Tunnel flight

A staple of the Ace Combat series, tunnel flights are, obviously, moments where the player has to fly into a tunnel barely wide enough for the plane to pass through. Tunnel flight moments usually occur during the game's climax. The first tunnel flight moment in AC history occured in Air Combat, during the second to last mission when you are flying to the enemy headquarters. Some may say this is not a tunnel, however, there are four sides enclosing you in a tight space. The most recent tunnel flight is from Ace Combat JA, in the mission "Sanctify". Antares had to fly through the missile silos to stop the nuke launch sequence.

Tunnel Flights in the Ace Combat series

 * Air Combat 
 * Flight to destroy the Kalugan Rebels' HQ.


 * Ace Combat 2
 * Flight inside an enemy geothermal plant to destroy its core.
 * Flight inside Fortress Intolerance.


 * Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
 * Nemo's escape from the collapsing Geofront.


 * Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
 * Flight inside Megalith to destroy generators and shoot large missiles.


 * Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
 * Members of the 108th Tactical Fighter Squadron fly through two caves on the Solo Islands to avoid pursuit by the 8492nd Squadron.
 * Ghosts of Razgriz's flight through the Belkan tunnel network leading to the SOLG's control cores during the Battle of Sudentor (it takes two missiles to destroy it), while evading "Major" Allen Hamilton.


 * Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
 * The Galm Squadron enters the Avalon Dam interior to destroy the V2 controls. Although this Tunnel Flight is notably shorter than in other games, multiple fly-throughs are required in order to complete the mission (unless SFFS, XAGM, UGBL, FAEB, MPBM, TLS special weapons are used).


 * Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
 * Pursuit of the final FENRIR through the interior of Archelon Fortress and flight into Cobalt Cave to destroy the HPM tracking facility. This is the only optional flythrough in the series history since this missions can both be avoided.


 * Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
 * Flight through the maintenance tunnels underneath Ragno Fortress & the flight through the trench and barrel of Chandelier.


 * Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault
 * Flight inside the Valahian missile silo system.