High-Power Air-to-Air Missile

The High-Power Air-to-Air Missile (HPAA) is a special air-to-air weapon. It first appeared in Ace Combat Infinity and was later featured in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.

Overview

The HPAA deals nearly twice the damage a normal missile can do to an air target. Just like the SAAM and QAAM, the HPAA can only be fired in salvos of two. An HPAA missile takes the shape of a red version of QAAM the aircraft is compatible with. The brevity code for an HPAA launch is Fox Two, hinting that HPAA is an infrared homing air-to-air missile. HPAA for US aircraft is AIM-9X, R-73 for Russian aircraft, and Rb.98 IRIS-T for the Gripen. In Online Co-Op Missions, the HPAA is used by Titan Squadron's F-14Ds.

Game Analysis

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

"High-power air-to-air missiles. While highly damaging, they have poor homing and reload capabilities, so require the pilot's utmost patience and skills."

― Hangar

Aircraft

Aircraft	Ammo (base amount)	Ammo (Takeoff Weight Augmentation (Sp. W) Lv. 1)	Ammo (Takeoff Weight Augmentation (Sp. W) Lv. 2)
F-104C Starfighter	20	28	36
MiG-29A Fulcrum	22	30	38
Su-30M2 Flanker-F2	28	36	44
Su-37 Terminator	28	36	44
F-15 S/MTD	22	30	38
F-14A Tomcat - Top Gun: Maverick	22	30	38

Gallery

HPAA Missile used on Russian aircraft.
HPAA Missile used on the F-14A Tomcat and F-104C Starfighter

Ace Combat Infinity

"An extremely powerful air-to-air missile.
Its homing capabilities are not especially high, but a single missile can cause major damage to a target."