There are a total of twenty-four Aces in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. These Aces only appear in the game when you replay a level but the difficulty should be higher.
Ace Combat 7 Aces Unlocks
Finding these Aces will earn you an achievement “Bird of Prey” and the “Special” skin for the X-02S Strike Wyvern. The aces you have to shoot down are listed below:
| Mission | Pilot | Location | How to Unlock |
| Mission #1: Charge Assault | Huang Xuan Tai | PYRO emerges from the northwest corner. | Defeat the third wave enemy with the 4AAM, 6AAM, or 8AAM. |
| Mission #2: Charge the Enemy | Joe Barker | JESTER emerges on a taxiway. | Destroy all the Radar Vehicles and TGT-CTRL Tower before the appearance of UAVs. |
| Mission #3: Two-Pronged Tragedy | Rosie Lucas | BAYONET emerges in the north-west corner. | Defeat all enemies in 90 seconds, before the missile alert happens. |
| Mission #4: Rescue | Florent Noilet | RONIN emerges in the northeast. | Fly under 200 meters until you reach the space elevator. |
| Mission #5: 444 | Sebastian Koch | FANG emerges in the center of the map. | Experience 75% of damage when weapons are disabled. |
| Mission #6: Long Day | Sophie Andre | KITTEN emerges in the south-west corner. | Fly through the tunnel in the western base. |
| Mission #7: First Contact | Thibault Besson | FAUCON emerges in the north. | Defeat all non-TGT enemies in the first part of the mission. |
| Mission #8: Pipeline Destruction | Samuel Everest | GAZELLE emerges in the north | Destroy all the facilities before running out of time. |
| Mission #9: Faceless Soldier | Hans Weber | SPIDER emerges to east. | Before destroying the Radar Towers, defeat at least half of the non-TGT enemies. |
| Mission #10: Transfer Orders | Ken Warren | LOUVETEAU emerges in the east. | Destroy all the SAMs. |
| Mission #11: Fleet Destruction | Chris Azure | CHASSEUR emerges in the west. | Destroy all the aircraft on the northern platform before their takeoff. |
| N/A | Matthieu Bertin | IBIS emerges in the west. | Fly through the gap in the northern platform. |
| Mission #12: Stonehenge Defense | Arnaud Durand | WALRUS emerges in the northeast. | If you stop, the bombers from damaging the Stonehenge only then the pilot will emerge. |
| N/A | Kees Bakker | BUFFLE emerges in the west. | Destroy all three A-10s coming from the east side. |
| N/A | Nathan Roche | FOUDRE emerges in the south. | Fly under the Stonehenge cannons. |
| Mission #13: Bunker Buster | Owen Corwin | COMET emerges from the west. | Destroy Missile Silos quickly. |
| Mission #14: Werewolf | Jules Martin | GADFLY emerges with reinforcements in the north. | Fly through the canyon quickly. |
| Mission #15: Battle of Farbanti | Russel Faulkner | SERPENT emerges from the southwest. | Earn more than 5,000 points. |
| N/A | Vincent Masson | BOGEN emerges from the south. | Destroy the Aegis Ashore near the GHQ at the end part of the mission. |
| Mission #16: Last Hope | Emeric Pons | AXEMAN emerges in the southern area of the city. It will be marked as UNKNOWN. | Earn more than 10,000 points. |
| N/A | Olivier Perrins | MANTIS emerges with the bombers in the east, marked as UNKNOWN. | Fly above and close to the Mass Driver. |
| Mission #18: Lost Kingdom | Benjamin Neumann | LYNX emerges above the castle. | Destroy all enemies before reaching Shilage castle in about two minute and thirty seconds. |
| Mission #19: Lighthouse | Cyril Noiret | TEMPEST emerges from the southeast. | Earn more than 20,000 points in the first part of the mission. |
| N/A | Paul Lebrun | CALAMITY emerges from the southeast, going southwards slowly. | Earn more than 20,000 points in the first part of the mission. |
