Ace Combat 7 Free Bird meme

[@Valkinsenn]

HQ: "Pilot, you are *_not_* authorized to fly in the tunnels!" Pilot: "Sir, Free Bird's playing!" HQ: "Understandable. Good luck, pilot!"

[@animeaftermidnight2765]

Thats actually the attitude pilots have towards eachother lol they're thrill seekers at heart

[@loco4loco]

@@animeaftermidnight2765yes because SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDD

[@j-dflashstudiosdiscontinue2125]

im an actual pilot and I can just say this. If you are good friends with the ATC then they will let you do stupid shit like this.

[@Jesko.]

@@j-dflashstudiosdiscontinue2125 suree

[@TylerWells-on1il]

😈😈😈

[@theapug7296]

Bandog: "Trigger your afterburner is still on!" Trigger: "Huh, you can turn it off?"

[@costelbardasevschi8484]

wait i've actually played the story mode like already 8 or 9 times when did he say it?

[@theapug7296]

@@costelbardasevschi8484 its a joke... he never said that... trigger never said anything in the entire campaign

[@costelbardasevschi8484]

@@theapug7296 oh, lol im sorry

[@WEC_Connoiseur]

Lore accurate trigger be like

[@Axl4325]

@@WEC_Connoiseur on God. I love playing lawful good characters but my interpretation of Trigger (and also based on how he's described a few times in the game) is that the dude is in permanent goblin mode just aching to get on a plane. No different to Mihaly just that he's on Osea's side

[@ForgottenTJ]

“Pilot, what’s your altitude?” “-206.” “…..what?”

[@shard4155]

"-250... -300..." "Seriously, what are you doing?" "Wait wait! -400!" "*why?*"

[@leafngamer]

He’s just legally skilled

[@DANMALAGABR2007]

Actually Pretty much EVERYONE that ever finished the campain has done this

[@leafngamer]

@@DANMALAGABR2007 Do I look like I asked for that

[@DANMALAGABR2007]

@@leafngamer do i need you to ask?

[@leafngamer]

@@DANMALAGABR2007 Your the one who sent the question

[@DANMALAGABR2007]

@@leafngamer Fair enough

[@Lunar_TV]

"What do you do in your free time?" "I drive jets in small cramped tunnels" "Me to. where do you do it? " "Ace Combat 5" ".... Oh"

[@UH-60_Blackhawk]

"im sorry what?"

[@primustheprotogen3169]

My first ace combat game was 7, but I assume that 5 has far more tunnel flight. Pretty sure it's a meme at this point. You see a Jet fly into a tunnel, it's ace combat

[@NeSeeger]

@@primustheprotogen3169 From what i remember of 5 its critical to fly in cramped tunnels in at least 2 missions.

[@metalgearexcelsus]

@@primustheprotogen3169 Tunnel Vision from AC3:

[@usagifang]

Mobius 1: first time?

[@Perfect.unsymmetry]

Imagine you’re trying to tail a fighter in a dogfight, and then they start playing free bird and fly down a f u c k I n g t u n n e l

[@thenaywasha3305]

More like imagine tailing a drone and it dips into the tunnel, so you put on free bird to follow it

[@AviationDude728]

thats exactly what happened in mission 20 ac7

[@Guigous]

"Won't you *fly high* oh, free bird, yeah" LITERALLY dips down in direction to the ground

[@wendigo-yt]

Man, this stressed me out in a way I haven't felt since Ace Combat 5. If you know, you know.

[@God-of-canine]

You fly to close to the ground and it *FOR GOD KNOWS WHY* slams you into the floor. Or it spasms out and kills you.

[@J4ckL33R1pp3r]

One of the things I remember fondly my two brothers watching me do that at full speed and flawless run it. I got done and they both looked at me and said "What the fuck man you was on the deck and flew through that shit like you was on god mode. What are you?" I just laughed and said back " Great for a first run wasn't it? I think I can do better in a faster plane being 80 off the deck." lol I ran it back and did it. I will say this Air Combat/Ace combat series and Gunship were the main reason I wanted to fly. I wanted to be a F/A 18 pilot and an Apache pilot. But Ace Combat 5 was by far my favorite I still have my OG copy of it and play it from time to time.

[@Atlessa]

@@J4ckL33R1pp3r Are you... Razgriz?

[@austindecker7643]

For me it was ace combat 4 shattered sky’s

[@JetStream821]

the amount of sweat i had when seeing the tunnels brought me back to 5 when i was flying the SU-47 berkut threw the tunnels to be using an f-22 raptor in 7 doing the same stressful thing sometimes going full speed

[@ConnorMiller417]

Pilot: Sir, I got multiple missiles on my tail. I need backup- *Free Bird starts playing* Uh, never mind! I got all the backup I need! 🦅

[@heavymetalknight2]

The fact that these tunnels were fully textured and fitted with all these tiny lights and sub tunnels suggests to me that the developers knew people would see a tiny hole in the ground and think "I'm flying through that"

[@Lyoko1309]

You have to do it in story mode. You're trying to shoot down another plane while you're in there, too.

[@heavymetalknight2]

@@Lyoko1309 Ohhhhh! I've never played it myself so I didn't know that. Well still awesome, just in a different way now.

[@AwesomeJedi182]

​@@heavymetalknight2 And it's on a timer too lol

[@heavymetalknight2]

@@AwesomeJedi182 Good god lol

[@theshadowking3198]

It’s part of a mission

[@chayanmukherjee6481]

Imagine you're driving in a tunnel then suddenly a freaking jet flies over your head and probably bursting your eardrums

[@SouthPaw7_1776]

POV: You take 4 Adderall, 1 line of coke and 12 cups of coffee...... 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Max-kr2nl]

POV: You’re dead

[@heavymetalknight2]

@@SouthPaw7_1776 ... that was oddly specific.

[@Raster_Rasper]

The lights almost syncing up to thr beats is immaculate.

[@grovsmed4347]

PULL UP! PULL UP! PULL UP! PULL UP! PULL UP! PULL UP! PULL UP! PULL UP! PULL UP!

[@batterypacks]

"Im sorry sir, but free bird was playing."

[@highteirgod]

Warning system : PULL UP PULL UP PULL UP PULL UP PULL UP PULL UP PULL UP

[@divinehatred6021]

low tier warning system

[@DoktahDoktah]

It feels like the Trench Run in ROTJ but looks like the trench run in Spaceballs.

[@Perfect.unsymmetry]

I was thinking the same thing

[@adonailr9667]

XDDDDDDDD Realest comment I've read

[@bodenking]

This actually gave me goosebumps, fantastic job, well done

[@Bradinkus]

The pilot was problably Luke Skywalker.

[@Sam_the_Spinosaurus]

the pilot is nicknamed "Trigger" hes a mute psychopath who does this stuff for a living

[@cornblaster7003]

more likely wedge antilles, he was the one who ended up in the second death star's pipes after all

[@NCRMojaveRanger44]

or lando calrissian

[@asolomoth1066]

Non-AC fans: There's a fully modelled tunnel that players can fly through?! Ac7 fans: There's three, actually

[@yes_and_so_what]

theoretically if anyone was in the tunnels they would be dead due to the constant echo of the extraordinarily loud jet engines that would make you deaf instantaneously and the concentrated g-forces that would blow you away if the jet were to pass by

[@legallyskilledyt]

🤓

[@yapflipthegrunt4687]

Counterpoint: Ace Combat protagonists don't have blood.

[@Average_warhunder_enjoyer]

🤓

[@EagleEdits100]

@@yapflipthegrunt4687Nor damage nerves

[@willfultrain6779]

​@@yapflipthegrunt4687so that's why, unlike other games, the pilots never feel the g forces.

[@nickdibart]

This puts me in the mood to play through the game again, it's been a while. I remember struggling so hard while trying to navigate those tunnels for the first time.

[@davewebster5120]

I wanna play project wingman again

[@nickdibart]

I have it but haven't gotten around to playing it yet! I guess I should to that haha.@@davewebster5120

[@princesscadance197]

Ace Combat is like a wild dream. Seeing a supersonic-capable fighter aircraft 400m below sea level exit a tunnel meant for cars and trucks, then immediately do a vertical into a tight tunnel and ascend 12,800m in mere seconds has me wondering if these back-to-back 7am shifts have me sleep-deprived and hallucinating.

[@shingshongshamalama]

"Trigger I swear to god" "heehee"

[@johnnyjoe8486]

All I see is the Hydra, CJ driving and K-DST radio playing in background

[@Strider2Count8492]

Sukhoi in strangereal were built "different"

[@tdagod7687]

Some high G turns into PSM/Belkan witchcraft at the end would've been perfection 😭

[@ZanderLuyk-h1e]

enemy: sir the pilot just went in the tunnels and he is playing free bird comander: (steps out side to surrender)

[@Canoby]

Anyone else feel like the only appropriate thing to yell out while flying a fighter jet through several tunnels and then up a space elevator to be “YO JOE!!!!”?

[@bjchit]

Free Bird; the only way to get a supersonic jet fighter to fly 400 meters below sea level.

[@White-failure]

That drone feeling sheer terror as free bird gets louder and louder behind it

[@user-sg9ql8nk1u]

its funni how alive ace combat are despite there only being 2 thing : flying in campaign and doing shit or pvp

[@markthesoviet7737]

If you counted infinity...you had campaign boss fights happening in co-op

[@beardedslavbrew615]

This might be the most *Free Birdest* thing ever. Certainly is the raddest.

[@TpoJioJio47]

1:05 - sped down from 2000 to 1000 km\h without brakes or reverse...

[@WarlordM]

Magic

[@psychocuda]

Commanding officer: "We need you to fly under the radar." Pilot: "Say no more, sir."

[@deon5729]

thats taking it quite literally huh

[@bruticus1496]

Sonar specialist: “sir I’ve got a jet on sonar” Co: “ok shoot it down” Sonar specialist: “ we can’t sir” Co: “why the hell not?” Sonar specialist: “it’s under ground and sounds like free bird is playing full blast” Co: “crap...wait what section is the song at?” Sonar specialist: “the solo sir” Co: “well we’re boned... everyone abandon the base, if you live well good luck”

[@Mrsloththegreat]

"Hell Yea" We all say in unison

[@richierollinrocket2891]

I remember seeing this video a while ago and now I recently beat this game and it was great

[@deadinsidemcgee411]

Imagine you’re in a multiplayer lobby with this guy and he pulls this shit. I’m disconnecting.

[@EagleEdits100]

I don’t think this is a map, also this is actually a necessity to actually complete the mission.

[@Gere-d7t]

Enemy: WHERE THE F-- DID HE GO Pilot: right here pops out from the tunnels and proceeds to give them a free sample of a AIM-9 sidewinder

[@todayyouheal]

I crashed so much times flying into the entrance..

[@ramr7051]

Wonderful. Wonderfully edited too. Great job

[@williamwestmoreland4069]

I like the idea of getting so into the song that Trigger just ignores the drone at the end of the tunnel and flies up through the wind break because he's vibing too hard to stop

[@OurHereafter]

"Follow me, Fox"

[@cxstrumnmonke]

Man this was the best mission

[@Marko-uq2rh]

The music lines up so well great job

[@dawgwiddaglasses]

Now make the same video with a MIG-31 going full afterburner.

[@Admrial-Veshkov-Yuri]

*MiG

[@beanieguitarguy4070]

@@Admrial-Veshkov-YuriMig*

[@Admrial-Veshkov-Yuri]

@@beanieguitarguy4070no thats how it is spelled MiG

[@beanieguitarguy4070]

@@Admrial-Veshkov-Yuri Only the first letter should be capitalized since it’s the beginning of a proper noun.

[@yapflipthegrunt4687]

@@beanieguitarguy4070 It's not a proper noun, it's an initialism. Mikoyan and Gurevich, the company that designed it.

[@Skibidiytoile]

Ace combat pilot when hear missile alarm:

[@skyemcintyre4694]

Nothing beats seeing the FedEx express jet doing this now

[@rx-11-rse]

imagine just driving to work in a tunnel then a fucking Su-57 flies past you at mach jesus

[@vinny7265]

"Long Caster, permission to fly through the tunnel." "For what purpose, Trigger." "To chase down a drone with Free Bird." "Permission granted."

[@dolfinyeti561]

I cant believe this game came out in 2019 it feels like how a video game should be and how it used to be. Nothing flashy or crazy, just a good looking game with good mechanics. I havent kept up with yhe series for a while so i thought it was a really good looking ps3/ps4 game

[@Axl4325]

This video got me to play Ace Combat 7 and brother, that was a wild ride. Also, that tunnel got me killed like 6 times and I was going at like 800km/h, and this dude goes at it at a 1200

[@Meilleur728]

Plot twist : Bocchi is a pilot 😂

[@KolyAsDona]

Average RedBull airshow:

[@TheFall1nAngel]

Nothing has stressed me out this much since Crimson Squadron's first encounter in Project: Wingman

[@Кустарус]

Then Frontline-59 awaits you.

[@IrishMan441]

Stick with trigger and you'll make it! The three strikes!

[@greenredblue]

I never realized the "guitar solo" in this song was actually a duet.

[@aronpaz]

Man... wth, dude??? what an amazing video... awesome...

[@mikehorrocks2909]

The only way to make this more epic is the jet to be making barrel rolls throughout.🤪

[@Rixoli]

For anyone wondering: You are required to make this flight in the last mission, up to and including flying up the sky-elevator stack and out as your escape route. What this scene leaves out is you're actually expected to dog-fight in that tiny ass chamber just before you fly out the Sky-elevator's rise on a timer. By this point in the campaign though? chances are making such fine maneuvers aren't too terribly difficult as you've had plenty of practice. in far more treacherous runs. One of them is a canyon run leading up to this a few missions before which was frankly far more difficult.

[@ZstackZip]

I’d seen this video before playing the game, and when the UAV went in the tunnel in the last mission, my immediate reaction was: “No. Fucking. Way.”

[@MegaMGstudios]

Amazing how well it lines up

[@Sera_AI]

"Jarvis, what's the SR-71s record?"

[@pandora_8032]

that was INCREDIBLE bro i could never

[@spacedoutorca4550]

Well if you ever play the main campaign of the game it’s required to complete the last mission. Not as hard as it looks. In fact in the actual mission it’s way harder because you have to chase a drone, the doors randomly close, and you have to chase it around that room at the end and take it down. By comparison this is just easy as hell.

[@tempota7792]

This is 1 of the easier tunnel runs in the entire series. The drone mentioned was actually easy. Dunno if it was just my game, but the drone just flew donuts the whole time. Spent most of the 30 second time limit destroying the 4 wall mounted limiters (wtf were they limiting? This was their first and only appearance in the entire game with no seeming connections to anything). Only after that did i realize the drone was actually in the room doing absolutely fk all. It didnt even evade or do anything else. 1 simple lock on and it was splashed. Wtf was the point of that entire subsection of that mission?

[@bobspalding2477]

That’s some skill there. Loved the rotation into the entrance

[@Nexus69420]

POV: Tom Cruise

[@rayanderson5797]

I bet that guy used to bullseye womp-rats down Beggar's Canyon...

[@aaabbb8377]

"Sir, your'e breaking the laws of physics" "Don't wory, it's playing free bird" "Fine then"

[@andrewhorn4292]

The timing could not have been better

[@TymaDem]

Certified Ace Combat moment

[@Zx_Nero_xZ]

We all agree this man did the cutscene maneuvers isnt right?

[@marcuswalters8093]

This video inspired me to finally finish AC 7 after 6 years. Bloody hell, it wasn't as smooth as this.

[@doodlehates_uttp]

This was the hardest thing I've had to do in a game

[@ravenmarine2015]

the passing lights really work well with the song

[@maybe4549]

"Trigger maneuvers in tight spaces at average speed... for a cheetah.

[@TheKalZul]

Jester would not be happy being this far under the Hard Deck.

[@Servellion]

"The last thing they'll expect is an aerial insertion....from underground."

[@fulgur-fang9307]

Good job man👍

[@NapalmNarcissus]

The altimeter reading negative really adds to it

[@sheetpostmodernist398]

Am I the only one disappointed that he didn't manage to fly backwards through at least one of the tunnel segments? XD

[@HeadHunter697]

That's some legally skilled flying there, bud

[@Wolfy-jz8gi]

POV me in war games making these stunts

[@Perfect.unsymmetry]

Me irl making these stunts

[@legallyskilledyt]

😳

[@thybalt850]

Man that was beautiful

[@iflyplanesthrutunnels]

me when I see a tunnel my plane can fit in:

[@Your_Local_Idiot306]

The fact that he was able to that in a literal city block 🫡

[@groovercrusader6651]

"Never give up, trust your instincts!"

[@charlesajones77]

I can't hear this song without thinking of the awesome church scene in Kingsman.

[@CarmellaShutTheDoor]

I used to drop acid and play Burnout while listening to Meatloaf and this reminds me of that.

[@kynoVNs]

It's fun reading comments of people that have no idea this fuckery was not an optional easter egg

[@primustheprotogen3169]

Funny enough, I actually flew through the tunnel on level 6 with the Raven after having died 7 times on this tunnel with the F22. Gonna try this tunnel with the raven, see how a high Stat balanced jet fares.

[@jimlim1142]

imagine ur driving in the tunnel and u saw a su 57 flying at mach 1.5 (or smt) past you

[@zaratustra234games9]

when u high and decides to flying high.

[@orbitolnook2163]

Damn, Maverick would be proud 👏

[@michaelpalacios8951]

Well that's certainly one way to ride a space elevator

[@zacheryallen8225]

Thats got to be the best piolet i have ever seen

[@Generlc_Human]

Red Bull in their free time:

[@TheNicholehinojosa]

This was certainly the best thing I’ve ever seen Inyo’s hame

[@EliteLenny223-Main]

You need more subs. :) You're too skilled.

[@laufenderapfel491]

respect bro

[@pitioti]

It's mesmerizing !!