Ace Combat Infinity/Nicknames

 are personal accolades in Ace Combat Infinity. New nicknames can be unlocked by achieving certain feats or reaching a certain rank with an aircraft through the Aircraft Tree system.

Nicknames only show up in the intro and outro of Online Co-Op Missions and Team Deathmatch. Players' nickname cannot be edited until they reach the Second Lieutenant rank.

Beta Nicknames
These nicknames were only available during the beta, and are not available anymore.

Unavailable Nicknames
These nicknames were only seen in trailers.
 * Enemy of the People
 * Fear From The Sky
 * Grendel
 * Pixy of Lake
 * Steel Gunner
 * UGSF
 * Vermillion

Trivia

 * The nickname for the Lv.10 Super Hornet, if playing on Japanese rather than English, translates to "Beware of Horn", referring to a rhino's horn since the United States Navy refers to the Super Hornet as the Rhino.
 * The nickname Sturmovik which is gained by upgrading the Su-25TM Frogfoot to Lv.3 refers to the Il-2, a famous Soviet Attack Plane from the second World War.
 * The nickname Ski Jumper which is gained by upgrading the Su-33 Flanker-D to Lv.3 refers to the fact that the Su-33 Flanker-D lifts off the Admiral Kuznetsov, which is an aircraft carrier that has a ski jump at the end of the runway.
 * The nickname Golden Eagle which is gained by upgrading the Su-47 Berkut to Lv.3 refers to the direct translation of the namesake aircraft.
 * The nickname Grey Ghost which is gained by upgrading the YF-23 Black Widow II to Lv.10 refers to the second YF-23A prototype.
 * The Lv.15 nickname for the A-10A Thunderbolt II, The Stuka Bloodline, refers to the World War 2-era dive bomber, the Junkers Ju 87. Additionally, consultations from the most decorated ace of this type, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, were used in the development of the A-10.
 * The nickname 40 Seconds, gained by upgrading the F-15C Eagle to Lv.15, refers to Col. John "40 Seconds" Boyd, a USAF fighter pilot and strategist whose energy-manuverability theories helped in developing the F-15. During his career as an instructor pilot, Boyd claimed that, starting from a position of disadvantage in a dogfight, he could outmanuever his opponent turning his disadvantageous position into an advantageous one within 40 seconds, hence his nickname.
 * Related to the previous is the nickname Aircraft Mafia, gained by upgrading the F-16C Fighting Falcon to Lv.15. It refers to the "Fighter Mafia", a group of officers and civilian consultants within the USAF in the 1970's, who advocated for Boyd's energy-maneuverability theory as the base for the design of then future fighter aircraft. They claimed that the F-15 was still too large, heavy and expensive as a fighter, and pushed for the development of a smaller design, which ultimately resulted into the F-16.
 * The nickname Balalaika is a reference to an Ace of the same name who uses a MiG-21-93 Fishbed, from Ace Combat Joint Assault. This was also the popular nickname given to the aircraft for it's planform view resemblance to the instrument of the same name.
 * The nickname Spider is a reference to an Ace of the same name who uses the same aircraft (YF-23 Black Widow II), from Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception. This was also the nickname given to the first YF-23 ever built.
 * The nickname Good Loser refers to how the YF-23 lost to the YF-22 when both competed in the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition in 1991.
 * The nickname Eye of Argus is a reference to the 100-eyed beast Argus Panoptes from Greek mythology.
 * The nickname Lightning Bird is a reference to the mythological creature of the same name from South African mythology.
 * The nickname Jack Knife is another name given to a pocket knife. The way it folds could be what inspired the Wyvern's folding wings.
 * The nickname Dragster is a term for a type of racing automobile that is open-wheeled, having long length and is capable of reaching high speeds quickly, a reference to the MiG-31B Foxhound's long fuselage and incredible speed.
 * The Lv. 15 nickname for the T-50 PAK-FA, Hero of the Russian Federation, refers to the highest honorary title of the same name that is given to recipients who provided assistance to the Russian state.
 * It is also the same title given to Andrei Markov, the main antagonist in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon who is a notable user of the PAK-FA.
 * The nickname Chief Consulting Pilot refers to the position Cynthia Bridgitte Fitzgerald holds in the Neucom Emergency Unit (NEU).