Ace Combat - VF-12 'Knights' Skin Pack [2022 Remaster]

Three fictional skins for the F-14 based on a crossover between Ace Combat and Saber from the Fate/ anime series. Features a CAG bird, Hi-Vis bird, and a Low-Vis bird.

In mid-2022, I decided to 'remaster' my old VF-12 Knights skin pack. All 3 jets have been updated from nose to tail. Much more detail has been added, including unique BuNo's for each jet, improved fonts and paintschemes, and also a hidden easter egg. The helmets are the only parts left over from the old skins.

Credit to the tail art and squadron patch go to AWACS_BANDOG, you can find his other works here on the user-files, and on Reddit under u/AWACS_Bandog

This pack includes:

-> CAG Bird (Side # 100) featuring distinctive colors and full tail art
-> Hi-Vis Bird (Side # 101) featuring slightly muted coloring.
-> Lo-Vis Bird (Side # 102) featuring muted colors, intended to be the 'standard paintscheme' for the Squadron.

Each skin contains custom pilot and RIO helmets, and custom names on each jet for both the pilot and RIO. The names and callsigns for the pilots and RIOs are based on the Knights of the Round Table.

The skins have been designed with the F-14B in mind, however they should still work on the F-14A jets. Enjoy!

--- LORE ---

VF-12 Was established initially as a VT-12 ‘Knights’ in mid-1943 flying the relatively new Grumman TBM ‘Avenger’ Torpedo Bomber aboard the OFS Stafford. Serving into the 1950’s the Men of VT-12 were redesignated as Osean Navy Fighter Squadron 12 and traded in their Avengers for brand new Grumman F-9 Cougars, serving in the conflicts of southern Verusa. With the outbreak of war in Valka in the late 50’s the newly redesignated Osean Maritime Defense Force recognized the need for faster fighters to combat the brand-new MiG threats countering their quickly outdated aircraft in the skies over the embattled country. VF-12 found themselves as the first of the Last Gunfighters, operating the F-8 Crusader in successful raids against Yuktobanian and Valkan targets.
Service with distinction earned the Knights a reputation, and it came to little surprise that the Squadron was one of the first carrier units to receive the brand-new F-14 Tomcat in the summer of 1972.

Since then, the Knights have forged a legacy of excellence and bravery with their Tomcats as their noble steeds. Chivalry is their core tenets and the Pilots and RIOs of the squadron live and die by its principals.