Sledgehammer

Sledgehammer
Campaign Mission 09 Ace Combat 2
Other Names	Escorting our attack operation (爆撃作戦護衛)
Mission Order
Previous	Midnight Assassin OR Bear Tracks
Next	Rising High Cuckoo's Nest
Mission Details
Focus	Air-to-Air Escort
Objectives	Defend the allied bomber squadron
Time Limit	Depending on player aircraft
Character	Scarface 1

Sledgehammer is the seventh mission of Ace Combat 2.

Briefing

A bomber unit is to attack the enemy ship building facility after finding an opening when the enemy front unit retreats. We want you to escort the bomber unit for this operation.

Target: The enemy fighter unit.

As you know, this ship building facility is an important strategic base for the enemy’s carrier mobile fleet and supply ships. Escorting our bomber unit is your first priority, but try to sink as many enemy warships as possible. We wish you luck!

Objectives

This is an escort mission where the player has to protect allied B-1 bombers from enemy fighters while the bombers carry out their bombing run on the city. The player should prioritize engaging enemy fighters that get too close to bombers or hire a Wingman to help conduct escort operation before attacking other targets.

The mission will fail if all four allied bombers are shot down. On the other hand, the player can complete the mission by shooting down all eight fighters that are marked TGT, or by allowing enough time to elapse for allied bombers to achieve their objective.

Enemy Lists

Standard Units

	Unit	Credits	Count	Other Notes
	F/A-18D	4,000	4
	SF-37	5,000	4
	AH-64	1,000	4	Easy difficulty only
			5	Normal & Hard difficulties only
	GUN	1,000	2
	TRANSPORT	2,000	2

Special Units

	Unit	Credits	Count	Other Notes
	F-14 "Z.O.E."	31,000	1

Rewards

• Completion reward: 30,000 credits

Enemy units marked as TGT usually must be destroyed to advance the mission. The TGT text is always in red, except if the player changes this in Ace Combat 7.