F-117A -YUKIHO-

F-117A -YUKIHO-
Stock Variant	F-117A Nighthawk
Role	Attacker
Random Drop
Availability	March 5 - April 1, 2015 February 2016
Special Supply Item Catalogue
Availability	December 2016 (permanent)
Price	300 Tickets

The F-117A -YUKIHO- is a special version of the F-117A Nighthawk featuring the character Yukiho Hagiwara from THE iDOLM@STER. It was featured as a downloadable aircraft skin in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation and Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, and was available as a standalone Special Aircraft in Ace Combat Infinity.

Game Analysis

• Ace Combat Infinity
• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
• Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

Ace Combat Infinity

"A special version of the F-117A featuring the same color scheme as Yukiho Hagiwara from THE IDOLM@STER series.
Its abilities may seem ordinary at first sight, but you may be able to unleash its strengths the more you use it."

― Hangar

How to Unlock

The aircraft was only available as a Limited-Time Drop between March 5 and April 1 of 2015 during the third IDOLM@STER Collaboration Event. It was available again as Random Drop between February 1 and Februrary 29, 2016.

Lv.	Cst	Price	GUN	MSL	GPB	SOD	LAGM	SP	MO	ST	AA	AG	DF
1	650	765	81	120	6	–	–	E+	D	C+	D	C+	D
2	691	84,630	252	122	8	–	–	D	D+	B	D	C+	D+
3	732	117,180	423	124	10	–	–	D+	D+	B	D+	B	C
4	773	169,260	594	128	12	13	–	D+	C	B+	D+	B+	C+
5	814	221,340	765	132	14	14	–	C	C	A	D+	B+	B
6	855	520,800	834	134	16	15	–	C+	C	A	D+	B+	B
7	896	234,360	903	136	17	16	22	C+	C+	A	C	A	B+
8	937	429,660	972	138	18	18	24	B	C+	A	C	A	A
9	978	624,960	1041	142	19	20	25	B	B	A+	C	A+	A
10	1019	1,432,200	1111	146	20	22	26	B+	B	A+	C	A+	A+
11	1066	1,913,940	1289	150	21	23	27	B+	B+	S	C	S	S
12	1113	2,551,920	1468	154	22	24	28	A	B+	S	C+	S	S+
13	1160	3,202,920	1647	158	23	25	29	A	A	S+	C+	S+	S+
14	1207	4,478,880	1826	162	24	26	30	A+	A	S+	C+	S+	S+
15	1254	5,116,860	2005	166	26	28	32	S	A+	S+	B	S+	S+
16	1316	6,536,040	2064	168	27	29	33	S+	A+	S+	B	S+	S+
17	1375	7,460,460	2123	170	28	30	34	S+	A+	S+	B+	S+	S++
18	1434	8,397,900	2183	172	29	31	35	S+	S	S+	B+	S+	S++
19	1493	10,728,480	2242	174	30	32	36	S+	S	S+	A	S+	S++
20	1552	13,527,780	2303	176	32	34	38	S+	S	S++	A+	S++	S++

Part Slots

At Lv.1, this aircraft carried 21 BODY, 21 ARMS, and 21 MISC part slots. See Tuning § Slot Expansion for further information.

Nickname

Upgrading this aircraft to Level 20 unlocked the Anohi No Namida nickname for use at any time.

Skins

• Default: Yukiho Hagiwara livery

Gallery

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  Flyby

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  Flyby

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

"THE IDOLMASTER, Yukiho Hagiwara Aircraft. A little on the shy side, this boasts impressive moves when trying its best. It's up to you to make this star shine!"

― Official description

The F-117A Nighthawk -THE iDOLM@STER: Yukiho- is a DLC aircraft available in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation. Priced at $4.99 in XBL Marketplace and is part of Pack #03, this F-117A Nighthawk is the second aircraft in the THE iDOLM@STER aircraft series. This Nighthawk is outfitted with a light blue design based on idol Yukiho Hagiwara, a very shy girl who wants to become a singer to leave her cowardly disposition behind. Unlike the other iDOLM@STER aircraft, Yukiho's Nighthawk does not feature a different color smoke for missile trails, but this is likely due to the design being too close to the default white.

Performance

The Yukiho Nighthawk, performance-wise, sees a maxed out air-to-ground rating as well as a needed increase in the air-to-air rating. Ammo count sees a massive increase, too, with the QAAM and the LASM being the most noticable; compared to the original Nighthawk, with 15 QAAMs and 35 LASMs, the Yukiho Nighthawk has a massive 55 QAAMs and 81 LASMs. This makes this aircraft more potent in air-to-air battles as well as for ground-based fighting.

There are, however, some potent weaknesses associated with this skin. Defense, mobility and speed see a decrease, making it not only slower than the original Nighthawk and the other non-DLC attacker aircraft, but also making it the slowest aircraft in the game. Also, stability sees a decrease, making it somewhat harder to perform High-G turns. These drawbacks allude to Yukiho's shy personality. However, once the player does get the Nighthawk to a higher speed, the aircraft's mobility increases; this alludes to Yukiho's personality shifting when she performs on stage. As such, at higher speeds the Nighthawk becomes a capable multirole aircraft.

Overall, despite some decreases to stats, this is superior to the original not only in terms of ammo count, but in the mobility increase as it goes faster. This also makes it a great choice for multiplayer battles, and for going for the Night Owl medal, like with the other attacker aircraft DLC.

Gallery

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  Statistics comparison

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  Angle view of the aircraft

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  Back view of the aircraft

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  Side view of the aircraft

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  Another side view of the aircraft

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  F-117A -THE IDOLMASTER YUKIHO- with the F/A-18F -THE IDOLMASTER RITSUKO-

References

https://youtu.be/VfHVUKwuAFI