026-10-13 · Exact patch unknown; no site gameplay test.

A failed spawn is not a diagnosis

Separate three observations: the intended condition was attempted, the aircraft appeared, and the game recorded the result. A checkbox records only your confirmation of the last step. We cannot inspect your save file.

An absent name here means it has not been published in this small dataset, not that the game has no such ace.

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