variable fighter
A term from the MACROSS science fiction anime franchise.
It was introduced in the first series Choujikuu Yousai Macross from 1982.
A Variable Fighter is a fighter jet or a starfighter that can transform into a manned robot or mecha.
Some known variable fighters
- VF-0
- SV-51
- VF-1 - First variable fighter EVER depicted in an anime show
- VF-4
- VF-9
- VF-11
- VF-14
- YF-19
- VF-19
- YF-21
- VF-22
- VF-25
- YF-29
- YF-30
- VF-31