Editing Air Combat

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{{Infobox
|title=Air Combat
|image=Air Combat flyer.jpg
|developer=[[Namco]]
|publisher=[[Namco]]
|japanese=エア·コンバット
|released={{rd|1992}}{{sys|psx}}{{rd|1995}}
|genre=First-person [[shooter]]
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|systems=[[Arcade]], [[PlayStation]], [[Mobile]]
|followed by=[[Air Combat 22]]
|series=Ace Combat
}}
{{series disambig|Ace Combat}}
{{game disambig|the [[1992]] [[Namco]] game|the [[1976]] [[Digital Games Inc.]] game|[[Air Combat (1976)]]}}
{{marquee|Air Combat marquee.jpg}}
'''Air Combat''' is a first-person [[shooter]] arcade game that was released by [[Namco]] in [[1992]]; it runs upon Namco System 21 hardware, and was later ported to the [[PlayStation]] in [[1995]]. The name of the game was changed for international versions as it's called '''Ace Combat''' in North America - and it simulates an F16, mainly involves dog fighting and has three levels of play: '''Cadet''', '''Captain''' and '''Ace'''. A sequel named [[Air Combat 22]], so named because it runs upon Namco System 22 hardware was released in 1995; this too was ported to the PlayStation, and released in North America as '''Ace Combat 22''', and spawned an entire host of direct-to-console sequels on the [[PlayStation 2]], [[PSP]], [[GBA]], [[Xbox 360]], and [[IPhone]]. Next to their ever-popular {{c|Pac-Man}} series, it is the company's longest-running franchise - as the {{c|World Stadium}} series, which featured ''real'' baseball teams from the Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues, ended in [[1999]] after running for eleven years and as many games, if you include [[Super World Stadium '92 Gekitōban|SWS92G]].

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The game's story begins when a terrorist force starts an uprising and inflicts massive damage across an unidentified country; efforts to defeat the terrorists through conventional means has failed and the situation turns desperate. In response, a mercenary air force has been assembled to take the fight to the enemy, and free the nation from the terrorist forces - they must not fail the nation in their mission.

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File:Air Combat title screen.png|Title screen.
File:Air Combat cabinet.jpg|Sitdown arcade cabinet.
File:Air Combat boxart.jpg|US PlayStation cover art.
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