Ace Combat 04 - Paint Schemes and Texture Flats

F/A-18C

ISAF
Darkened vertical stabilizer leading edges based on CF-188 standard paint schemes, dark top radome with no real-world precedent.
Erusea
Two-tone desert camo. No specific basis, but similar to many USN and USMC aggressors.
FEAF Vaisala
No real-world precedent.

F-15C

ISAF
JASDF Aggressor 82-8063​. NPC displays no squadron marking.
Erusea
Fictional desert camo. NPC variant displays "IF" tailcode, roundels on both wings, and "Erusea" text on the vertical stabilizers.
FEAF Tuttle
Bare metal, similar to USAF F-15A Streak Eagle 72-0119. NPC erroneously displays ISAF Mobius markings.

MiG-29A

ISAF
Generic two-tone camo. Motorcycle pinup noseart reused on the AC5 Osean Tornado GR1 and included on the Hasegawa 1/72 Mobius F-22A decal sheet. NPC has no squadron marking.
Erusea
Four-tone camo similar to NVA MiG-29Gs. NPC displays roundels on both wings and vertical stabilizers.
FEAF Markos
Overall red paint scheme referencing the manga "Red Prowling Devil".

F-15E

ISAF
USAF standard gunship grey.
Erusea
USAF F-15E prototype 71-0291 in European One camo. NPC displays Erusean roundel on the left wing and both vertical stabilizers, with "Erusea" text on both stabilizers.
FEAF
USAF F-15C 84-0021, 53d TFS 1991 NATO Tiger Meet paint scheme.

F-2A

ISAF
Standard JASDF maritime camo. No squadron markings on player and NPC variants.
Erusea
JGSDF helicopter camo. NPC displays low-visibility roundels on both wings and "Erusea" text on the vertical stabilizer.
FEAF Urata
JASDF XF-2A 53-0001.

F-22A

ISAF
Similar to USAF Compass Ghost, but the dark paint extends onto the canopy frame, and uses lighter, bluer colors.
Erusea
Solid dark grey. NPC variant displays "DC" or "OC" tailcode.

NPC Only

MiG-21

Unused

F-16 FEAF Thunderbirds
Unused/early ace scheme.
F/A-18 FEAF Blue Angels
Unused/early ace scheme. Appears to share the finished ace's "Vaisala" text. Unclear tail art.
Tornado FEAF Ace
Unused/early ace scheme. Shooting star motif.
F-4 Unpainted
Solid grey F-4, using USN/JASDF style intake warnings unlike the final texture.
MiG-29S
Modeled accurately with its "hump", appears as an Erusean and ISAF NPC with this paint scheme on the Japan-only demo disc.
Su-33
Originally planned for inclusion, texture still appears on finished game disc.