A rush of adrenaline-induced euphoria experienced by
high-speed, low-flying jet fighter pilots dodging incoming missiles, flak, and small arms
fire as they zero in on their target. Missions known to trigger Ace's
High episodes range from F-16s destroying reactor sites in Iraq, to spacefaring vessels running along a battle planetoid's equator in search of a juicy exhaust port; all the way to Ukrainian drones finding a thicc Russian tonk.
The antithesis of Ace's
High is The 'Nam. Naturally.
Dickey: Wasn't your great great grandpappy a fighter pilot?
Mitch: Hell yes he was! He always shared stories about his Ace's
High experiences during the Battle of
Britain. Always said it helped him kick his heroin habit.
Dickey: Hm. I should join some African
air carrier. Or Spirit Airlines...