ADF-11F Raven

The ADF-11F RAVEN is an advanced UAV, a full version of the ADF-11 which appears in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. The aircraft is based on both the ADF-01 FALKEN and the MQ-101.

Design
This aircraft has rear engines and a vertical canard on the bottom of the craft that are nigh-identical to these of the FALKEN. Unlike the FALKEN, RAVEN does not possess forward-swept wings, instead having two angular rear-facing wings that resemble those seen on the MQ-101. It also lacks rear canards, but has longer and more developed front canards. The ADF-11, which forms the nose and front canards of the craft, can detach if the base craft is severely damaged.

This aircraft has phenomenal performance, capable of pulling turns no other normal craft can match on a whim. It also possesses its own TLS, though, like the FALKEN, it can only aim the laser forward.

History
The ADF-11Fs were developed at some point during the Lighthouse War. These drones, fitted with the revived Zone of Endless project, received data on Mihaly A. Shilage's flight capabilities, retrieved by Doctor Shroeder. Two models of the craft were developed; codenamed Hugin and Munin respectfully. Their existence was revealed to Avril Mead and others by Schroeder, some time before Operation Daredevil. The group plans to interrupt the power supply to the drone factories by damaging the Lighthouse, but they fail to do so before the aircraft were successfully completed and deployed. The two drones engage the Osea/Erusea coalition, leading to severe losses.

The LRSSG survivors regroup at the carrier Admiral Anderson, and receive information from Avril that the drones are attempting to send their combat data to all drone plants across the continent. Due to them having depth-of-war experience as a result of Mihaly's flight data, should they succeed, the war would never end. The LRSSG launch a desperate assault on the RAVENs, and, although with some casualties, both aircraft were successfully shot down and destroyed.

Game Analysis
How to Unlock
 * -|Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown====Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown===
 * This aircraft is not available to the player.

Gallery

Trivia

 * The book Aces At War: A History 2019 shows the ADF-11F RAVEN with its Weapon UAVs mounted, which highly resemble MQ-99s; the same book also mentions that the RAVEN has QAAMs and a TLS, as well as a "COFFIN helmet-mounted display system", heavily implying the existence of a manned version.
 * The English version of this book mistakenly calls this aircraft "ADF-11F Raven Raven". This mistake isn't present in the Japanese version.
 * The codenames for the two produced ADF-11Fs, Hugin and Munin, draw their names from Norse mythology. Hugin and Munin (Also spelled Huginn (Translating from Old Norse into "thought" and Muninn (Translating from Old Norse into "mind" or "memory") were two ravens of Odin, a god. They would travel about Midgard, gathering info for Odin. This ties into the two ADF-11Fs' "goal" of transmitting their flight data across the continent, giving that data and information to all drones.