SKY ACES

SKY ACES ✈️ Jets, Warbirds & Warships

Take to the skies and rule the seas. Fly 26 aircraft, helicopters, warships and submarines, from the F-22 Raptor and F-35 to the Spitfire and the Apache. Launch from a sailing Nimitz supercarrier, refuel from a KC-135 tanker, crew a submarine from the inside, defend your airbase with Patriot missiles and fight your way from Cadet to Ace.

🆕 1.3.0 "The Big Fleet Update" is out! Fighter Jets Overhaul is now called SKY ACES: same mod, same worlds, a lot more to fly.

Available for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge on every Minecraft version from 1.20.1 to 26.3, and for Forge 1.7.10, 1.8.9, 1.9.4, 1.10.2, 1.11.2 and 1.12.2. Fabric needs Fabric API. Install on the client and the server.

✈️ 26 vehicles	⚓ Navy & carrier	🎯 Real combat	🏆 Game modes
Jets, warbirds, helicopters	Destroyers, subs, Nimitz	Missiles, bombs, stealth, ECM	Campaign, waves, races, PvP

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✈️ Modern Jets

Aircraft	What makes it special
F-22A Raptor	Stealth air superiority, internal weapon bays, thrust vectoring
F-35A / F-35B Lightning II	Stealth, and the B hovers and lands vertically
AV-8B Harrier	The classic jump jet: vertical take-off and landing
Eurofighter Typhoon	Canard delta, incredibly agile
F-14D Tomcat	Swing wings that sweep with speed
F-16C / Mitsubishi F-2A	Light, fast dogfighters
F/A-18E Super Hornet	Carrier fighter with tailhook
KC-135 Stratotanker	Fly behind the boom and refuel in the air
C-130 Hercules	Cargo ramp and a walkable hold

🛩️ Second World War Warbirds

P-51D Mustang, Spitfire Mk IX, Bf 109, A6M Zero and Yak-3: propellers, tail-wheel take-offs, a vintage gunsight and a classic cockpit panel. Perfect for dogfights with friends.

🚁 Helicopters

• AH-64 Apache: a chain gun slaved to where you look and laser-guided Hellfire missiles.
• UH-60 Black Hawk: rescue missions, rotor downwash, easy hover controls.
• CH-47 Chinook: open the ramp and carry animals and vehicles.

⚓ Rule the Seas

• Arleigh Burke destroyer with a bridge you can walk in, depth charges and sonar.
• Submarines Type VII U-boat, Gato, T-class and I-201: dive, use the periscope, ping with sonar, fire torpedoes.
• Walk inside: open the hatch and you are below decks. Take the helm and drive from inside.
• Engine telegraph, rudder, real knots, sinking ships and much more.

🛫 Nimitz Supercarrier

A full-size carrier that sails: steam catapults, arresting wires with LSO landing grades, aircraft elevators, CIWS guns, a lit hangar deck and an island with a ready room, CIC and bridge. Stand on the deck while she is moving.

🏗️ Airbase & Machinery

• A military airbase with runway, hangars and control tower (generated near spawn or with /f22raptor airbase).
• Patriot launcher, CIWS, radar antenna and command console with a live radar scope.
• Weapons loader truck arms parked jets, fuel truck refuels them.
• Fuel pump, repair wrench, paint kit with camouflage schemes and a pilot's manual.

🏆 Game Modes

• Campaign "Operation Iron Sky": 5 chapters ending with the ace "Black Baron" (/f22 campaign).
• Survival waves, air races with a ghost, base raids with sirens, SAM site strikes, CSAR rescue, naval battles.
• Team dogfight red vs blue with a scoreboard.
• AI wingmen that fly in formation, intercept and escort missions.
• Pilot ranks from Cadet to Ace that unlock paint schemes.

🎯 Real Combat

Cannon, IR and radar missiles, GBU-12 laser bombs with a targeting pod, flares, chaff and ECM jamming, stealth radar signatures, part damage (lose a wing!), ejection seats, night vision goggles, contrails, vapour cones and a sonic boom you hear from the ground.

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🛠️ Getting Started

1. Craft the Aircraft Assembly Table, Armament Table and Fuel Refinery: they list every blueprint.
2. Build your aircraft, place it and right-click to board. N starts the engine.
3. W throttle, mouse to fly, R gear. Load fuel and weapons by right-clicking the parked aircraft.
4. Press K for the quick settings (sensitivity, speed units, flight style: Arcade / Realistic / Simulator).

🎮 Main Controls (all rebindable)

Key	Action	Key	Action
Mouse	Fly	W / S	Throttle
A / D	Rudder	Space / Shift	Pitch (subs: surface / dive)
Left click	Fire	G	Cycle weapon
X / Z	Flares / Chaff	U	ECM jammer
R	Gear	H	Tailhook / hover
B	Targeting pod / sonar	M	Smoke
O	Night vision	J	HUD layout
C	Camera	V	Eject / exit
K	Quick settings	N	Engine

❓ FAQ

• Is this the old Fighter Jets Overhaul / F-22 Raptor mod? Yes, it was renamed to SKY ACES. Your worlds and vehicles keep working.
• Which versions? Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for Minecraft 1.20.1 to 26.3 (every version the loader exists for). The whole 1.3.0 update also runs on Forge 1.7.10, 1.8.9, 1.9.4, 1.10.2, 1.11.2 and 1.12.2 (Java 8).
• Multiplayer? Yes, install on the server and every client.
• Other mods needed? Only Fabric API on Fabric.

⭐ Enjoying SKY ACES? Leave a comment with what you want next: many 1.3.0 features came from your ideas!