Created especially for PlayStation Portable, Ace Combat: Joint Assault is built around the same accessible, modern
flight-combat action as earlier Ace Combat games, but it is set in a different time and place -- our own. Instead of battling in alternate-reality skies above Osea or
Verusea, virtual fighter pilots engage in supersonic dogfights above real-world locations including Tokyo, San Francisco, London, and Egypt. Satellite map data was used in creating the games' settings, such that players may recognize landmarks as they fly above them. The game also features
over 40 licensed aircraft, designed to look and fly like their real-world