Getting back to the story, i wonder how the antique VF-1s even going to compete with the technologically superior VF-19s, even if its stripped down. Looking at the VF-19Active and how its loaded with verniers, not sure how any VF-1 is going to compete.
Even in Macross 7 when Gamlin piloted Miria's antique VF-1J, he commented on how underpowered it was compared to the VF-17 that he pilots.