Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War Cheats & Tips

At an altitude of 35,000 feet or higher, holding down the afterburners will accelerate the aircraft faster than it would below that distance. You can use this to cross large portions of the map more quickly than you could otherwise. Also works well to evade Ace squadrons.

Works in any Ace Combat game on the PS2.

To get new paint jobs for your unlocked planes, either shoot down marked aces in each level or score a Very High score.

Successfully complete the game on very easy mode

At the beggining of the mission, Archer and Chopper will break right and burn ahead, while edge keeps going foward. You should yaw to the right and increase ur speed to at least 694 and maintain course until 1. the radar site appears VISUALLY or 2. Nagase(Edge) begins the countdown, but chopper will ask twice what to do. if done correctly u should have a missle lock at least 5,000(distance from target) at the 5 count of her countdown, at 2 count with at least 3,000(distance)with a low speed(193) fire a couple of missle(not necesary) and it should hit by the time it reaches zero, repeat as needed

When trying to unlock the Falken, on missions; 12A, 12B, 16A, 16B and 27. You should here this message from the AWACS, "Mechanical parts discovered, and destroyed facility. We'll have the ground forces retrieve them later." This is when you'll know if you found these parts

Get 'S' Ranks on all 32 missions on "Ace" difficulty to change the memory card save icon of AC5: UW from a grayish F-1

in order to unlock the planes that appear as upgrades to the standard planes you must fill the standard planes kill bar

Desert Eagle Medal - Aid friendlies in Missions 16A or 16B, no more than 3 can bite the dust.
Grand Falcon Medal - Annihilate all 16 named planes in second play-through on "Normal" or higher handicaps.
Gold Ace Medal - Destroy 1000 enemy targets.
Bronze Ace Medal - Destroy 200 enemy targets.
Silver Ace Medal - Destroy 500 enemy targets.
Guardian Medal - Down 10 enemy aircraft who have a missile lock on your wingmen's six.
Silver Shooter Medal - Down 15 enemy planes (cumulative) with ONLY machine gun fire from your aircraft.
Bronze Shooter Medal - Down 5 enemy planes (cumulative) with ONLY machine gun fire from your aircraft.
Gold Shooter Medal - Down 50 enemy planes (cumulative) with ONLY machine gun fire from your aircraft.
Gold Wing Medal - Earn 'S' Ranks on all 32 missions on "Expert" handicap.
Silver Wing Medal - Earn 'S' Ranks on all 32 missions on "Hard" handicap.
Bronze Wing Medal - Earn 'S' Ranks on all 32 missions on "Normal" handicap.
Needle's Eye Medal - Get "Perfect" phrases from AWACS in all 6 landings and 2 refuelings stages.
Lightning Hammer Medal - Protect all 8 armored tanks on ground, not even one can be destroyed.
Gold Anchor Medal - Protect the Kestral and fleet in Mission 3: Narrow Margin.

Finish all 16 stages in Arcade Mode. Afterwards, Mobius 1 will be able to pilot all 53 aircraft unlocked (paint schemes included) and bought in Campaign Mode but, with limited ammunition (20 missiles, 4 special weapons).

Note: You MUST load your saved data in Campaign Mode first to be able to use the planes you own in Arcade Mode.

Beat Arcade Mode on any route to add 13 more tunes for a total of 64 musical scores in the Music Player.

On mission 27, "Aces", you are able to complete the level without having to traverse the entire tunnel. Here is what you do:
Play the level as normal until the tunnel is opened. Instead of flying into the entrance, fly North towards the exit of the tunnel. It should be directly North of the entrance.
Once you find it, approach it from the side so you can just barely enter the tunnel and turn back out. If done correctly, Bartlett will say"I'm right in front of you Kid. On the count of three, break right."
Once he says that, fly back to the entrance of the tunnel, and enter it. Fly through it as you normally would, but when you destroy the target inside, the cut scene of the Razgriz exiting the tunnel will start, and the level will end.
Note: You can not get the special colored aircraft inside the tunnel if you do this.

Unlockable Aircrafts
X-02- the X-02 will appear after you've collected all available aircrafts(except the FALKEN)

The FALKEN will appear in the hangar once you've collected all objects hidden in special warehouses. These warehouses are in Missions 12A, 12B, 16A, 16B, and 27.

12A- Follow the river north, go east at the fork(opposite of where mission targets are)[md]you must get close for it to show up on radar.
12B- Past four radar sites, near the smokestacks (NE)[md] you must destroy certain ground targets for it to show up on radar.
16A- Between field HQ and the airfield
16B- West of the river, between the airfield and oil refinery (at south of river)
27A- very close to the gun tower in front of the tunnel. Labeled HANGER in container.

X-02 SP color unlocks after clearing HARD. FALKEN SP color unlocks after clearing EXPERT.

For collecting the mechanincal parts in the European version of AC 5 you'll get the YF-23.

X-02 - Get all the other aircraft except for the Falken (you don't need to unlock the Falken to get the X-02, just everything else) to unlock the X-02.

F22A - Successfully complete arcade mode to unlock the F22A.