Battlefield 3

20 times* even though now its more like 40 and im about to go sell the game

Thats weird. It didn't happen for me. I died twice while playing this level and got the plane in one hit and I got the achievement.

Its glitched I tell ye...

Nothing works. :(

OK I got it and it was as the plane strafed your team, it turns around for another shot let it go past and then get it on its 3rd run.

this one is soooo glithed. i didn't die when jet showed up and i soht it down on first attemp and did't get it. my objective to grab the stinger and take it out showed up after i already shot it down. it's weird.

another thing. after i shot it down there was a sequnece where compo is died on the ground. does this happen everytime or was i to slow and he died and that is why ach. didn't poped out?

It always happens about that point the jet flies past you let it pass by you again after that then when its facing first position hit it. And yes this achievement should be acknowledged as buggy.

This achievement is glitched. I've tried this over 15 times but still no achievement. They need to fix this, like all the glitched achievements in BFBC2.

Dexter as far as I can tell the normal belief is that this achievements must be done without dying. I know that for myself that is exactly what happened. I tried for 2 hours and failed endlessly. Then I made it to the spot and took out the jet in one go and it popped for me. Hope that helps.

didn't die throughout the whole level, no achievement -.-

didn't die throughout the whole level, no achievement, me too :S

Followed the video exactly and it finally popped.

Downed jet with first try and cheevo didn't pop. Made a point to get it right but still no cheevo.

i think it's just that you can't die during the plane sequence - if you die before it doesn't matter, but that's just my own guess work.

If you die before it does matter. I just decided toi go after this and died right after the ambush on the road were the guys talking about a milk shake. I jumped out and stood in the middle of the road and died. I continued and went all the way through and it didn't pop. I "restarted" from AFTER I shot down the plane, went through the whole mission again from the ambush without dying and it popped.

i didnt die the whole level, do everything like the video and when i get to the SU25 and there is never a stringer there. WTF!!!

yer i am quite annoyed with this.... i am not dieing. and shooting it down with one shot. achievement is definitely glitchy

I made sure that I did not die or reload checkpoint at any time through the mission and then followed the video (on easy difficulty) it popped straight away.

Cheers, thumbs up

I had tried this about ten times each time downing the jet no problem, but no achievement, i did no die anytime during the jet sequence but I had died once long before aircraft appeared, just before armoured vehicles showed up.
So instead of trying reload checkpoint, I replayed from start of level without dying this time and achievement popped as soon as I shot the jet. I didn't do the last section any different all I can think of for me anyway was that I had died on the level.
Hope this helps if anyone else is in same situation as I was

Cheevo is not glitched. I followed the RoosterTeeth guide and got it first try. I also died several times during the run.

Got it first try following this method, Fired as soon as it started to turn into its run.

Oh my days! This one was such a pain in the ass! For what its worth, after like 10 attempts, I finally got it by:
1) Playing the entire mission in one go
2) Not dying at all
3) Sticking to Cole through the whole jet section (watching out for the AI slide kicking me out of cover, I don't think they actually like Blackburn...)
4) Rushing to the Stinger as soon as it's waypointed (ie. after hiding behind the shipping crate)
5) Pressing the trigger only once as soon as it locks after the plane passes overhead

This achievement is a joke, done everything in the video & all the comments. Must of done it now 25 times. Last try or I give up & snap the disc

What a stupid achievement. So you have to shoot your way through the valley which takes like 15 minutes and if you then miss the jet ONE FUCKING TIME (which is pure luck) you can replay that entire level again? Why did EA even bother to put a checkpoint there if its so fucking useless ? Bullcrap

Thanks just got it! Also I did die BEFORE the jet cutscene appeared and still got it thanks!

Died twice before the jet scene, didn't die during jet scene, got achievement

Glitched. Gave up after 5 perfect shots. Eat a bag of dicks D.I.C.E.

Very much still glitched. I didn't die once during the whole mission, shot the at the jet just as it was turning and still nothing.

Just unlocked it. I made it to the bridge without dying, & took cover when the rest of my squad took cover, never running ahead. I got to the Stinger & fired it just before the jet was directly above me. It was in front, coming at me, if that helps. First try, no checkpoint or mission restart.

Great solution, got it first try following the video.

This achievement I swear is the reason I have trust issues and gray hairs... I’ve done everything perfectly, occasionally come back to it a few times every year since I started playing this 8 years ago and absolutely NOTHING...

@BIONICxTIG3R it looks like this was the year! Congrats!

Thank you for the achievement! Worked first time

Guys just follow the posted video and pray it doesn’t get unlisted. Completed in one go, thanks! Thumbs up

Not sure what changed from 8 years ago, but I followed this guide to the T and it unlocked on my first try no problem. I think the timing of the jet going down matters for the achievement, I definitely waited a few seconds compared to past attempts

I can confirm this must be done in one run and if you die you have to restart the entire level and try again. Also even on Easy it kills you in one hit.

The important thing is really just doing it one run, not so much shooting at the jet at the right time

just before the jet when the 2 armoured vehicles turn up one of them killed me instantly, i never reloaded the checkpoint and when it put me back at the checkpoint with the 2 armoured vehicles i destroyed them and then moved on and did the same route as the video and took out the jet 1st go and the achievement unlocked for me, so u can get it if u die, i did notice it saved before the armoured vehicles and when i died it also saved then too, so maybe u just can't die once u spot the jet, not sure but it's just a thought.

This achievement is definitely glitchy, I have goofed up on one attempt for the achievement so I then restarted the level and got it right. But no achievement, so I did the level again, did it right again but still no achievement.

So I decided to exit the game and replay the previous level, Night Shift, to see if it'll fix the achievement once I finally get to Rock and a Hard Place. This time, I finally got the achievement. So much time gone, and Night Shift is a pretty long level so having to replay it just to get another chance for Butterfly got on my nerves a bit. Doesn't help it's basically replaying two whole levels as is.

Did this first go on hard with this method. Saved game during middle of level, returned at later date to continue it, died several times during level but not during plane sequence. Shot plane down just like video and achievement popped. Thanks.

I just got this after about 20 odd attempts.

Put simply, every time I hit the jet was during its gun run, it went away smoking, turned around and then came crashing to the deck. Whilst it was still killed in 1 shot, it didn't count.

When it finally unlocked, I locked onto the jet immediately after it had finished its gun-run, and fired just as it was starting to circle around. The stinger hit the jet before it started its next gun run, and BOOM, the jet came down just as in the video and achievement popped.
I did manage to do this 1 other time, but it was after I had reloaded the last checkpoint, which didn't count.

From my experiences with it, I think that the critical thing is to fire at the jet as it starts to turn, but crucially that the missile hits it before it starts its gun run.

I agree i have had no luck with stupid cheevo" It does not come up no matter how many times keep trying it!!! I dont die and shoot it down, then the status on my update says: Priority Update: Shoot down enemy aircraft " Umm DUH I already did that "WHF" as im staring at my dead men on the ground !!!! I hate this game i have never in all my games had cheevo glitch on me like this.

Guys... especially mistress3riple... there's a better video on one of the solutions that shows you. I got this so many times as well, but it turns out you have to let the jet take another pass, I guess.