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Encyclopedia > Fighter ace

Fighter Ace is an online multiplayer computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots. It is a Ketsujin Studios game. You have to make an account with them and connect to their servers to play the game. Internet games (also known as online games) are games that are played online via the Internet. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ...


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Fighter ace - definition of Fighter ace in Encyclopedia (173 words)
A flying ace is a military aviator who has shot down five or more enemy aircraft.
The term originated in World War I in France, when French newspapers described Adolphe Pegoud as a flying ace after he became the first pilot to shoot down five German aircraft.
Ace is also used to refer to non-aviators who have distinguised themselves by sinking ships, destroying tanks, etc. (i.e.
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