Complete the following achievements to unlock Xbox Live Gamerscore points.
Complete campaign once on any difficulty setting.
Complete the game on Normal or Hard to unlock Ace of Aces mode.
Beat the game on Hard difficulty. It will appear in your hangar, purchase it for $229,500.
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding aircraft:
Successfully complete the game on the Normal difficulty setting to unlock the Estovokian scheme.
Beat the game on Ace Difficulty.
Unlockable Service Medals:
Complete the following achievements to unlock Xbox Live Gamerscore points.
The second part of Mission 13 (fight with Pasternak) is a little tricky for getting an S rank.
You need to shoot down drones during the battle with Pasternak. These are just
rough estimates but I think they are close after repeating the mission over and over again.
C = 0-10
B = 11-20
A = 21-30
S = 30 +
Take note that this is based if you got S ranks on any of the four initial operations. Of course, the plane I used is the CFA-44 and with the assistance of allied ESM fields. It also took me at least one frontline landing (while the drones and Pasternak are looming overhead) to get a fresh load of ADMMs.
(Disable Autosave!)
This is both good and bad. Good because you can easily acquire all the Marksman medals. Bad because you will destroy ALL targets using machine gun only.
I suggest finishing this mode using F/A-18F with ECMP. At the start of each mission or after taking off, switching your SP weapon to ECMP will prevent any accidental missile firing and at the same time will allow you to use your ECMP faster.
You can use other more powerful planes but remember, it will just take one missile or SP weapon misfire and your machine gunning streak is over. You will need to restart the mission or the last checkpoint in case that happens. Make sure that during debriefing, your machine gun kills should register 100%. Anything else than that, you will need to retry the mission.
Youll need to finish the campaign using ONLY any of the following: A-10A, Tornado GR.4 and F-117A
Note that attackers are the slowest and least maneuverable planes in the game so facing enemy fighters may be a problem. Personally, I only used the A-10A with FAEB for ground based operations/missions and the Tornado with ECMP for the anti-air missions. Since the medal requires you to finish the game using an attacker type plane, then you can give your wingman the best plane you can get and equip him with AA weapons. That way, you will just have to rely on your wingman and allied units for support so you can concentrate on the mission.
The FAEB (see Special Weapons section) of the A-10A is probably the most destructive antiground weapon you can get in the game. It pretty much destroys light-medium armored targets in a very large area, making a fast, clean sweep pretty much easier.
The Tornados ECMP is very useful when facing enemy aircraft and spoof their missiles. Since the Tornado is really hard to maneuver, it is almost impossible to evade a missile fired at short range.
Out of fun, I used the A-10 on Mission 09: Heavy Command Cruiser. Since the enemy cruisers are large targets, it was exhilarating to drop FAEBs on their decks and watch several targets destroyed at once. Try it for once.
