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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Sad loss, but I do have one complaint against the reporting, and that is the use of the word "ace". There is only one circumstance for that term to be used for a pilot, and that is when he has shot down five or more of his enemies. This is not meant to slight Major Al-Obedi, who by all reports was a great pilot, but did he fulfill the requirement for that term?
It's like when reporters call a destroyer a "battleship". It happens a lot, but it doesn't make it so.
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Good point, fair point too. Do ground targets count towards attaining ace status though? And, whilst I was doing a quick bit of research into the definition of an ace, wikipedia made a fair point, how many more Aces will there been in future wars? Since fighter vs fighter combat is becoming less frequent in modern warfare and unmanned aircraft are becoming more common, we could be looking at the end of the era of Aces.