Ace Combat: Assault Horizon/DLC

As is the case with Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon includes downloadable content, which mostly takes the form of aircraft-related items. Unlike Ace Combat 6, however, DLC has been expanded from multiplayer maps and aircraft paint schemes to include entirely new aircraft along with skills.

Each pack includes a "compatibility pack." In online matches, sessions are created with a maximum compability pack level. For example, content purchased in DLC Pack 2 will not function in a session using Compability Pack 1.

DLC Pack 1
Released October 11th, 2011. Requires Compatibility Pack 1 to use online.
 * F-15C Eagle "Death Rider" - the winner of the Skin Design Contest, created by Chi Chun Liu. An F-15C Eagle skin with organic/Grim Reaper overtones. Free.
 * F-4E Phantom II - a classic and recurring fighter from the Ace Combat series. Exclusive to pre-ordered copies; must be unlocked with a code.

DLC Pack 2
Released October 26th, 2011. Requires Compatibility Pack 2 to use online.
 * ASF-X Shinden II - a forward swept wing, VTOL fighter created by Shoji Kawamori.
 * Halloween Pumpkin - a Halloween-themed F-14D Super Tomcat.
 * Red Devils - an F/A-18F Super Hornet homaging VMFA-232, the oldest squadron of the USMC.

DLC Pack 3
Released November 2nd, 2011. Requires Compatibility Pack 3 to use online.
 * TEKKEN Jin & Kazuya - two Su-35 Flanker-E paint schemes based on Tekken, another Namco franchise.
 * F-16C Fighting Falcon "Patriot" - a U.S. flag-based theme for the F-16C Fighting Falcon created by the U.S.A.F. Exclusive to U.S. regions via Gamespot; must be unlocked with a code.

DLC Pack 4
Released November 17th, 2011. Requires Compatibility Pack 4 to use online.
 * F-15S/MTD - an experimental F-15 designed to test thrust vectoring.
 * Tornado GR.4 - an European swing-wing attacker.
 * Warthog - an A-10A Thunderbolt II with animal nose art.
 * iDOLM@STER Aircraft - three paint schemes for the F-22A Raptor, Su-35 Flanker-E and F-15E Strike Eagle based on Namco's franchise THE iDOLM@STER. Each aircraft includes a secondary "monochrome" version.

DLC Pack 5
Releases December 14th, 2011. Requires Compatibility Pack 5 to use online.
 * Su-37 Terminator - a prototype Sukhoi, envisioned as an evolution of the Su-27.
 * Tiger Pattern - a Rafale M with a tiger stripe camouflage.
 * PAC-MAN - an F-35B Lightning II homaging Pac-Man, Namco's most famous franchise.
 * Leopard Pattern - an AH-64D Apache Longbow with a "leopard fur" paint scheme.
 * Happy Holidays - a Christmas paint scheme for the A-10A Thunderbolt II.
 * Quick Respawn+, Sharpshooter, Defender - Three DLC skills, the first of their kind.

DLC Pack 6
Releasing December 21st, 2011, this is the first DLC pack to include items that can ONLY be obtained via an entire pack. It is unknown if they are scheduled to be released separately too. Requires Compatibility Pack 6 to use online. To participate in matches with the maps, all users must have downloaded the map.
 * Enhanced Online Pack - contains all of the following within one pack:
 * AV-8B Harrier II Plus - a fighter featured in nearly all console Ace Combat games as a NPC.
 * CFA-44 Nosferatu - a fictional super-fighter featured in Ace Combat 6, retaining its special weapons
 * Tokyo - the capital city of Japan
 * Honolulu - the capital city of HawaiiF-15C_WHITE_DRAGON.jpg "White Dragon"]]
 * F-15C "White Dragon" - a F-15C Eagle with the markings of a white dragon with JASDF Roundel
 * F-14D "Jolly Rogers" - a F-14D Super Tomcat with the Jolly Roger as the insignia
 * F/A-18F "Jolly Rogers" - a F/A-18F Super Hornet with the Jolly Roger as the insignia
 * Quick Assault+, Boost and Quick Turn, Enhanced Bombs+ - Three more DLC skills
 * MG Cool Down+, Advanced DFM+, Advanced ASM+ - Available in the EU and JP Limited Edition, these can now be purchased.

Confirmed yet unreleased content
Content which has been confirmed to release, yet remains unreleased at this date.
 * Ka-50 Hokum - a Russian two-seat attack helicopter.
 * YF-23A Black Widow II - an American fighter prototype that contended with the F-22 to replace the F-15.