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* [[Cool Shades]], almost to the point of [[Sunglasses At Night]]: Saki in the TV series; other characters flirt with them in other continuities, including Sawa in the manga.
* [[Cool Shades]], almost to the point of [[Sunglasses At Night]]: Saki in the TV series; other characters flirt with them in other continuities, including Sawa in the manga.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Kanzaki later in the series.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Kanzaki later in the series.
* [[Dodge By Braking]] and [[Aerial Canyon Chase]]
* [[Dodge by Braking]] and [[Aerial Canyon Chase]]
* [[Designated Hero]]: The Area 88 mercenaries, who engage in war for pay. Despite being the protagonists, they're deliberately shown to be morally grey or even evil (i.e., [[Sociopathic Soldier|Nguyen]]).
* [[Designated Hero]]: The Area 88 mercenaries, who engage in war for pay. Despite being the protagonists, they're deliberately shown to be morally grey or even evil (i.e., [[Sociopathic Soldier|Nguyen]]).
* [[Dogfighting Furballs]]: The series is built around the massive air battles.
* [[Dogfighting Furballs]]: The series is built around the massive air battles.
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* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: ''The planes'', at least in the OVA; they're usually destroyed in unique and lovingly animated ways.
* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: ''The planes'', at least in the OVA; they're usually destroyed in unique and lovingly animated ways.
* [[Meganekko]]: Yasuda Taeko
* [[Meganekko]]: Yasuda Taeko
* [[Military Mashup Machine]] / [[Base On Wheels]]: In the manga, the Mafia builds an aircraft carrier on tracks that can submerge itself in the desert sand. The arcade game features the land carrier and a couple of [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier|Airborne Aircraft Carriers]].
* [[Military Mashup Machine]] / [[Base on Wheels]]: In the manga, the Mafia builds an aircraft carrier on tracks that can submerge itself in the desert sand. The arcade game features the land carrier and a couple of [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier|Airborne Aircraft Carriers]].
* [[Misplaced Nationalism]]: In one chapter of the manga, Shin needs a new radio, which immediately starts [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/area_88/v02/c019/22.html Mickey and Hoover arguing over the merits of American and West German technology]. Naturally, Shin buys a Japanese model.
* [[Misplaced Nationalism]]: In one chapter of the manga, Shin needs a new radio, which immediately starts [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/area_88/v02/c019/22.html Mickey and Hoover arguing over the merits of American and West German technology]. Naturally, Shin buys a Japanese model.
* [[Missile Lock On]]
* [[Missile Lock On]]
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** See [[Legion of Lost Souls]] and [[Anyone Can Die]]; they were probably getting used to that sort of thing by then.
** See [[Legion of Lost Souls]] and [[Anyone Can Die]]; they were probably getting used to that sort of thing by then.
*** [[Up to Eleven|This is taken to extremes though]]: they are being '''led''' by a man who is missing one eye (and thus has no ''depth perception'') and [[Eyes Always Shut|never bothers to open the other one]].
*** [[Up to Eleven|This is taken to extremes though]]: they are being '''led''' by a man who is missing one eye (and thus has no ''depth perception'') and [[Eyes Always Shut|never bothers to open the other one]].
* [[War for Fun And Profit]]: Farina, the Mafia boss who built the land carrier in the manga is essentially doing it for the money.
* [[War for Fun and Profit]]: Farina, the Mafia boss who built the land carrier in the manga is essentially doing it for the money.
* [[War Is Hell]]: The whole point of the manga and OVA. Shin tells McCoy that he's going to Hell for selling weapons. The old man responds by saying that he's already there. Shin feels this especially strongly.
* [[War Is Hell]]: The whole point of the manga and OVA. Shin tells McCoy that he's going to Hell for selling weapons. The old man responds by saying that he's already there. Shin feels this especially strongly.
* [[Wing Man]]: Mickey.
* [[Wing Man]]: Mickey.
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* [[Rewarding Vandalism|Rewarding]] <s>Vandalism</s> Deforestation: In the arcade version, destroying all of the destructible trees in the forest stage yields a shield powerup.
* [[Rewarding Vandalism|Rewarding]] <s>Vandalism</s> Deforestation: In the arcade version, destroying all of the destructible trees in the forest stage yields a shield powerup.
* [[Smart Bomb]]: The Mega Crush in the SNES port. Most ships can only carry one of it, except for the F200, which can carry ''two.''
* [[Smart Bomb]]: The Mega Crush in the SNES port. Most ships can only carry one of it, except for the F200, which can carry ''two.''
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: The SNES version of the video game gives Mickey's surname as Scymon.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The SNES version of the video game gives Mickey's surname as Scymon.
* [[Subsystem Damage]]: A number of bosses have weapons that can be disabled by shooting them.
* [[Subsystem Damage]]: A number of bosses have weapons that can be disabled by shooting them.
* [[Vulnerable Convoy]]: A source of easy money in the SNES version.
* [[Vulnerable Convoy]]: A source of easy money in the SNES version.
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