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    the exceptionally skilled pilot could shape the battle in the skies. For most of the war, however, the image of the ace had little to do with the reality...
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    The Pilot ACE (Automatic Computing Engine) was one of the first computers built in the United Kingdom. Built at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL)...
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    secret Colossus computer at Bletchley Park. The ACE was not built, but a smaller version, the Pilot ACE, was constructed at the National Physical Laboratory...
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    term "ace in a day" is used to designate a pilot who has shot down five or more aircraft in a single day, based on the usual definition of an "ace" as one...
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  • Ace Combat is an arcade-style combat flight simulation video game series by Project Aces, an internal development team of Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly...
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  • late 2020. As with other games in the series, Ace Combat 6 places players in the role of a fighter pilot, tasked with destroying foes both in the air and...
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    500 German fighter pilots attained ace status, having achieved at least five aerial victories. German day and night fighter pilots claimed roughly 70...
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  • series until it was succeeded by Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown in 2019. The player assumes the role of a fighter pilot through 18 story missions and a split...
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    fighter pilot with at least five air-to-air kills becomes known as an ace. Fighter pilots are one of the most highly regarded and desirable positions of any...
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    many victories. The ace status of dozens of pilots still remains in question. Aviators from four nations may have qualified as aces during the Korean War;...
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    Hermann Göring (category German World War I flying aces)
    which governed Germany from 1933 to 1945. A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, Göring was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite. He also served as the last...
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  • Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of...
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  • Look up ace of aces in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ace of aces is a title accorded to the top active ace within a branch of service in a nation's...
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    Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, former World War II fighter pilot ace Chief Marshal Alexander Koldunov. The incident aided Mikhail Gorbachev...
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    comedy pilot, Ace in the Hole, starring Carolla as a husband and father who works as a driving instructor. Carolla created and wrote the pilot with Kevin...
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  • (1922–1945), Canadian fighter pilot ace during World War II Richard "Dick" Halsey Best (1910–2001), United States Navy pilot is credited with sinking the...
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    most of the ROM for the Spectrum. The Jupiter Ace was named after an early British computer, the Pilot ACE, and went on sale on 22 September 1982 with a...
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  • Czechoslovak legion Kurt Knispel, German Tank Ace (Sudeten German) Karel Kuttelwascher, general, pilot ace František Moravec, military intelligence officer...
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    from 1955. It was the production version of the Pilot ACE, itself a cut-down version of Alan Turing's ACE. The DEUCE had 1450 thermionic valves, and used...
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    evolution of Corben's single-seat Baby Ace, it is a parasol wing monoplane of conventional taildragger configuration. Pilot and passenger sit side-by-side, in...
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  • their unique plane and short pilot biographies in an in-game digital album. A unique element of Ace Combat Zero is the Ace Style system, a reputation system...
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  • 2024. Ace Combat 7's plot marks the series' return to its traditional setting of Strangereal, and follows the exploits of "Trigger", a fighter pilot who...
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  • is a rookie pilot employed by Arrows. Arrows assigns Reaper to the "Bone Arrow" squadron, which includes long-time pilot "Omega" and ace veteran "Viper"...
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    German World War II jet aces has a sortable table of notable German jet ace pilots during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator...
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  • Flyer Sergey Anokhin, Soviet test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Argeyev, Russia's third most successful fighter ace during World War I in Russia and...
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    Richard Bong (category U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni)
    II. He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft...
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  • with the assistance of Buchner, who is revealed to be a former Belkan ace pilot himself, though not involved in the conspiracy. Meeting with a friendly...
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  • Look up ace of aces in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ace of aces is an informal title for the top pilot in a branch of military service. It also may...
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    pilot; recipient of two awards. Brig Gen Robin Olds: World War II and Vietnam War fighter pilot, triple ace. Col Ralph Parr: Korean War fighter ace,...
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    October 12, 1954) was a World War II flying ace, a Medal of Honor nominee, and an experimental aircraft pilot after the war. Welch is best known for having...
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