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Afterburner achievement in Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X

Afterburner

Fly faster than Mach 2 for 1 hour in campaign.

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How to unlock the Afterburner achievement

  • Ashen SeraphAshen Seraph
    08 Mar 2009 07 Mar 2009 13 Mar 2009
    Mach 2 is roughly 2400 KM/H. This is faster than most of the planes in the game can reach. In fact, the only 3 planes I know for certain capable of reaching and sustaining that speed are the YF-12, Mig-25 Foxbat, and the EF-111A Raven. Some other planes are capable of flirting with that speed during a steep dive at full power, but often times they can't maintain it.

    Your best bet is probably to join a co-op game using the YF-12 or the EF-111A and keep it at full throttle until it finally unlocks. Hopefully you won't piss everyone else in the game off in the process. If people do start getting frustrated with you, defer to using the EF-111A. At the very least it is capable of carrying a few weapons so hit and run strikes are reasonable at high speeds.

    Theoretically you could just jump in Free mode and fly around for an hour, but chances are you'll go nuts in the process.

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    Shadow 00 FoxI LOL'ed at "but chances are you'll go nuts in the process."..... Great comment!! LOL.
    Posted by Shadow 00 Fox on 17 Sep 12 at 07:01
    Bully of SmegIs this cumulative or do you need to do it in 1 sitting?
    Posted by Bully of Smeg on 28 Feb 13 at 10:54
    o DEEVIUS o^ Thats what I'm wondering; The achievement for flying with Assistance off popped very quickly and was cumulative. But if Seraph is recommending Co-op games then it must be cumulative.
    Posted by o DEEVIUS o on 14 Apr 13 at 23:42
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  • xGH0ZTxxGH0ZTx
    03 Jun 2009 07 Jun 2009
    You can easily do this by flying a circle in freeplay mode. Make sure that the plane is in the center or close to it and make sure that you are leveled off.

    Use a rubber band to hold down the thrusters and the yaw button.
    I did this after realizing that only certain planes can reach mach 2 and I had wasted lots of time.

    I used the YF-12...
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    Stealth Davidreal detailed nice guide
    Posted by Stealth David on 01 Aug 10 at 21:29
    The GlobalizerFYI, easy to rubber band the left stick up, so get some height and you can do that instead of banding/taping the yaw, which can be tricky.

    Good guide.
    Posted by The Globalizer on 24 Aug 13 at 20:37
  • neeesneees
    06 May 2009 06 May 2009 06 May 2009
    you can do this one AND the pracice makes perfect achievement in one session. just select free flight and pick the yf12a. when the game starts, pause without moving the plane and tape rt and rb oder lb. continue the game and touble-tap lb. you will see the plane flying >mach2 in off mode. just relax, wait an hour and... voila!
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