Su-37 Terminator

"They're faster than anything we've come across."

- AWACS Eagle Eye on Gelb Team's Su-37s

The Su-37 Terminator is a 4.5th-generation post-Soviet prototype fighter developed by. It made its Ace Combat debut in Ace Combat 2, but its most well-known appearances in the series were as the official aircraft of Yellow Squadron in Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies and Gelb Team in Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War.

More recently, the Su-37 was added as a DLC aircraft for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon and made its latest appearances in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy and Ace Combat Infinity.

Strangereal
Terminators were first known to be deployed by Belka during the Belkan War, where some were manned by a handful of ace pilots during the conflict. The most famous were Orbert Jager and Rainer Altman of the Gelb Team, who were defeated by the Galm Team during the liberation of Directus after establishing Belkan dominance in the southern front.

During the Usean coup d'état, Terminators were used in limited numbers by the Usean Rebel Forces. One of their aces, callsign "Ricochet", used the aircraft.

During the Continental War, Terminators were famously flown by the Yellow Squadron, who used their skill in conjunction with its advanced technologies to achieve deadly results through the course of the war until their destruction in the siege of Farbanti. A batch of unused Terminators were obtained by the Megalith defense squadron in order to defend Megalith from the Independent State Allied Forces; the members of the squadron paid homage to Yellow Squadron by painting their Terminators in Yellow colors.

During the Aurelian War, Su-37s were deployed by the Leasath Air Force throughout the conflict. The most notable unit was the air force's elite Chimera Squadron.

Joint Assault universe
Antares One and Tolya Kiriakov were known to have used the aircraft. Antares used it in the aftermath of the Golden Axe Plan.

Assault Horizon universe
During the New Russian Federation uprising, the Su-37 was developed by Sukhoi after the birth of the Russian Federation as a multipurpose, all-weather interceptor that built on the existing capabilities of the Su-27 Flanker. It proved successful enough to warrant the creation of an export model that replaced the Su-30, the Su-37K.

Infinity universe
Terminators were available for use by UNF pilots during Operation Eternal Liberation. They were also used by the USEA Federation during that period.

Game Analysis
"This all-weather multipurpose fighter was developed to increase the aerial combat abilities of the Su-27. It is the first aircraft within the Flanker series to incorporate 2DCD thrust-vectoring nozzles resulting in increased turning performance. The addition of canard wings also provide increased stability. In 1996, the aircraft performed the very first Kulbit maneuver at an air show capturing the attention of people across the world. This aircraft is commonly known as the "Terminator"."
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- Hangar

How to Unlock
 * The Su-37 Terminator can be unlocked through the Aircraft Tree.

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Trivia

 * The appearance of the aircraft remains the same in the series except in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon and Ace Combat Infinity, which replaced the Sorbtsiya ECM pods with wingtip missile launch rails.
 * The Su-37 model used in Assault Horizon has the elevators and nozzles a bit swept down by default. It is unknown if this is a glitch or it was intentional.
 * The Su-37's name used throughout the Ace Combat series, "Terminator", is not the same as the actual, "Flanker-F". The nickname is believed to be directly adopted from Sukhoi, referring to the model's vastly improved electronics. A quick sweep with Yandex.ru searcher indicates that this moniker is universally accepted, yet no explantion is ever given.
 * The current "Terminator" in the Russian Armed Forces is the, an.
 * In some Ace Combat games, the player can attempt to pull a rudimentary Pugachev's Cobra by pulling the nose up while decelerating to near-stall speeds; instead of falling towards the ground, it remains in position for a while.