Rafale M -SHINING WING-

Rafale M -SHINING WING- is a skin for the Rafale M available as DLC for Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, as part of DLC Pack 09. It is also part of the Colored Wing Aircraft lineup of DLC aircraft, and is the 'light' companion to the 'dark' F-2A Viper Zero in the Dark, Shining set. It is also the last of the Colored Wing Aircraft to be released as DLC. It was released on June 26th, 2008, and costs ¤300 MSP to download alongside the dark F-2A.

Overview
As is standard for the Colored Wing lineup, this Rafale M is an airshow type aircraft given a special paintjob. The aircraft is given a chrome gold paintjob, save for the nose and wing tips which are colored black. It is also of note that, upon further inspection, the wings of the aircraft have a sort of 'tribal' design on them. When missiles are fired, they leave behind a yellow smoke trail, akin to that of the earlier A-10A -XMAS- as well as the F-16 Idolmaster Aircraft. In terms of performance, the stats are left as they are, except for the air-to-air and air-to-ground stats which are maxed out. This makes the Shining Wing Rafale M an even more potent multirole aircraft, and is now more useful for air-to-air  fighting. Also, the standard missiles receive a large boost to 800, giving more than enough for missions and online battles. It is an overall great aircraft, and is superior to the Rafale M -ESPADA- despite the ESPADA's boosts.