A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more. The few aces among combat pilots have historically accounted for the majority of air-to-air victories in military history.
Most promionent Flying Aces
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| The "first ace", Frenchman Adolphe Pégoud being awarded the Croix de guerre. |
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| Manfred von Richthofen,
better known as the "Red Baron". He scored the most kills in World War I
and is arguably the most famous flying ace of all time. |
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| The American literary scholar Francis Peabody Magoun claimed to be Canadian in order to join the RAF, in which service he achieved ace status. |
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| Albert Ball, Britain's first famous flying ace. He was killed in 1917, aged 20. |
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| German Erich Hartmann is the top ace of all time with 352 kills. |
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| Russian Lydia Litvyak of the Soviet Air Force, one of only two female flying aces in history. |
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| On one occasion 87-kill Japanese ace Hiroyoshi Nishizawa flew loops over an enemy airfield as a stunt. |
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| Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam "Little Dragon". Ace in a Day of the Pakistan Air Force |
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| Colonel Giora "Hawkeye" Epstein, Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter ace credited with 17 kills, "ace of aces" of modern, supersonic fighter jets. |
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| Brig. General Jalil Zandi,
an ace fighter pilot in the Iranian Air Force. The most sucessful F-14
Tomcat pilot ever with 8 confirmed and 3 probable kills during the
Iran-Iraq war |
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| Charles B. DeBellevue, the first USAF Weapon Systems Officer to become a flying ace. |
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