Awacs

Episode 5 is "Transformation" in Robotech (I forget the Macross episode title) It's the first time the Macross transforms. The dark blue Valk is only in that shot as far as I can see, which is part of a montage sequence of Valks being readied for battle, launched etc. I agree that it's probably just a low-vis colour scheme on an otherwise standard VF-1. Since it's not a colour scheme seen anywhere else in the show maybe it was just evaluating that colour scheme and they decided against rolling it out fleet-wide? Karl

I've always had a fondness for a design with a lot of edges and stuff so my number one design is no surprise:- 1) VF-19A Excaliber 2) VF-1S Valkyrie 3) VF-4 Lighning and last but not least:- 4) VF-11 Thunderbolt Awacs