Whiskey Corridor (mission)

For the location featured in the mission, see Whiskey Corridor.

This article is about an in-game mission. For the in-universe event, see Operation Sandstorm.

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Whiskey Corridor
Campaign Mission 16 Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Other Names	Whiskey Corridor Tank Battle (ウィスキー回廊の戦車戦)
Mission Order
Previous	Emancipation
Next	Siege of Farbanti
Mission Details
Focus	Air-to-ground
Objectives	Score a certain number of points in the time limit.
Time Limit	20 minutes
Character	Mobius 1

Whiskey Corridor is the 16th campaign mission of Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies. The mission is a long duration air-to-ground operation carried out over a wide area. The player may be required to make multiple trips across the Return Line in order to rearm or repair damage.

Briefing

Whiskey Corridor is a narrow strip of land between Lambert and Amber Mts. The enemy has deployed a large tank force at the end of the corridor as its final line of defense. Despite being outnumbered, our allies must face this enemy contingent head-on in order to advance on the Erusian capital of Farbanti. Our projected casualty rate is extremely high. We need a miracle in air support to win this battle. Annihilate enemy ground forces and provide direct close air support to our troops.

Objectives

The enemy forces are concentrated in five positions. The mission's score requirement depends on the player's selected difficulty:

• Easy or lower: 2,800
• Normal or higher: 3,500

The player must surpass the point threshold within twenty minutes to complete the mission.

The mission has a greater emphasis on air-to-ground operation, but the enemy also has a sizable number of fighters and helicopters distributed around the airspace. It is recommended that the player uses an attacker aircraft, preferably one which supports splash-damaging bombs. The player must attack any of the three main defensive lines, which mainly consist of tank units and mobile AA weaponry. Defensive pillboxes along the westernmost defense link require multiple missile hits to destroy. The play can also opt to proceed to the northernmost sector of the map and attack the filed HQ which garners an additional point reward.

Enemy Lists

The following enemy lists have been verified with the Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies - Perfect Guide.

Standard Units

	Unit	Points	Count	Notes
	SR-71	200	1
	F-117	60	3
	F-22	60	2
	A-10	60	2
	F-2	60	4
	R-M01	60	3
	TND-IDS	60	7
	AH-64	50	3
	H.Q	100	1
	LAUNCHER	70	4
	PILLBOX	70	8
	HOWITZER	50	14
	TANK	50	74
	TENT	40	12
	FLAK GUN	40	2
	SAM	50	11
	SAM	30	4
	AA GUN	40	10
	AA GUN	20	1

Special Units

Main article: Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies/Aces

	Unit	Points	Count	Notes
	F-117 "KWEE"	240	1

S Rank

Achieving an S rank on this mission requires the player to earn 6,300 points on Normal difficulty or above (5,200 points on Easy difficulty or below). In order to do this, the player must destroy targets at a constant, hastened rate throughout the time limit. The sheer number of tanks units, long-range artillery and pillboxes will provide the bulk of the necessary points and will most likely require use of the Return Line at least once (depending on the player aircraft's payload capacity). Air-to-ground armaments with homing capabilities can make quick work of clustered ground units. If possible, down the enemy ace to earn an additional 240 points.

Debriefing

The enemy abandoned its defensive line, and the road to their capital lies open.

Gallery

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  Goldberg Crater concept art

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  Old Anchor Point City art

Trivia

• If the player returns to base when flying a land-based aircraft, three smoke plumes can be seen around the airfield: one to the southwest of the runway, one on the apron near the control tower, and one to the northwest of the runway. These may be related to the artillery units set up southeast of the Erusean field H.Q., which could have shelled the ISAF airbase at some point during the battle.