In 1994, "PC Gamer US" named "Air Combat" the 9th best computer game ever. The editors wrote, "It may not have the most realistic flight models in the world, and the plane and ground graphics show their age, but there's no denying that "Chuck Yeager's Air Combat" succeeds wildly where it counts most — in creating a realistic sense of flight." That same year, "PC Gamer UK" named it the 47th best computer game of all time, writing that it "offers the perfect hour or two of dogfighting."