Lucas Ricciotti - Operation Christmas

[@rasmusrasmusson7176]

Fun fact: In Sweden we have a thing called Lucia, it’s a celebration that is closely connected to Christmas, and on this day as this comment is written, there’s usually Swedish JAS 39 Gripen jets in the air flying in a Christmas tree formation over the major cities in Sweden. Seeing this video reminded me of this certain event.

[@SLNT7734]

That's awesome, holy shit.

[@hurricaneace143]

LUCKY!!!😟

[@delta4093]

For such a secular country, this is quite impressive!

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

sounds cool!

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

Is anyone watching one year later? I still think someone should write a fanfic about mobius one and his cohorts flying over a city that's still recovering after the war and dropping crates of Christmas cheer and disaster relief supplies.

[@tibcsikid5775]

Holy... Jolly christmas feelings with some ace combat ost mixed into it... Gave me goosebumps

[@presleysack3836]

as of now december 1st im coming back to this song

[@OGPanzerhund]

[@angrystreaming2624]

[@Mob1us0ne]

“Woof woof woof (is it time?)” no

[@F-14D_Tomcat]

:] >>

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

Not yet it isn't, we've got roughly 5 days till Christmas, still, it's certainly time to have fun with friends and family.

[@hendrihendri3939]

From Strangereal to the Cordium filled Earth. Amidst the Blue Skies, we shall fly with grace. Spread the happiness, even when flying the birds of war. Merry Christmas, Aces. *HO HO HO*

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

You said it, fellow arcade flight simulator lover.

[@boombang0418]

Love this comment man. Merry Christmas to you too!

[@boombang0418]

You know what, this is likely a good sign that Christmas this year will be a good one. Merry Christmas Aces, may your skies be snowy yet calm! Fear not, for Lucas will never fail to keep us entertained on our long flight. After all, what AWACS would ever let their pilots become bored? This was a great song Lucas! I'm glad it didn't take me three weeks to realize you made one this time! Merry Christmas, and may I say, I am glad you were my top artist on Spotify this year. You never disappoint with your music!

[@cotabom]

AWACS Legacy: The holidays are a wonderful time of year. Yes, many look forward to the gifts and food.. myself included, but what I love most is the meaning of the season. Hope and love. Two of the strongest emotions that guide us in life. Merry Christmas, everyone! And happy holidays!

[@hallowedbeyourdays]

Fair be your seas, clear be your skies, hallowed be your days. A very merry christmas, and many happy returns.

[@rramos117]

[@skypost7709]

AWACS sky eye to all pilots! Today we remember all our fallen fellow pilots.. today we honor their legacy and celebrate their lives they did not die in vain they died with honor protecting those they loved and their fellow wingmen and women. This Christmas we fly in honor of them! NEVER FORGET THE FALLEN!!

[@skypost7709]

just to ad a little something to my previous comment above.. pilots never fly alone. they have their fallen wingmen and women escorting them at all times. even if they cant be seen they are there protecting them just like they did before passing from this life. to all pilots in both real life and our favorite video game series ace combat. we salute you now and forever. ACES FLY HIGH

[@Thomas_Everman]

Merry Christmas, Lucas! Can't believe it's already time for another Christmas special.

[@MugiwaraNoKage]

From one ace to another. Happy holidays my fellow pilots! Another year is almost over and our journeys are not over yet. We fight daily battles and come home in one piece. I salute every last one of you for your continuous fight! 🫡🫡

[@jesusparra8367]

Just when I was about to sleep from a bad day, This made me smile full of joy. Thank you Lucas, You really know how to make someone smile with You're Music Gracias y Buen trabajo Buddy❤️

[@brandonlarsen4542]

Summer skies let’s freaking go

[@GuildofThunder]

Incredible! Just...just...incredible! Joy to the Strangeworld! Let us, Ye Merry Gentlenuggets, go dance with the Angels that we have heard on High! OH MY EFFING GAWD THIS IS SO GOOD! THE BELLS - DO YOU HEAR THE BELLS! OH MY GAWD! CHOPPER! I heard CHOPPER! CHOPPPPPER!!!!!!

[@skypost7709]

and chopper continues to fly with us in spirit in his jet.. we may not see him but we know he is there protecting us still

[@GuildofThunder]

@@skypost7709 So very very true!

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

@@skypost7709 I've seen many fanfics where chopper lives, in my personal idea for an alt cannon he would've tried to pull the ejection handle on last time while plummeting towards the stadium and it would've finally worked, but he would've gotten a crushed foot/broken leg in the process of ejecting, thus forcing him to sit things out for most or all of the "ghosts of razgriz" arc.

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

Yep, Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all good wholesome people regardless of nation or nationality, I recommend spending it doing memorable things with the people you love most, although if you see someone in need, it never hurts to be a Good Samaritan, I hope all you aces out there get wonderful gifts as well, because even though Christmas isn't necessarily about getting stuff(it's about loving), it still doesn't hurt to be an opportunist sometimes. XD

[@blackjed]

As Aces, we fly head first into trials and tribulations. Sometimes foregoing our own safety in order to help and protect others. We get beatdown in the process. We feel depressed in the slog. It's when we are at our lowest, most broken that we dont lose hope. Dont lose focus. Keep pushing. Keep fighting. Better must come. Better will come. Keep soaring. Keep flying higher Aces. Dont give up. We'll all get there. Together. I love you. God loves you. Merry christmas/happy holidays. Thanks lucas for another banger

[@V-max97]

Strider squadron, this is AWACS Long Caster! Cover Santa’s sleigh at all costs!

[@Spartan-Napa]

Cipher and Pixy, The Wingmen of the ace in a sleigh, Ensuring the delivery of all presents and goodwill, Merry Christmas... Buddy.

[@mill2712]

When you think about it, Santa was probably flying since before the first planes, even first air balloons were taking flight. He's probably a flying legend to them. Also I'm happy to hear Santa let Pixy escort after that 'event' in 1995.

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

​@@mill2712Meh, I think pixy can plead temporary insanity and being manipulated by the other members of AWWNB, I think he became lucid again after cipher shot him down, and he reached ground zero of the nuclear detonations, and seeing the horror of what he almost did.

[@mill2712]

@@monitorlizardkid8253 This isn't court we're talking about. Remember this. "He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake."

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

@@mill2712 point taken, but if I am right about pixy, than I imagine he'd probably be back on santa's good(or at least somewhat good) list by the time he reunited with cipher. I imagine he would have reunited with cipher after cipher saw a certain documentary. I think cipher may have even called Genette and given him a brief interview. but then again, that's only my headcannon...

[@mill2712]

@@monitorlizardkid8253 Though you'd likely wonder, who's on the permanent naughty list?

[@nemesis7774]

Time to win this battle and ring the new bells of freedom, Cipher !

[@FreedomTrooper89]

And a Very Merry Christmas to you Lucas. Thanks for always providing epic and beautiful music, both renditions and original work! Stay safe and Fly High!

[@IsaacMoring-g2j]

Merry Christmas, everyone! 2024 wasn't the greatest year ever, but it wasn't horrible either. It was good. I've been an Ace Combat fan since I was 12, and still continue being one to this day as it has positively impacted my life since day one! Hard times do happen every now and then, but Ace Combat is what helps keep my positive attitude going! Thank you, Namco. Thank you! And thanks to the aviation companies over the decades that have created all those awesome planes we know and love!

[@Chom-Chom]

Santa and his Reindeers were just a squadron of fighters, with Santa being the AWACS and Rudolph being the lead with the red-nosed plane (being like the Red Baron from WW1)

[@revvingnoodle7192]

Is it weird I can see it as a montage of like a Santa special forces as cargo planes from the 12th kringle regiment land at special designated spots to collect their Christmas cargo while the fighters from 9 squadrons named after the reindeers be giving out air shows or having special delivery equipment, the cluster bomb,laser guided and glide bomb systems instead be GPS guided casings filled with presents to land in their designated zones, awaacs aircraft from their blizzard watch group give updates on the weather, and last but not least the krampus carrier group ready to deliver their version of Christmas chaos around as well for the naughty ones. ( what can lack of sleep and being half drunk listening to a Christmas tune mixed with ace combat makes me think of )

[@hiraizumidazai]

Merry and Holy Christmas, Lucas ! Thank you for your music, and may the angels fly with you ^^

[@AngelsofEmmeria028]

Merry Christmas Lucas!!! It's an honour to fly with you Aces!🎉🎉🎉

[@FishbedFive]

"Yo, buddy!" A voice calls out. Two pilots chatting turn around to their wingmen. "You think I'd forget you, Trigger?" Count shouts out, holding a present. He turns to the other pilot. "Oh, and... Cipher, was it? Your friend's at the front door." And as such, the front door opens. A familiar face smiles. "So you are still alive, huh?" *"How's the snow, Pixy?"*

[@thetruegoldenknight]

Do you think Santa upsets air traffic control every year? OR do the governments of the world give him a free pass "Because he's SANTA"?

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

pretty sure Santa can turn incorporeal and "phase" right through any plane he would otherwise collide with, I also bet he can outfly any plane yet invented, I'm betting the governments of the world just tell him not to make too much of a fuss.

[@theShermanator]

amazing as always

[@Daniel-xy1fs]

Really enjoyed this mix and the meaning for it brother! Merry Christmas! Mission complete! Lets Gooooo!

[@ИгорьСимонов-х4ш]

Merry Christmas, Lucas! Thank you for this wonderful music, it lifts your spirits during long flights in games!

[@liliumjaslasiliuns]

I've been waiting all year for this fantastic moment, it's so beautiful!

[@claidheamhsoluis3044]

Santa's theme while dodging anti-aircraft batteries of every nation on Christmas Day...

[@itsumayo]

Gracemeria probably has a tradition of putting a Santa hat on the Golden King every December

[@peterbrungardt5434]

Strider Squadron this is Longcaster… we have an have man in red flying towards the city…I think he eats more than I do… anyways… use the light from that bright star and escort him in.

[@genluk]

Merry Christmas Lucas, thank you, and thank you again because I heard my great friend Chopper again.❤️❤️

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

Imagine if the Belkans were trying to capture and study Santa in order to replicate his various abilities for their own ends(bag with infinite space inside it for one), and the allied forces had to save the man. Actually, that would make a good oneshot fanfic! does anyone want to write it?

[@thebestol0ch483]

Thank you Lucas, for the Great music!

[@twitchykun]

Bishop: Now where did I put my presents....GUTS DID YOU HIDE THEM AGAIN?!?

[@israfeleugen9183]

Now this is the season wehere Aces get down from their fights in their own sky and spend time with their fellows talking about the duels they fought in this year, to all aces here merry Christmas and God Speed pilots, Crimson Wolf out.

[@BlackRose-dh8ct]

Merry Christmas Bro I always appreciate your music when flying on War thunder alot

[@moisesrec4471]

Just when the F-15 coming to war thunder, thanks

[@DauntlessChaos]

So this is how Santa does it!

[@delta4093]

Wonderful. I've always wanted to make a video featuring an epic version of "Hark the Herald" with one of the lines of that song "join the triumph of the SKIES" being a key inspiration for linking it with Ace Combat.

[@EngineeringWizard11]

Merry Christmas, Lucas! Thank you for another great year of music!

[@tydeuskero7295]

*drops the unguided bomb on the column of trucks* Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas! *the bomb explodes with confetti* Christmas mix of Ace Cmbat music? I didn't expect it from action game about war.

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

I know I'm late to the party, but christmas usually allows goodwill to be passed between people, even sometimes from people on opposite sides of war. the christmas truce of ww1 comes to mind... Although I only wish that truce had ENDED ww1 and not just put it on pause. I also would like to believe that on the first christmas after the end of the second usean continental war(ac4), mobius one and the other allied pilots flew over cities affected by the war and dropped large crates full of christmas cheer(cookies, candy, eggnog, etc). The idea being that the cities and nations in question may be recovering from a war, but it'll be a huge amount easier to recover if they gave and received goodwill to and from each other. again, if someone wants to write a fanfic about this idea, be my guest.

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

Another Oneshot Christmas ace combat fanfic idea: cipher and pixy(or mobius one and omega 11?) fly over a city that's still recovering after the war, and drop a mixture of disaster relief supplies, and Christmas cheer(crates of cookies and candy, whole jugs full of eggnog, the works.) The two pilots also radio the city and broadcast a message on all channels saying something along the lines of, "we may still be recovering from a war, but it'll be a lot harder to recover if we don't give out and accept goodwill from our fellow human beings. So, merry Christmas (insert city name here)!! soo? anyone want to write this one?

[@brandonlarsen4542]

The GOAT is back at it yet again .

[@Nico_6967]

This is amazing but could we also get a purely instrumental version?

[@たけなかはんべえ-y4y]

Merry Christmas! ! Thank you for the early Christmas present!

[@Ccristiancomposer]

Feliz navidad Lucas! Gran track, está muy épico!, sobretodo por los cambios de tonalidad. Espero que haya sido un gran año para ti, capo

[@RogueAce93]

Feliz Navidad, Lucas!! “Yo buddy, you still alive?”

[@keszachnyik8276]

this gave me alot of inspiration thanks Lucas

[@benboyer2283]

Merry Christmas to all! Its been a wild year, lets celebrate the love of aviation together! Sincerely: The WinterWulvker film team

[@Lecradu6]

Merry Christmas to all of you. May you cross the path of Santa Claus up there in the sky, fellow Aces !

[@RaiseAnchor]

Awesome as always! Merry Christmas!

[@israfeleugen9183]

Otro trabajo maravilloso de Lucas, es una pieza mágica que encaja bien, porque en este año luché fuerte y esta pieza es como coronar esa lucha. Bravo 👏👏👏👌

[@epoch638]

Merry christmas Lucas and fellow aces!

[@homeinvasionman]

hell yeah merry christmas !

[@DesertPunks]

Love it! Merry Christmas Lucas

[@LucasRicciottiMusic]

Merry Christmas!

[@mirtaramos5238]

Hermoso Lucas te felicito .Bs a la distancia.

[@usernamesarehard1664]

wo! so jolly!

[@Lakhshamana]

Santa One to all aircrafts, I spotted MaCa drones in the horizon. Remember your objectives pilots. Godspeed.

[@BackgroundSpace]

Ace Combat 12/24: Rescuing Christmas. Final mission. Player/Ace fights Grinch 1 and his forces in the skies over the last city to have presents delivered. After defeating Grinch 1 we see Santa flying into town as our defeated foe gently falls down in their parachute. Upon landing they find a present waiting for them, a toy they wanted as a child. Cut to Santa waving down at him. Santa Pixy: *turns to the player* "Thanks again Buddy. See you next year! Ho ho ho!" *flies off into the moon*

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

Meh, the Grinch was redeemed a long time ago, and I honestly can't help feeling that he might've never hated Christmas in the first place if he had only gotten his cave soundproofed or got noise cancelling headphones, remember that the thing he hated most about Christmas was "all the noise, noise, noise!" ...yeah.

[@BackgroundSpace]

@@monitorlizardkid8253 Just a call sign. Doesn't have to be the actual Grinch.

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

@@BackgroundSpace ooh you're right, silly me.

[@ISAFMobius18]

Santa, the demon from the north pole, uses it's power to rain presents upon the land, and then it dies. But after a period of slumber, Santa returns, this time, as a great hero

[@sollo1632]

Berkut is truly christmas jet🎅

[@singyu_chan]

Wow, amazing!!! Can you release a version with the vocals removed?😁

[@HighClover]

Happy holiday season aces your mission is to escort Santa ❤

[@Seboilba]

now im feeling the christmas spirit

[@1314special]

Merry Christmas, aces.

[@SthefanyMello.]

Música incrível, gostei ❤️🎄🎁

[@NoahLoydOG]

A very merry Christmas to you all, and all those you hold dear!

[@NexeL_NKC]

[@doch.8039]

POV you're santa trying to dodge NORAD's air defenses

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

NORAD would probably leave him be once they knew who and what he was.

[@pxc3lz]

Jajaja que genial! 🎅🏽

[@diprosla592]

what a nice Suprise 👍

[@RambitoAce]

Santa Tracking and Escort Missions in Stragereal be like: Merry Cristmass Everyone, and a wish you all a happy new year!🎉🎊🎄🎇🎆

[@MichaelMedley4270]

Ace Combat Christmas special Lets dance with the angels ✈✈

[@reapertalon]

TO ALL ACES WHO SOAR THE DEEP BLUE: Merry Christmas!

[@Overneed-Belkan-Witch]

Christmas Skies

[@Beta_59]

Into the clouds and freeze

[@Borgatiger]

Bem legal!

[@singyu_chan]

Hi Lucas, can you provide me with all the vocals mentioned here? I haven't played this game yet (sounds like AC0), but it sounds very exciting. 😅

[@ッdoGy-MasteR]

I only here for the Music🎉

[@204-venus]

[@F-22c]

Awacs thunder:To all aces still fighting for your own countries although all of us are enimes to each other lets stop firing and lets all aces awacs fly in fornation all celebrate bthis special occasions!

[@nadhirahsani5275]

When Santa have to deliver all the presents to the whole children of the world in 5 hours time schedule so he ride on the Firkin