Unlike many previous Ace Combat titles, Assault Horizon does not set the story in the fictional world, but on a future Earth. The player gets to fly and fight over known seas and cities such as Miami (USA), Dubai (India) or Moscow (Russia). While the basic flying controls are kept, there are many new upgrades and innovations to the known warfare in the series. One is dogfighting where you can tail behind the enemy plane and keep it close to your machine gun. The tailing sequence remains active as long as you can keep up with the enemy fighter, until he is no longer visible on the screen. You can punch the thruster to shorten the distance and make your shots more accurate and destructive. There is also a way for the enemy plane to tail you, even when you are tailing another plane. In such case you can try to outmaneuver it or hit the breaks and make a spin to quickly come up behind it and switch the roles of hunter and hunted. Another addition is the bombing run which lets you enter the bombing zone for a more detailed and easier assault against the ground targets and vessels.

Next to fighters the player gets to fly heavy bombers, commandeer a gatling gun on a chopper or fly an Apache helicopter, which changes change the warfare from previous titles. With heavy planes you can provide artillery assistance to your ground troops from way up in the sky, and zoom in based on the type of cannon you are using. With helicopters, on the other hand, you will use different tactics such as flying below rooftops to avoid enemy SAM sites and generally be closer to the ground troops of infantry and tanks.

While the story is centered around Lt. Colonel William Bishop, the leader of the Warwolf squadron, you will get to control different characters depending on the mission at hand, since the Colonel is an ace pilot and is not so skilled at flying helicopters or heavy bombers. You are part of the UN forces composed of both NATO and Russian military, fighting against an insurgent group of unknown forces and goals. As in previous games in the series, there are many known modern fighter planes to select from. F-14 Tomcat, F-15, F-16, F/A-18 Hornet, MIG 21 and MIG 29 are but a few, and you can also unlock more planes and even colors as you play.

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Unlockable Aircraft Colors

Aircraft Color 2 For All Aircraft Beat Campaign Mode
Aircraft Color 3 Obtain 1500 points using the aircraft you want to unlock the color with

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Unlockables

Unlock Call Sign - Antares Obtain a toal of 1,000,000 points
Unlock Call Sign - Aquila Receive "Survivor" bonus in Mutiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Burner Win 20 times in Capital Conquest
Unlock Call Sign - Cougar Shoot down 100 enemy players in Competitive Multiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Dragon Win 10 times in Capital Conquest
Unlock Call Sign - Falco Receive "Ace Stiker" bonus in Mutiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Galm Receive "Ace Pilot" bonus 5 times in Mutiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Garuda Complete the Campaign Mode
Unlock Call Sign - Gryphus Receive "Hero" bonus 5 times in Mutiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Mobius Receive "Hero" bonus in Multiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Mohawk Earn 100,000 points
Unlock Call Sign - Phoenix Rank first place in Deathmatch
Unlock Call Sign - Racer Perform DFM support 50 times in Multiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Renegade Earn 300,000 points
Unlock Call Sign - Scarface Receive "Ace Pilot" bonus in Mutiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Strigon Receive "Survivor" bonus 5 times in Mutiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Sweeper Destroy 50 enemies with helicopter in Multiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Viking Earn 20,000 points
Unlock Call Sign - Wardog Receive "Ace Striker" bonus 5 times in Mutiplayer
Unlock Call Sign - Wildcat Shoot down 50 enemy players in Multiplayer
Unlock Color 2 for all aircraft Complete the Campaign Mode
Unlock F-15E Strike Eagle Complete the Campaign Mode
Unlock Mi-24 (HIND) Complete the Campaign Mode
Unlock PAK-FA Complete the Campaign Mode

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Trophies

There are 38 Bronze Trophies, 10 Silver Trophies, 2 Gold Trophies, and 1 Platinum Trophy.

Ace of Aces Obtained an A rank for every mission (free mission). Silver
Aerial Sniper Used DFM to destroy 10 airborne enemies in competitive online. Bronze
All Rounder Obtained all MVPs. Silver
Bail Out Ejected from a damaged aircraft. Bronze
Berserker Destroyed the air defense system, opening the way for allied pilots. Bronze
Bomber Master Defeated a large number of enemies while flying a bomber. Bronze
Calamity (secret) Used Trinity to wipe out the enemy (free mission). Bronze
Category 5 (secret) Pursued the enemy and shot down Major Illich. Bronze
Chain Master Took down 5 hostiles in a row with an assault chain. Silver
Checking In Flew through the big hotel's gates. Bronze
Critical Hit Took down a hostile fighter with a charged homing missile. Silver
Defender of World Heritage Prevented enemy from using Trinity to destroy Derbent. Bronze
Diverse Strikes Defeated hostiles with all 3 of the gunship's weapons. Bronze
Eagle Eye Successfully focused on 3 targets. Bronze
Emergency Attempted an emergency landing in a damaged aircraft. Bronze
Fearsome Guardian Protected your allies using the gunship, and led a successful attack on the base. Bronze
Fire Hazard Removed enemy presence from the oil field and the base. Bronze
Formation Attack Joined the same DFM with two others and shot down a hostile (mission co-op). Silver
Friendly Fire (secret) Alleviated the attack on Miami and helped Guts bail out. Bronze
Ground Pounder Used ASM to destroy 30 ground enemies in competitive online. Bronze
Guardian (secret) Protected Washington D.C. from the threat of Trinity, and returned alive. Bronze
Gun Master Took out a large number of hostiles as the door gunner. Bronze
Guns Guns Guns Destroyed 5 hostile vehicles from the air as the door gunner. Bronze
Hard Strike Wiped out hostile ground forces with ASM. Bronze
Hot Pit Successfully took off to protect allies amid heavy hostile fire. Bronze
Interceptor Used an attack helicopter and destroyed 10 missiles or bombs in competitive online. Bronze
Life Saver Rescued Major Illich from enemy captivity. Bronze
Limbo Flew beneath a falling chimney. Bronze
Machine Gun Faithful Destroyed an enemy aircraft using only the standard machine gun while piloting an aircraft. Bronze
Nice Assist Used DFM support or ASM support to join a flight member. Bronze
Nice Kill Shot down a large number of hostile players in competitive online. Silver
Nice Save Saved an ally being targeted by hostile players in DFM in competitive online. Bronze
Nick of Time Destroyed the ICBMs. Bronze
One Million Tons of Scrap Metal Sank the enemy fleet and saved the Russian Prime Minister. Bronze
Patriot (secret) Protected Moscow from destruction, freeing it from enemy control. Bronze
Pursuit Master Successfully pursued 3 enemies with counter maneuvers. Bronze
Shot Master Took down 5 hostiles with a direct shot. Bronze
Sierra Hotel (secret) Obtained all Trophies. Platinum
Smooth Flight Managed to get Sova 1 to land safely. Silver
Speed Demon Destroyed all radar missile defense systems in a short period of time. Bronze
Stay On Target Obtained and destroyed 10 enemies in a helicopter. Bronze
Steel Hunter Eliminated enemy threat from the Suez Canal. Bronze
Successive Kill Took down 3 hostiles in a row with an assault chain. Bronze
Switch Master Successfully switched from defense to offense 10 times with counter maneuvers. Silver
The Collector Piloted all aircraft in the game. Bronze
Total Annihilation Disintegrated enemy bombers in mid-air, keeping damage to the city to a minimum. Bronze
Veteran Pilot Sortied for 50 hours in competitive online or mission co-op. Silver
Warwolf 1 Cleared all missions. Gold
Warwolf Squadron Cleared all levels in mission co-op. Gold
Welcome to Mission Co-Op Cleared 1 level in mission co-op. Bronze
World Tour Played on all maps in competitive online. Silver

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