The XFA-27 is a unique multirole aircraft. It was one of the first original aircraft designs to be featured in an Ace Combat game, specifically Ace Combat 2 in 1997, alongside the ADF-01 FALKEN and XB-10. Since its original appearance, it has mostly been restricted to handheld titles.
In March 2015, the XFA-27 was added to Ace Combat Infinity, its first home console appearance in 18 years. Along with the R-101 Delphinus #1, the XFA-27 was a late-game aircraft available at the far end of the Aircraft Tree, requiring an exorbitant amount of credits to unlock and upgrade.
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The XFA-27 adopts a sleek, angular design with variable geometry wings and high-output engines, giving it an extreme level of maneuverability and acceleration. A distinguishing feature of the jet is its ability to release four missiles in quick succession. Its cockpit uses COFFIN in a very limited degree, employing cameras beneath the cockpit to ensure maximum visibility while retaining a conventional glass canopy. Per its designation as an Experimental Fighter Attacker (XFA), the XFA-27 excels in many different roles, able to conduct air-to-air and air-to-ground operations equally well.
"A carrier-based stealth fighter designed for ultimate performance. All information about its development, including its manufacturer and country of origin, is highly classified and has not been made public. The aircraft has a remarkably unique design for a stealth fighter. In the front, it sports all-moving canards, four tail wings (with two above and two below the engines), and variable sweptback wings that can adapt to a range of speeds. In the rear, horizontal paddle-type thrust vectoring nozzles are equipped on its twin-engine thrusters, giving it both mobility and stability. The aircraft also boasts unparalleled battle capabilities; multiple-launch Joint Strike Missiles can lock onto both air and ground targets, allowing a concentrated attack on a single target or a dispersed attack against multiple targets. Its sophisticated electronic warfare system offers both support and interference that give the upper hand in all kinds of combat situations, even solo raids. Equipped with a full spread of cutting-edge technology, this aircraft demands an equally exemplary pilot who can bring out its full potential."
"A carrier-based stealth fighter which has been developed with the aim of creating an aircraft that can demonstrate extreme performance. Information on the country of origin and manufacturer has not been made public, making this a highly classified aircraft. Featuring an all-moving tail, canards and unique vectoring nozzles, it is capable of excellent maneuverability. It comes equipped with MSTM (Multiple-Launch Standard Missile) which can inflict significant damage, but requires the skills of a veteran pilot to use efficiently."
"The ultimate fighter said to be Scarface's trump card. Can we consider it to be an experimental (X) combination of fighter (F) and attacker (A) aircraft characteristics? The developing countries and manufacturers are top-secret, and all details are wrapped behind a dark veil."
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The XFA-27 appears as a guest "character" in the Nintendo 3DS game Pro Baseball Famista 2011, along with characters from other Bandai Namco franchises such as God Eater,THE iDOLM@STER and Tekken.
The XFA-27 features internal weapon bays in all of the handheld games and in Ace Combat 2. Ace Combat Infinity was its first appearance where it had external hardpoints. This change later carried over into Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.
The XFA-27 was originally designed by Project Aces to be evocative of a next-generation successor of the F-14. In addition, it incorporated designs from newly emerging stealth aircraft such as the F-117A Nighthawk, YF-23 Black Widow II, and YF-22 Lightning II.[4]
Its characteristic swing-wings (inspired by the F-14) were originally designed to sweep all the way forward, becoming forward-swept wings, but the design team decided the design would be implausible and kept the current design of the XFA-27. The idea of a fighter with forward-swept swing wings was later reused to heavily influence the design of the X-02 Wyvern.[4]
Variable geometry wings are wings that pivot on an axis to sweep backwards or forwards and then return to their original position during flight. They are often used to change the shape of the plane, with the outwards position allowing for better low-speed handling and the swept position allowing higher speeds.
Thrust vectoring is the ability to change the direction of thrust emitted from an engine. Aircraft with thrust vector control can perform enhanced maneuvers not available to aircraft without it.