Discover all the aircraft confirmed for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, including playable and unplayable models. Learn about the F/A-18E Super Hornet and other featured planes.
This section details the aircraft featured in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. While the primary focus is on carrier operations with the F/A-18E Super Hornet, a variety of other naval and non-naval aircraft will be playable.
- F/A-18E Super Hornet — The flagship multirole aircraft, chosen for its iconic carrier operations role.
- F/A-18F Super Hornet — The dual-seat variant of the Super Hornet.
- F/A-18C Hornet — Marks the return of the F/A-18C to the series since Ace Combat Zero.
- A-6E Intruder — An unidentified variant of this attack aircraft is confirmed.
- F-15J — A non-naval aircraft that will still be playable.
- Su-57 — Another non-naval fighter confirmed for gameplay.
- A-10C Thunderbolt II — The iconic close air support aircraft will be playable.
- Unidentified Flanker — Appeared in the announcement trailer, playable status unconfirmed.
- Unidentified MiG — Also seen in the announcement trailer, playable status unconfirmed.
- E-2C Hawkeye — Suspected to be unplayable.
- UH-60 Black Hawk — Suspected to be unplayable.
- MQ-19 — Suspected to be unplayable.
- Podarge — An aerial warship, suspected to be unplayable.
Korean and Chinese fighter aircraft, despite attempts, will not be featured in the game.
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