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Do you become an ace after 5 ballons or do the ballons need to shoot back?

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I was also wondering if those jets now have stencil paintings of balloons on them with big X's marked across them as kill markers

In WWI, shooting down an observation balloon was considerably more difficult (and prestigious) than another plane.

In this case, though, I imagine the difficulty (and associated prestige) is considerable less... :)

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I was also wondering if those jets now have stencil paintings of balloons on them with big X's marked across them as kill markers

In WWI, shooting down an observation balloon was considerably more difficult (and prestigious) than another plane.

In this case, though, I imagine the difficulty (and associated prestige) is considerable less... :)

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